Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

Steel comanies and miners and makers of excavation equipment are selling off day after day
hmmmmmm
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29 Terex (TEX) 43.00 -0.81 -1.85

This is a company that indicates the health of the commercial construction
it directly opposes all the hype that is being given to caterpillar which is all talk no action at this point ...
Acuity Brands, Inc. (AYI) 155.6592-12.1708 (-7.2519%)
As of 11:31AM EDT. Market open.
Description

Acuity Brands, Inc. designs, produces, and distributes various lighting solutions and services for commercial, institutional, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications in North America and internationally. The company offers lighting and controls products and solutions, including recessed, surface, and suspended lighting; down, decorative, emergency and exit, track, daylighting, special-us, street and roadway, parking garage, and underwater lighting; area pedestrian, flood, and decorative site lighting; landscape lighting; occupancy sensors; photo controls; relay panels; architectural dimming panels; and integrated lighting controls systems. It also provides modular wiring products, light emitting diode drivers, glass products, and inverters; and services across applications that primarily relate to monitoring and controlling lighting systems through network technologies and the commissioning of control systems. The company markets its products under the Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Peerless, Gotham, Mark Architectural Lighting, Winona Lighting, Healthcare Lighting, Hydrel, American Electric Lighting, Carandini, Antique Street Lamps, Sunoptics, RELOC Wiring Solutions, eldoLED, Distech Controls, and Acuity Controls brand names. It serves electrical distributors, retail home improvement centers, electric utilities, utility distributors, national accounts, U.S. government and municipalities, lighting showrooms, original equipment manufacturers, and energy service companies. The company sells through independent sales agents, electrical wholesalers, and sales representatives, as well as through a network of distribution centers, regional warehouses, and commercial warehouses. Acuity Brands, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Manitowoc (MTW) 7.88 -0.22 -2.68%
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. provides engineered lifting equipment for the construction industry worldwide. The company designs and manufactures crawler-mounted lattice-boom cranes under the Manitowoc brand; a line of top-slewing and self-erecting tower cranes under the Potain brand; mobile telescopic cranes under the Grove brand; and a line of hydraulically powered telescopic boom trucks the National Crane brand. It also provides crane product parts and services; and crane rebuilding, remanufacturing, and training services under the Manitowoc Crane Care brand. The company's products are used in various applications, including energy and utilities; petrochemical and industrial projects; infrastructure development, such as road, bridge, and airport construction; and commercial and high-rise residential construction industries. The Manitowoc Company, Inc. was founded in 1853 and is based in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Industrial Production FALLS MUCH MORE THAN EXPECTED !
Released On 9/15/2017 9:15:00 AM For Aug, 2017
Prior Prior Revised Consensus Consensus Range Actual
Production - M/M change 0.2 % 0.4 % 0.1 % -1.3 % to 0.5 % -0.9 %
Manufacturing - M/M -0.1 % 0.0 % 0.1 % -0.4 % to 0.5 % -0.3 %
Capacity Utilization Rate - Level 76.7 % 76.9 % 76.7 % 75.6 % to 77.0 % 76.1 %
Highlights
The biggest hurricane hit yet comes not in consumption but on the production side of the economy as industrial production fell 0.9 percent in August which is within Econoday's consensus range but against a median call for a 0.1 percent gain. The report's three components all show declines: utilities down 5.5 percent on forced outages following Harvey; mining down 0.8 percent on lower output of oil and natural gas; and manufacturing down 0.3 percent reflecting declines in machinery and nondurables despite a rise in vehicle production that followed three straight declines.

Capacity utilization reflects August's weakness, down 8 tenths to 76.1 percent. Revisions are mixed with July revised 2 tenths higher to plus 0.4 percent but June revised 2 tenths lower to plus 0.4 percent. May is revised 1 tenth higher to unchanged.

Mark changed his name to "Abolish the Fed"! Lol
The negativity about everything gives you away!
Have you found your tin cup full of pencils?
Be careful of the street corner you select! Clair doesn't share well!