Stock market futures global investors remain focused on Fed

Global investors remain focused on Fed policy cues, with stock market futures modestly higher—Dow +0.22%, S&P +0.19%—suggesting restrained risk appetite ahead of the FOMC minutes release. In total, we're a bit ambivalent about Jin Medical International's performance. Even though it appears to be retaining most of its profits, given the low ROE, investors may not be benefitting from all that reinvestment after all. The low earnings growth suggests our theory correct. Wrapping up, we would proceed with caution with this company and one way of doing that would be to look at the risk profile of the business. To know the 4 risks we have identified for Jin Medical International visit our risks dashboard for free. The next opportunity to hold a vote on a government shutdown will be later today , as the chamber was out on Thursday in observance of Yom Kippur. Futures tied to the S&P 500 rose to fresh weekly highs, up 0.48%, amid broad-based sector rotation favoring utilities and healthcare—a defensive bias seen in institutional allocation data.