Salient to Investors:

Chad Morganlander at Stifel Nicolaus said investors are cycling back into risk as earnings and US economic numbers are better than expected. Morganlander said economic growth will continue sluggish.

48 S&P 500 have reported since Oct. 9 – 35 exceeded estimates.

James Gaul at Boston Advisors sees more good news than bad and no reason for the market to drop short-term.

Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-16/u-s-stock-futures-are-little-changed-before-earnings.html