According to Deutsche Bank, various drivers of scale benefits are sufficient to pull rooftop photovoltaic solar power to "grid parity" in 50 US states by 2016, up from 10 states right now.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 -0.08%) this morning are down -0.16% ahead of the FOMC decision later today, and European stocks are up +0.16% on better-than-expected earnings results from Total SA and Schneider Electric SE.

September E-mini S&Ps (ESU14 -0.58%) this morning are down -0.57% at a 1-3/4 month low and European stocks are down -1.42% at a 4-month low as the global stock market rout continues for a second day.

The best scoring sector remains utilities this week. Basic materials and healthcare score in line with the average universe score. In basics and healthcare, large and mid cap score better relative to peers than small cap.

The best scoring sector across our 1,800 stock universe remains utilities. The average score across our entire universe is 51.31.

The average score across our large cap universe is 58.95 this week, above the four week moving average score of 57.29. The average large cap is trading -10.45% below its 52 week high, 2.67% above its 200 dma, has 3.7 days to cover short, and is expected to post EPS growth of 13.58% next year.