Monday, October 31, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday: 
Economic: Headline sensitive, "Summit" bid decompression for bulls. Chicago PMI (58.9). 

Earnings: Humana (HUM), Shaw (SHAW), UDR (UDR), Wipro (WIT), Changyou.com (CYOU).

After Hours:
 Allstate (ALL), FMC (FMC), Herbalife (HLF), AvalonBay (AVB).

Tuesday: 
Economic:  ISM (52.1), Construction (0.3%), Auto & Truck.

Earnings: Archer D (ADM), CME (CME), Baker Hughes (BHI), Emerson (EMR), Expeditors (EXPD), Oshkosh (OSK), Steve Madden (SHOO), Valero (VLO).

After Hours:
 CF Industries (CF), Fiserv (FISV), Jazz (JAZZ), JDS Uniphase (JDSU), Open Table (OPEN), QuickLogic (QUIK), Sourcefire (FIRE), Trimble (TRMB), Verisk (VRSK), Williams (WMB).

Wednesday: 
Economic:  Weekly Mortgage Index, Weekly Crude, Challenger, ADP (100K), FOMC Decision (0.25%).

Earnings: 
Comcast (CMCSA), AOL (AOL), Cognizant (CTSH), Foster Wheeler (FWLT), FTI (FCN), MasterCard (MA), Garmin (GRMN), Hyatt (H), ICE (ICE), WellCare (WCG), Sony (SNE).

After Hours:
 CenturyLink (CTL), Hartford (HIG), Intrepid (IPI), MEMC (WFR), MercadoLibre (MELI), Qualcomm (QCOM), Tesla (TSLA), Tesoro (TSO), Transocean (RIG), Walter (WLT), Whole Foods (WFMI). 

Thursday: 
Economic:  Weekly Claims (402K), Continuing Claims (3.67M), Productivity Q3 (2.8%), Factory Orders (-0.2%), ISM Services (53.7).

Earnings: 
Agrium (AGU), Arcelor M (MT), DIRECTV (DTV), E Arden (RDEN), Kellogg (K), MGM (MGM), NYSE (NYX), Sara Lee (SLE), Tenaris (TS), Royal Gold (RGLD), Western Refine (WNR).

After Hours:
 CBOE (CBOE), Chesapeake (CHK), Fluor (FLR), Hansen N (HANS), Intl Rec (IRF), Medifast (MED), NetSuite (N), Red Robin (RRGB), Seattle Genetics (SGEN), Skullcandy (SKUL), Skyworks (SWKS), Sunpower (SPWRA), Starbucks (SBUX).

Friday: 
Economic: BLS Nonfarm Payrolls October (88K, 9.1% & 114K private).

Earnings:
 AES (AES), Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), Brookfield (BPO), KKR (KKR), Ultra Petrol (UPL), Warner Chilcott (WRCX).

Monday, October 24, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday: 
Economic: Trader reaction to weekend EU Summit as part of a critical two stage pow-wow. By early Sunday, policymakers focused on Italy and its austerity measures in order to circumvent the country from following in Greece's less-than-fleet footed footsteps. 

According to Reuters, leaders aim to have a plan in place as how to best reduce the Greek debt burden, strengthen member banks, improve regional economic governance and maximize the resources of the EFSF by Wednesday.  

Earnings: Caterpillar (CAT), Eaton (ETN), PetMed (PETS), Roper (ROP), VF Corp (VFC).

After Hours:
 Aaron's (AAN), Amgen (AMGN), Healthways (HWAY), Netflix (NFLX), Texas Instruments (TXN), Unisys (UIS), Zions Bank (ZION).

Tuesday: 
Economic:  Case Shiller (-3.5%), Consumer Confidence (46), FHFA.

Earnings: 3M (MMM), BP (BP), Coach (COH), Cummins (CMI), Delta (DAL), DuPont (DD), Illinois Tool (ITW), Peabody (BTU), US Steel (X), UBS (UBS), Under Armour (UA), UPS (UPS), Weatherford (WFT).

After Hours: Amazon (AMZN), Broadcom (BRCM), CH Robinson (CHRW), F5 (FFIV), Manitowoc (MTW), Panera (PNRA), RadioShack (RSH), Western Union (WU).

Wednesday: 
Economic:  Weekly Mortgage Index, Weekly Crude, Durable Orders (-1.0% & 0.4% ex trans.), New Home Sales (300K).

Earnings: 
Alleghany Tech (ATI), Allergan (AGN), Boeing (BA), Brinker (EAT), Conoco (COP), Corning (GLW), Ford (F), NASDAQ (NDAQ), SAP (SAP), Sealed Air (SEE), Vitamin Shoppe (VSI), Wyndham (WYN), WellPoint (WLP).

After Hours:
 In the spotlight, internet delivery provider Akamai (AKAM) is expected to produce profits of $0.33 per share compared to the prior year's $0.34 and a time when headlines and expectations were going along a wee bit more enthusiastically for the former growth star. Technically and strategy wise, readers may want to take a peek at Friday's Hot Shots: Handling Earnings in Akamai to gain further insights.

Others: Agnico Eagle (AEM), BMC (BMC), Choice Hotels (CHH), Goldcorp (GG), KBR (KBR), Novellus (NVLS), Oceaneering (OII), O'Reilly (ORLY), Ryland (RYL), Symantec (SYMC), Visa (V).

Thursday: 
Economic:  Weekly Claims (403K), Continuing Claims (3.70M), Q3 GDP-Adv (2.2%, deflator 2.5%), Pending Home (-1.0%).

Earnings: 
Aetna (AET), Barrick (ABX), Bunge (BG), Celgene (CELG), Colgate Palmolive (CL), Exxon (XOM), Johnson Controls (JCI), Monster (MWW), PF Chang's (PFCB), Potash (POT), Procter Gamble (PG), Starwood (HOT), Time Warner Cable (TWC), United Cont (UAL), Zimmer (ZMH).

After Hours: Baidu (BIDU), Cerner (CERN), Crocs (CROC), Deckers (DECK), Gilead (GILD), LV Sands (LVS), NETGEAR (NTGR), SW Energy (SWN), Stamps.com (STMP), VeriSign (VRSN).

Friday: 
Economic: Inc & Spend (0.3%, 0.6%), PCE Prices Core (0.1%), Michigan (57.5).

Earnings:
 Arch (ACI), Biogen (BIIB), Borg Warner (BWA), Chevron (CVX), Goodyear (GT), Rubbermaid (NWL), Newmont (NEM), Whirlpool (WHR).

Sunday, October 16, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday: 
Economic: Wildcard Eurozone credit market drivers, Empire (-4.0), IP & CU (0.2% & 77.5%). 

Earnings: Citigroup (C), Halliburton (HAL), Wells Fargo (WFC). 

After Hours: IBM (IBM), Lincare (LNCR), Stanley (SWK), VMware (VMW), Steel Dynamics (STLD).

Tuesday: 
Economic:  PPI & Core (0.2% & 0.1%), NAHB (14). 

Earnings: BofA (BAC), EMC (EMC), Goldman (GS), Harley D (HOG), J&J (JNJ), Parker H (PH), State Street (STT), United Health (UNH). 

After Hours: In the spotlight, Apple (AAPL) is expected to produce profits of $7.24 per share compared to the year ago's $4.64 on sales growth of nearly 240%. Technically, shares are nearing the highs of a multi-week cup-shaped base and all-time-highs as part of a four-month long base-on-base pattern.

Others: Cree (CREE), CSX (CSX), Intel (INTC), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Juniper (JNPR), Linear Tech (LLTC), Yahoo (YHOO).

Wednesday: 
Economic:  Weekly Mortgage Index, Weekly Crude, CPI & Core (0.3% & 0.2%), Housing Starts & Permits (595K & 610K), Fed's Beige Book.

Earnings: 
AMR (AMR), BlackRock (BLK), Freeport M (FCX), Morgan (MS), Travelers (TRV), US Bank (USB).

After Hours: American Express (AXP), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), eBay (EBAY), Lam Research (LRCX), Riverbed (RVBD), SLM (SLM), Stryker (SYK), Tractor Supply (TSCO), Western Digital (WDC), Wynn (WYNN), Xilinx (XLNX).

Thursday: 
Economic:  Weekly Claims (404K), Continuing Claims (3.69M), Existing Homes (4.94M), Philly Fed (-9.6), Leading Indicators (0.3%).

Earnings: 
AT&T (T), Danaher (DHR), Cypress (CY), Diamond Offshore (DO), Union Pacific (UNP), Phillip Morris (PM), Nucor (NUE).

After Hours: Acme Packet (APKT), Altera (ALTR), Chipotle (CMG), Cap One (COF), Microsoft (MSFT), SanDisk (SNDK), Schnitzer (SCHN), Seagate (STX), Tempur-Pedic (TPX).

Friday: 
Economic: NA.

Earnings:
 Air Products (APD), General Electric (GE), Harman (HAR), Honeywell (HON), Schlumberger (SLB), Verizon (VZ).

Sunday, October 9, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday: 
Economic: Weekend Eurozone wildcard finds French and German heads promising "no details" package for Europe's debt crisis by end of October. 

Earnings: 
NA.

Tuesday: 
Economic:  FOMC Minutes. 

Earnings PM: "Here we go again." Third Quarter reporting season lurches into action with Dow constituent and aluminum concern Alcoa (AA). Analysts expect Alcoa to produce $0.23 compared to year ago's $0.09. General sentiment going into earnings season is low with stocks attempting to price in impact of Europe's credit crisis, China's slowing growth and stateside double dip fears. As much, stage could be set for better-than-feared bargain-hunting.

Others: ADTRAN (ADTN), Linear Tech (LLTC) [unconfirmed].

Wednesday: 
Economic:  Weekly Mortgage Index, Weekly Crude.

Earnings: 
ASML (ASML), Infosys (INFY), Pepsi (PEP), Progressive (PGR), Host Hotels (HST).

Thursday: 
Economic:  Weekly Claims (406K vs. prior 401K), Trade Balance, Treasury Budget.

Earnings: 
Fairchild (FCS), Fastenal (FAST), JP Morgan (JPM), Lindsay (LNN), Safeway (SWY), Winnebago (WGO).

After Hours: Google (GOOG), JB Hunt (JBHT).

Friday: 
Economic: Retail Sales & ex Auto (0.6% & 0.3% vs. prior 0.0% & 0.1%), Import / Export, Michigan (60.0 vs. prior 59.4), Business Inventories (0.4%).

Earnings:
 Mattel (MAT).

Monday, October 3, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday: 
Economic: Digestion of potential, fresh baked credit market morsels from the Eurozone. ISM Index, Construction, Truck & Auto Sales. 

Earnings: Wolverine (WWW).

Tuesday: 
Economic:  Factory Orders (-0.1%). 

Earnings: Global Payment (GPN), Resources Connect (RECN), YUM! (YUM).

Wednesday: 
Economic:  Weekly Mortgage Index, Weekly Crude, Challenger, ADP Employment (48K vs. prior 91K), ISM Services (53.3).

Earnings: 
Acuity (AYI), Costco (COST), Monsanto (MON), RPM (RPM).

After Hours: Marriott (MAR), Ruby Tuesday (RT).

Thursday: 
Economic:  Weekly Claims (400K vs. prior 391K). 

Earnings: 
Constellation Brands (STZ), Helen of Troy (HELE), Robbins & Myers (RBN).

Friday: 
Economic: BLS Nonfarm Payrolls (90K vs prior 17K, 9.1% vs. 9.1%), Wholesale Inventories (0.6%), Consumer Credit.

Earnings:
 NA.

 

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