Sunday, April 17, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday:
Economic: NAHB (17 vs. 17).

Earnings:  Citigroup (
C), Lilly (LLY), Halliburton (HAL), KeyCorp (KEY), M&T (MTB), McMoran (MMR), TD Ameritrade (AMTD).

After Hours: Lincare (
LNCR), Texas Instruments (TXN), Zions Bancorp (ZION)

Tuesday:
Economic: Housing Starts & Permits (520K & 538K vs. 479K & 517K).

Earnings:
Goldman (GS), Harley (HOG), J & J (JNJ), No. Trust (NTRS), Peabody (BTU), Regions (RF), State Street (STT), US Bancorp (USB).

After Hours: Cree (
CREE), CSX (CSX), IBM (IBM), Intel (INTC), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Juniper (JNPR), Linear (LLTC), Seagate (STX), Steel Dynamics (STLD), VMware (VMW), Wynn (WYNN), Yahoo (YHOO).

Wednesday:
Economic: Weekly Crude, Mortgage Apps, Existing Homes (5.0M vs. 4.88M).


Earnings:
AT&T (T), Eaton (ETN), EMC (EMC), Freeport (FCX), NASDAQ (NDAQ), Altria (MO), Union Pacific (UNP), United Tech (UTX), Wells Fargo (WFC).

After Hours: American Express (
AXP), Apple (AAPL), Bucyrus (BUCY), Chipotle (CMG), F5 (FFIV), Gilead (GILD), Lam Research (LRCX), Marriott (MAR), Noble (NE), Qualcomm (QCOM), Western Digital (WDC), Tractor Supply (TSCO), YUM! (YUM).

Thursday:
Economic:  Weekly Claims (390K vs. 412K prior), Continuing (3.65M vs. 3.68M), Philly Fed (32.9 vs. 43.4), Leading Indicators (0.2% vs. 0.8%), FHFA Housing (prior -0.3%).

Earnings: BlackRock (
BLK), Cap One (COF), Danaher (DHR), General Electric (GE), Fifth Third (FITB), DuPont (DD), Nokia (NOK), McDonalds (MCD), Travelers (TRV), United Continental (UAL), United Health (UNH), Verizon (VZ).

After Hours:
Advanced Micro (AMD), Chubb (CB), Cymer (CYMI), Informatica (INFA), Maxim (MXIM), Rambus (RMBS), SanDisk (SNDK), Synaptics (SYNA).

Friday: Market Holiday
Economic: NA.

Earnings:
NA.

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Sunday, April 10, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday:
Economic: N/A.

Earnings:  Nuclear-entangled engineering outfit Shaw Group (
SHAW) reports. Analysts expect profits of $0.49 per share versus prior year's $0.48, while bulls yearn for no additional hints of future fallout.

After Hours: Dow component and aluminum heavyweight Alcoa (
AA) officially kicks off the Q1 earnings season. The company is slated to turn a profit of $0.27 per share versus the prior year's $0.10. Technically, shares are attempting to successfully breakout of a multi-week cup base formed at its prior intermediate highs set in January 2010.

Tuesday:
Economic: Trade Balance (-$45.7B), Import / Export, Treasury Budget ($189.0B).

Earnings:
Fastenal (FAST), ADTRAN (ADTN).

Wednesday:
Economic: Weekly Crude, Mortgage Apps, Business Inventories (0.8% vs. prior 0.9%), Beige Book.


Earnings:
Dow component and financial giant JP Morgan Chase (JPM) reports. Analysts see profits of $1.15 vs. last year's $0.74 per share. Technically, shares are developing cup-shaped base of several weeks which lines up with last April's intermediate highs.

Other AM: ASML Holding (
ASML).

Thursday:
Economic:  Weekly Claims (385K vs. 382K prior), Continuing (3.70M vs. 3.72M), PPI & Core (1.0% & 0.2% vs. prior 1.6% & 0.2%).

Earnings: Check Point (
CHKP), Fairchild (FCS), Hasbro (HAS), Progressive (PGR), Supervalu (SVU).

After Hours:
Internet giant Google (GOOG) reports. Analysts expect profits of $8.13 compared to $6.76 in 2010. The April contract which expires the next session is priced around 41% IV and in effect pricing a 68% likelihood that shares of GOOG will remain within 6.50% of its current stock price.

Friday:
Economic: CPI & Core (0.5% & 0.2% vs. prior 0.5% & 0.2%), Empire (15.0 vs. 17.5), IP & CU (0.6% & 77.4%), Michigan (66.0 vs. 67.5).

Earnings:
Technically dragging of late Bank of America (BAC) is expected to show flat profits of $0.28 per share. For the bulls, which this strategist favors currently, shares of BAC could be developing a three-month long double bottom base in and around 200SMA and Golden Cross support. For the bears, the same chart can be spied as having a series of lower highs.

Others: Genuine Parts (
GPC), Infosys (INFY), Mattel (MAT).

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Monday, April 4, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday:
Economic: N/A.

Earnings:  Schnitzer Steel (
SCHN).

Tuesday:
Economic: ISM Services (59.5 vs. 59.7 prior), Fed Minutes.

Earnings:
KB Home (KBH), Layne Christiansen (LAYN).

Wednesday:
Economic: Weekly Crude, Mortgage Apps.


Earnings:
In the spotlight, agriculture chemicals giant Monsanto (MON) reports before the bell. Analysts expect profits of $1.85 versus prior year's $1.70. Aggies (MOO, CF, and AGU) received boost Friday from mostly bullish USDA crop report. Technically, Friday's 1.26% gain continues to confirm weekly uptrend from July 2010 lows as shares reclaim the 50SMA and move higher within two month cup-shaped consolidation.

Other AM: MSC Industrial (
MSM).

After Hours:
Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), Immucor (BLUD), Pep Boys (PBY), Ruby Tuesday (RT).

Thursday:
Economic:  Weekly Claims (388K vs. 388K prior), Continuing (3.70M vs. 3.71M), Consumer Credit ($3.6B vs. $5.0B).

Earnings: Constellation Brands (
STZ), Greenbrier (GBX), Movado (MOV), Pier 1 (PIR), Rite Aid (RAD), RPM (RPM).

After Hours:
AZZ (AZZ).

Friday:
Economic: Wholesale Inventories (1.0% vs. 1.1%).

Earnings:
Blyth (BTH).

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Sunday, March 27, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday: 
Economic: Inc & Spend (0.3% & 0.5% vs. 1.0% & 0.2%), PCE Core (0.2%), Pending Homes (0.3% vs. -2.8%).

Earnings:  Cal-Maine (
CALM), Phillips V Heusen (PVH), Progress Software (PRGS).

Tuesday: 
Economic: Case Shiller (-3.3% vs. -2.38%), Consumer Confidence (65.0 vs. 70.4).

Earnings:
 NASDAQ 100 constituent and "for profit and sometimes under fire by regulators" outfit Apollo (APOL) reports in the premarket. Analysts expect profits of $0.69 per share compared to prior year's $0.84. 

AM Other: Lennar (
LEN), McCormick (MKC). 

After Hours: 
Oxford (OXM), Sealy (ZZ), TIBCO (TIBX).

Wednesday: 
Economic: Weekly Crude, Mortgage Apps, Challenger (prior 20%), ADP (210K vs. 217K).


Earnings: 
Acuity (AYI), Family Dollar (FDO), Lindsay (LNN), Signet (SIG).

After Hours: 
DryShips (DRYS), General Maritime (GMR). Agriculture chemicals / fertilizers concern Mosaic (MOS) is expected to grow profits from $0.50 per share in 2010 to $1.07 per share. 

Technically, MOS is a mixed one with shares testing 50SMA from below after break of prior uptrend from last summer. Larger weekly view though reveals bullish trend still intact with current action representative of a pullback. 

Thursday: 
Economic:  Weekly Claims (383K vs. 384K prior), Continuing (3.70M vs. 3.72M), Chicago PMI (69.5 vs. 71.2), Factory Orders (0.4% vs. 3.1%).

Earnings: CarMax (
KMX), Robbins & Myers (RBN).

After Hours: 
Donuts are looking technically appetizing on the weekly chart in Krispy Kreme (KKD). Shares are attempting to breakout from three month pullback channel within larger uptrend. Analysts expect Krisy Kreme to post profits of $0.04 per share.

PM Others: Demandtec (
DMAN), Global Payment (GPN), Lawson (LWSN), Xyratex (XRTX), Resources Connect (RECN).

Friday: 
Economic: March BLS Data Nonfarm (185K vs. 192K), Private Payrolls (203K vs. 222K), Unemployment (8.9% vs. 8.9%), ISM (61.4 vs. 61.4), Construction (-0.7% vs. -0.7%), Auto / Truck.

Earnings: China Auto (
CAAS).

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday:
Economic: Existing Home Sales (5.05M vs. 5.36M prior).

Earnings:  Tiffany (
TIF).

Tuesday:
Economic: FHFA Housing Index (-0.3% prior).

Earnings: Carnival (
CCL), Commercial Metals (CMC), Dollar General (DG), Jeffries (JEF), Walgreens (WAG).

After Hours:
Adobe (ADBE), Cintas (CTAS), Discover (DFS), InterOil (IOC), Jabil (JBL), Sonic (SONC).

Wednesday:
Economic: Weekly Crude, Mortgage Apps, New Home Sales (288K vs. 284K prior).

Earnings:
General Mills (GIS).

After Hours: Paychex (
PAYX), Red Hat (RHT), SAIC (SAI), Steelcase (SCS).

Thursday:
Economic:  Weekly Claims (384K vs. 385K prior), Continuing (3.70M vs. 3.70M), Durable Orders & Ex Trans. (0.9% & 1.8% vs. 3.2% & -3.0% prior).

Earnings: Best Buy (
BBY), China Sunergy (CSUN), ConAgra (CAG), Gamestop (GME), UTI Worldwide (UTIW).  

After Hours: Accenture (ACN), Darden (DRI), Oracle (ORCL), RIM (RIMM), Synnex (SYX).

Friday:
Economic:  3rd Est. Q4 GDP (2.9% vs. 2.8% prior), Deflator (0.4% vs. 0.4%), Michigan (68.0 vs. 68.2).

Earnings: KB Homes (
KBH).

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Sunday, March 13, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday:
Economic: N/A.

Earnings:  Neutral Tandem (
TNDM), Seaspan (SSW), Tsakos (TNP)

After Hours: American Oriental (AOB), TBS Intl (TBSI), Vaalco (EGY), ZAGG (ZAGG).

Tuesday:
Economic: Empire (17.0 vs. 15.43 prior), Import / Export, Net LT TIC (prior $65.9B), NAHB (17 vs. 16 prior), FOMC Decision (0.25% vs. 0.25% prior).

Earnings: Brown Shoe (
BWS), DSW (DSW), FactSet (FDS), SmartHeat (HEAT), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Yongye (YONG).

After Hours:
AAR (AIR), rue21 (RUE).

Wednesday:
Economic: Weekly Crude, Mortgage Apps, Housing Starts & Permits (570K & 573K vs. 596K & 562K), PPI & Core (0.6% & 0.2% vs. 0.8% & 0.5%), Current Acct (-$110.0B).

Earnings:
China F&S (CFSG), Gen Steel (GSI), Harbin (HRBN), Superior (SUP).

After Hours: CLARCOR (
CLC), Gen Maritime (GMR), Guess (GES), Medivation (MDVN).

Thursday:
Economic:  Weekly Claims (387K vs. 397K prior), Continuing (3.75M vs. 3.77M), CPI & Core (0.4% & 0.1% vs. 0.4% & 0.2%), IP & CU (0.6% & 76.5%), Leading Ind's (0.9% vs. 0.1% prior), Philly Fed (28.0 vs. 35.9 prior).

Earnings: Actuant (
ATU), FedEx (FDX), Lululemon (LULU), Ross (ROSS), Solarfun (SOLF) and Winnebago (WGO).  

After Hours: IHS (IHS), LDK Solar (LDK), Nike (NKE).

Friday:
Economic:  N/A.

Earnings: N/A.

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Monday, March 7, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday:
Economic: Consumer Credit ($3.3B).
Earnings:  Ciena (
CIEN), Zhongpin (HOGS).

After Hours:
ABM (ABM), Home Inns (HMIN), Perfect World (PWRD), Urban Outfitters (URBN).

Tuesday:
Economic: N/A.

Earnings: Dick's (
DKS), Northgate Minerals (NXG).

After Hours:
Boston Beer (SAM), Diamond Foods (DMND), Finisar (FNSR), Focus Media (FMCN), Suntech Power (STP).

Wednesday:
Economic: Weekly Crude, Wholesale Inv's (1.0% vs. 1.0% prior).

Earnings:
American Eagle (AEO), Children's Place (PLCE), Dangdang (DANG), Korn/Ferry (KFY), Navistar (NAV).

After Hours: Force Protection (
FRPT), H&R Block (HRB), Hot Topic (HOTT), Men's Wearhouse (MW), Molycorp (MCP), Schawk (SGK), Semtech (SMTC).

Thursday:
Economic:  Weekly Claims (382K vs. 368K), Continuing (3.75M vs. 3.77M), Trade Balance (-$41.5B), Treasury Budget (-$196.0B).

Earnings: Aircastle (
AYR), Buckle (BKE), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Del Monte (DLM), E-House (EJ), Kirklands (KIRK), Smithfield (SFD).

After Hours: Aeropostale (ARO), Clean Energy (CLNE), Comtech (CMTL), Emergent (EBS), National Semi (NSM), Pall (PLL), Smith & Wesson (SWHC), Ulta Salon (ULTA), Zumiez (ZUMZ).

Friday:
Economic:  Retail Sales (1.0% & ex-auto: 0.6% vs. 0.3% & 0.3%), Michigan (76.5 vs. 77.5), Business Inv's (0.8% vs. 0.8%).

Earnings: AnnTaylor (
ANN), Citi Trends (CTRN), Hibbett (HIBB).

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