Sunday, May 15, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday:
Economic: Empire (18 vs. 21.7 prior), NAHB (16 vs. 16).

Earnings:  JC Penney (
JCP), Lowe's (LOW), VanceInfo (VIT).

After Hours: Urban Outfitters (
URBN).

Tuesday:
Economic:  Housing Starts & Permits (565K & 590K vs. 549K & 594K), I & CU (0.5% & 77.7% vs. 0.8% & 77.4%).

Earnings:
Dick's Sporting (DKS), Home Depot (HD), TJX (TJX), Trina Solar (TSL), Wal-Mart (WMT).

After Hours: Dell (
DELL), Analog Devices (ADI).

Wednesday:
Economic: Weekly Crude, Mortgage Apps, FOMC Minutes.

Earnings:
Abercrombie (ANF), BJ's (BJ), Deere (DE), SodaStream (SODA), Staples (SPLS), Target (TGT).

After Hours:
Advance Auto (AAP), Hewlett Packard (HPQ), Hot Topic (HOTT), J-I-B (JACK), Limited (LTD), Netease (NTES), Pan Am Silver (PAAS), PETsMART (PETM), Synopsys (SNPS).

Thursday:
Economic:  Weekly Claims (420K & 3.7M vs. 434K & 3.75M), Philly Fed (17.5 vs. 18.5), Existing Homes (5.22M vs. 5.10M), Leading Indicators (0.0% vs. 0.4%).

Earnings: Buckle (
BKE), Children's Place (PLCE), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Gamestop (GME), Ross (ROST), Sears (SHLD), Tidewater (TDW), Toro (TTC).

After Hours:
Aeropostale (ARO), Aruba (ARUN), Autodesk (ADSK), Brocade (BRCD), Foot Locker (FL), Gap (GPS), Red Robin (RRGB), Salesforce (CRM), Zumiez (ZUMZ).

Friday:
Economic: NA.

Earnings:
AnnTaylor (ANN), Dangdang (DANG), Kirklands (KIRK), Yingli Green (YGE).

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Sunday, May 8, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday:
Economic: NA.

Earnings:  In the spotlight, miner and very recent growth stock standout Silver Wheaton (
SLW) is expected to show profits of $0.43 per share compared to year ago's $0.13.

Technically, shares of SLW have put together a 27% correction over the past four weeks and remain in a weekly uptrend above 200SMA support.

Others: AES (
AES), Hecla (HL), PetMed (PETS), Valeant (VRX).

After Hours: Activision (
ATVI), CVR Energy (CVI), Diodes (DIOD), Home Inns (HMIN), Medifast (MED), Rackspace (RAX).

Tuesday:
Economic:  Import / Export, Wholesale Inventories (1.0% vs. 1.0% prior).

Earnings:
Fossil (FOSL), JA Solar (JASO), James River (JRCC), Wendy's (WEN), Neutral Tandem (TNDM).

After Hours: Dow component and entertainment giant Disney (
DIS) is expected to post profits of $0.58 per share compared to $0.48 from the year ago period.

Technically, shares are priced at last quarter's bullish post earnings reaction levels within a tight lateral congestion zone which has developed around prior all-time-highs from 2000.


Others:
General Maritime (GMR), Harbin (HRBN), LDK (LDK), MBIA (MBI), McDermott (MDR), Molycorp (MCP), Rovi (ROVI), STEC (STEC), URS (URS).  

Wednesday:
Economic: Weekly Crude, Mortgage Apps, Trade Balance (-$47.8B).

Earnings:
Arcelor Mittal (MT), Enbridge (ENB), Macy's (M), Maidenform (MFB), Teva (TEVA).

After Hours:
Cisco (CSCO) is in the spotlight with analysts expecting profits of $0.37 per share compared to $0.42 in the year ago period. After a couple quarters of reduced guidance and bearish investor reactions, bulls will look to see if CEO Chambers can muster up a more encouraging outlook on both public and private sector spending.

Technically, CSCO looks to be an important report with shares consolidating laterally near two year lows within a long-standing weekly downtrend channel.

Others: IAMGOLD (
IAG), InterOil (IOC), Sina (SINA), Symantec (SYMC).

Thursday:
Economic:  Weekly Claims (423K vs. 474K), PPI & Core (0.5% & 0.2% vs. 0.7% & 0.3%), Retail Sales & ex-Auto (0.6% & 0.5% vs. 0.4% & 0.8%), Business Inventories (0.9% vs. 0.5%).

Earnings: Kohl's (
KSS), Dangdang (DANG), Sony (SNY), Teekay (TK), Tim Horton's (THI).

After Hours:
CA Tech (CA), Nordstrom (JWN), NVIDIA (NVDA), Sunpower (SPWRA).

Friday:
Economic: CPI & Core (0.4% & 0.1% vs. 0.5% & 0.1%), Michigan (69.8 vs. 69.8).

Earnings:
Agilent (A).

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday:
Economic: Construction (0.0% vs. -1.4%), ISM (59.7 vs. 61.2), Auto & Truck.
Earnings:  DISH (
DISH), Humana (HUM), JinkoSolar (JKS), UDR (UDR).

After Hours: Chesapeake (
CHK), Dendreon (DNDN), Excel (EXM), FMC (FMC), Hartford (HIG), Herbalife (HLF), Intl Rec (IRF), Massey (MEE), NetLogic (NETL).

Tuesday:
Economic: Factory Orders (1.9% vs. -0.1%).  

Earnings:
Archer Dan (ADM), Beazer (BZH), Calgon Carbon (CCC), Clorox (CLX), Cognizant (CTSH), Duke (DUK), Emerson (EMR), Foster Wheeler (FWLT), Hyatt (H), Marathon Oil (MRO), MasterCard (MA), Molson (TAP), Scott's (SMG), Vishay (VSH), Vornado (VNO).

After Hours: Atwood (
ATW), AXT (AXTI), Brigham Ex (BEXP), Cephalon (CEPH), Comcast (CMCSA), First Solar (FSLR), Genco (GNK), Green Mtn (GMCR), LV Sands (LVS), OpenTable (OPEN), ValueClick (VLCK), World Fuel (INT), Yamana (AUY).
Wednesday:
Economic: Weekly Crude, Mortgage Apps, Challenger, ADP (200K vs. 201K), ISM Services (57.3 vs. 57.3).

Earnings:
Agrium (AGU), AOL (AOL), FTI (FCN), Garmin (GRMN), Kellogg (K), Marsh McLennan (MMC), MGM (MGM), Nu Skin (NUS), SPX (SPW), Time Warner (TWX).

After Hours:
BMC (BMC), Continental Resources (CLR), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Goldcorp (GG), Intrepid (IPI), JDS Uniphase (JDSU), MercadoLibre (MELI), MEMC (WFR), Murphy (MUR), Metlife (MET), SolarWinds (SWI), Tesla (TSLA), Transocean (RIG), Tesoro (TSO), Whole Foods (WFMI).

Thursday:
Economic:  Weekly Claims (400K vs. 429K prior), Continuing (3.63M vs. 3.64M), Productivity (1.0% vs. 2.6%), Unit Labor Costs (0.8% vs. -0.6%).

Earnings: Airgas (
ARG), Cablevision (CVC), CBOE (CBOE), CIGNA (CI), CVS (CVS), DIRECTV (DTV), Estee Lauder (EL), Fortress (FIG), Fortune Brands (FO), General Motors (GM), Royal Gold (RGLD), Sara Lee (SL), S. Madden (SHOO), Western Refine (WNR).

After Hours:
AIG (AIG), Blue Nile (NILE), CF Ind (CF), Chiquita (CQB), Fluor (FLR), Kraft (KFT), Limelight (LLNW), Priceline (PCLN), Public Storage (PSA), QLogic (QLGC), Tenaris (TS), Visa (V), Youku.com (YOKU).

Friday:
Economic: April BLS Report (183K vs. 216K) Private (200K vs. 230K), Unemployment (8.8% vs. 8.8%).

Earnings:
Diana (DSX), Constellation Energy (CEG), Ultra Petrol (UPL), Warner Chilcott (WCRX), Weight Watchers (WTW), WellCare (WCG).

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Sunday, April 24, 2011

THIS WEEK'S MARKET MOVERS

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Monday:
Economic: New Home Sales (280K vs. 250K).

Earnings:  Changyou.com (
CYOU), Johnson Controls (JCI), RadioShack (RSH), Sohu.com (SOHU).

After Hours: Express Scripts (
ESRX), Jacobs (JEC), Netflix (NFLX), Unisys (UIS), Veeco (VECO).

Tuesday:
Economic: Case Shiller (-3.2% vs. -3.06%), Consumer Confidence (64.4 vs. 63.4).  

Earnings:
3M (MMM), AK Steel (AKS), Arch Coal (ACI), Coach (COH), Coke (KO), Cummins (CMI), Delta (DAL), Ford (F), Illinois Tool (ITW), US Steel (X), UPS (UPS).

After Hours: Amazon (
AMZN), Broadcom (BRCM), CH Robinson (CHRW), CBRE  (CBG), Nabors (NBR), Stanley B&D (SWK), Vitamin Shoppe (VSI), Western Union (WU).

Wednesday:
Economic: Weekly Crude, Mortgage Apps, Durable Orders & Ex Tran (1.9% & 1.6% vs. -0.6% & -0.3%), FOMC Decision (0.25% vs. 0.25%).


Earnings:
Baker Hughes (BHI), Barrick (ABX), Boeing (BA), BP (BP), Brinker (EAT), ConocoPhillips (COP), Corning (GLW), Energizer (ENR), PF Chang's (PFCB), Tupperware (TUP), WellPoint (WLP), Whirlpool (WHR), Wyndham (WYN).

After Hours:
Akamai (AKAM), Allstate (ALL), Baidu (BIDU), Citrix (CTXS), eBay (EBAY), Liz Claiborne (LIZ), Oceaneering (OII), Ryland (RYL), Starbucks (SBUX), Skechers (SKX).

Thursday:
Economic:  Weekly Claims (390K vs. 403K prior), Continuing (3.70M vs. 3.69M), Adv GDP Q1 & Deflator (1.7% & 2.3% vs. 3.1% & 0.4%), Pending Homes (1.5% vs. 2.1%).

Earnings: Aetna (
AET), Borg W (BWA), Bunge (BG), Cardinal (CAH), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Dow (DOW), Exxon (XOM), KBR (KBR), OfficeMax (OMX), Oshkosh (OSK), Pepsi (PEP), Potash (POT), Procter & Gamble (PG), Pulte (PHM), Royal Carib (RCL), SAP (SAP), Time Warner (TWC), Tyco (TYC).

After Hours:
Agnico Eagle (AEM), Choice Hotels (CHH), Cliffs (CLF), Crocs (CROX), Deckers (DECK), KLA-Tencor (KLAC), Manitowac (MTW), Netgear (NTGR), Skyworks (SWKS), SW Energy (SWN), VeriSign (VRSN).

Friday:
Economic: Inc & Spend (0.4% & 0.5% vs. 0.3% & 0.7%), PCE Prices (0.1% vs. 0.2%), Chicago PMI (67.1 vs. 70.6), Michigan (69.6 vs. 69.6).

Earnings:
Caterpillar (CAT), Chevron (CVX), DR Horton (DHI), Merck (MRK), Simon (SPG), VF Corp (VFC).
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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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