08/28/06 Market Influence & History

DJIA week beginning: 09/19 -222 breaking key support, 09/26 +149, 10/03 -276, 10/10 -5, 10/17 -72. (5 week loss -427).

10/24 recovery begins +188, 10/31 +128, 11/07 +155, 11/14 +80, 11/21 +165, (5 week gain +716).

11/28 -54, 12/05 -99, 12/12 +97, 12/19 +8, 12/27 -166, (5 week loss -214).

01/03 +242 on a broadbased new year buy in, 01/09 +1, 01/17 -292, 01/23 +240, 01/30 -114. (5 week gain +76).

02/06 +125, 02/13 +196, 02/21 -53, 02/27 -40, 03/06 +55, (5 week gain +283).

03/13 +203, 03/20 +0, 03/27 -171, 04/03 +11, 04/10 +18 (5 week gain +61).

04/17 +210, 04/24 +20, 05/01 +211 , 05/08 -197, 05/15 -237 breaking key support (5 week gain +6)

05/22 +135 a bounce, 05/29 -31, 06/05 -356, 06/12 +123, 06/19 -25 (5 week loss -155)

06/26 +161, 07/03 -60, 07/10 -351, 07/17 +129, 07/24 +352 (5 week gain +231)

07/31 +20, 08/07 -152, 08/14 +294, 08/21 -96 (4 week gain +66)since 09/19/05 DJIA +624.

Looking ahead at potential market influences:

Date Event For Est. Prior
Aug 28 3 & 6 month bill auction
Aug 29 4 week bill auction & 2 year note auction
Aug 29 Consumer Confidence Aug - 105.0 106.5 -
Aug 29 FOMC Minutes Aug 8 - - - -
Aug 30 5 year note auction
Aug 30 Chain Deflator-Prel. Q2 - 3.3% 3.3% -
Aug 30 GDP-Prel. Q2 - 3.0% 2.5% -
Aug 30 Crude Inventories 08/25 - NA -643K -
Aug 31 ECB rate announcement
Aug 31 Initial Claims 08/26 - 315K 313K -
Aug 31 Personal Income Jul - 0.5% 0.6% -
Aug 31 Personal Spending Jul - 0.7% 0.4% -
Aug 31 Chicago PMI Aug - 56.5 57.9 -
Aug 31 Factory Orders Jul - -0.6% 1.2% -
Sep 01 Pending Home Sales
Sep 01 Auto Sales Aug - 5.4M 5.6M -
Sep 01 Truck Sales Aug - 7.4M 7.6M -
Sep 01 Nonfarm Payrolls Aug - 120K 113K -
Sep 01 Unemployment Rate Aug - 4.7% 4.8% -
Sep 01 Mich Sentiment-Rev. Aug - 78.7 78.7 -
Sep 01 Construction Spending Jul - 0.1% 0.3% -
Sep 01 ISM Index Aug - 55.0 54.7 -

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