12/25/06 Market Influence & History

Happy Holidays to all!! DJIA week beginning:

09/19 -222, 09/26 +149, 10/03 -276, 10/10 -5, 10/17 -72 (5 week loss -427).

10/24 +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, 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 (5 week gain +6)

05/22 +135, 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, 08/28 +180 (5 week gain +246)

09/04 -73, 09/11 +167, 09/18 -51, 09/25 +172, 10/02 +171 (5 week gain +386)

10/09 +110, 10/16 +42, 10/23 +89, 10/30 -105, 11/06 +123 (5 week gain +259)

11/13 +234, 11/20 -63, 11/27 -86, 12/04 +114, 12/11 +164 (5 week gain +363)

12/18 -102, (1 week loss -102) since 09/19/05 DJIA +1710

Looking ahead at potential market influences:
Date Event Period Est. Prior
Dec 27 2 year note auction
Dec 27 New Home Sales Nov - 1020K 1004K -
Dec 28 5 year note auction
Dec 28 EIA Crude Inventories 12/22 - NA -6323K -
Dec 28 Initial Claims 12/23 - 315K 315K -
Dec 28 Consumer Confidence Dec - 102.5 102.9 -
Dec 28 Existing Home Sales Nov - 6.20M 6.24M -
Dec 28 Chicago PMI Dec - 52.0 49.9 -