03/24/08 Market Influence & History

DJIA week beginning:

07/16 -55, 07/23 -594, 07/30 -83, 08/06 +59; 08/13 -160 (5 week loss -833)

08/20 +300, 08/27 -22, 09/03 -244, 09/10 +329, 09/17 +377 (5 week gain +740)

09/24 +77, 10/01 +171, 10/08 +27, 10/15 -572, 10/22 +293 (5 week loss -4)

10/29 -212, 11/05 -553, 11/12 +127, 11/19 -196, 11/26 +391 (5 week loss -443)

12/03 +254, 12/10 -286, 12/17 +109, 12/24 -85 12/31 -566, (5 week loss -574)

01/07 -193, 01/14 -507, 01/21 +108; 01/28 +537; 02/04 -561 (5 week loss -616)

02/11 +166, 02/18 +33, 02/25 -115, 03/03 -370, 03/10 +56 (5 week loss -230)

03/17 +410 (1 week gain +410) since 09/19/05 DJIA +1752

Looking ahead at potential market influences:
Date Event Period Est. Prior

Mar 24 Existing Home Sales Feb - 4.85M 4.89M -
Mar 25 Consumer Confidence Mar - 74.5 75.0 -
Mar 26 2 year note auction
Mar 26 Durable Orders Feb - 1.5% -5.3% -
Mar 26 New Home Sales Feb - 570K 588K -
Mar 26 Crude Inventories 03/22 - NA 133K -
Mar 27 5 year note auction
Mar 27 GDP-Final Q4 - 0.6% 0.6% -
Mar 27 Chain Deflator-Final Q4 - 2.7% 2.7% -
Mar 27 Initial Claims 03/22 - 360K 378K -
Mar 28 Personal Income Feb - 0.3% 0.3% -
Mar 28 Personal Spending Feb - 0.2% 0.4% -
Mar 28 Core PCE Inflation Feb - 0.0% 0.3% -
Mar 28 Mich Sentiment-Rev. Mar - 70.5 70.5 -

Financial Reporting

Mar 24 Walgreens
Mar 25 Bank Of China
Mar 26 Deutsche Bank, Oracle
Mar 27 ConAgra, Lennar, Williams Sonoma
Mar 28 KB Home