05/12/08 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; 03/24 -145; 03/31 +396; 04/07 -255; 04/14 +524 (5 week gain +930)

04/21 +43; 04/28 +166; 05/05 -312 (3 week loss -102) since 09/19/05 DJIA +2169

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

May 12 Treasury Budget Apr - NA $177.7B -
May 13 Export Prices ex-ag. Apr - NA 1.2% -
May 13 Import Prices ex-oil Apr - NA 1.1% -
May 13 Retail Sales Apr - 0.0% 0.2% -
May 13 Retail Sales ex-auto Apr - 0.5% 0.1% -
May 13 Business Inventories Mar - 0.3% 0.6% -
May 14 Core CPI Apr - 0.2% 0.2% -
May 14 CPI Apr - 0.3% 0.3% -
May 14 Crude Inventories 05/10 - NA 5654K -
May 15 Initial Claims 05/10 - 365K 365K -
May 15 NY Empire State Index May - 0.0 0.6 -
May 15 TIC Net Foreign Purchases Mar - NA $72.5B -
May 15 Capacity Utilization Apr - 80.0% 80.3% -
May 15 Industrial Production Apr - -0.4% 0.3% -
May 15 Philadelphia Fed May - -20.0 -24.9 -
May 16 Building Permits Apr - 900K 927K -
May 16 Housing Starts Apr - 940K 947K -
May 16 Mich Sentiment-Prel. May - 65.0 NA -

Quarterly Reporting

May 12 HSBC, IndyMac, MBIA, Radian, Sprint/Nextel, PMI
May 13 Societe Generale, Toll Brothers, Wal Mart
May 14 BNP Paribas, EADS, Freddie Mac, Sony
May 15 Blockbuster, HP, JC Penney, Kohl's, Blackstone
May 16 British Air

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