05/19/08 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; 05/12 +240 (4 week gain +138) since 09/19/05 DJIA +2409

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

May 19 Leading Indicators Apr - 0.1% 0.1% -
May 20 Core PPI Apr - 0.1% 0.2% -
May 20 PPI Apr - 0.3% 1.1% -
May 21 Crude Inventories 05/17 - NA 176K -
May 21 FOMC Minutes Apr 30 - - - -
May 22 Initial Claims 05/17 - 370K 371K -
May 23 Existing Home Sales Apr - 4.85M 4.93M -

Quarterly Reporting

May 20 Autozone, HP, Home Depot, Staples, Target
May 21 CSC, Cost Plus, Longs Drugs, Ross
May 22 Air France-KLM, CA, Frontline
May 23 Nordic American Tanker