06/02/08 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; 05/19 -496 (5 week loss -358)

05/26 +159; (1 week gain +159) since 09/19/05 DJIA +2072

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

Jun 2 Construction Spending Apr - -0.8% -1.1% -
Jun 2 ISM Index May - 49.0 48.6 -
Jun 3 Auto Sales May - NA 4.9M -
Jun 3 Truck Sales May - NA 5.6M -
Jun 3 Factory Orders Apr - -0.5% 1.4% -
Jun 4 ADP Employment May - - 10K -
Jun 4 Productivity-Rev. Q1 - 2.5% 2.2% -
Jun 4 ISM Services May - 52.0 52.0 -
Jun 4 Crude Inventories 05/31 - NA -8883K -
Jun 5 Initial Claims 05/31 - 370K 372K -
Jun 5 ECB & BOE Rate Announcements
Jun 6 Nonfarm Payrolls May - -50K -20K -
Jun 6 Unemployment Rate May - 5.1% 5.0% -
Jun 6 Wholesale Inventories Apr - 0.6% -0.1% -
Jun 6 Consumer Credit Apr - NA $15.3B -

Quarterly Reporting

Jun 2 Thornburg Mortgage
Jun 3 Toll Brothers
Jun 4 Hovnanian, Needless Markups, Williams-Sonoma
Jun 5 National Semiconductor

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