07/28/08 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; 06/02 -429; 06/09 +96; 06/16 -464; 06/23 -497 (5 week loss -1136)

06/30 -59; 07/07 -188; 07/14 +396; 07/21 -126 (4 week gain +23) since 09/19/05 DJIA +812

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

Jul 29 Consumer Confidence Jul - 50.0 50.4 -
Jul 30 ADP Employment Jul - - -79K -
Jul 30 Crude Inventories 07/26 - NA -1558K -
Jul 31 Chain Deflator-Adv. Q2 - 3.0% 2.7% -
Jul 31 GDP-Adv. Q2 - 2.8% 1.0% -
Jul 31 Initial Claims 07/26 - 380K 406K -
Jul 31 Chicago PMI Jul - 50.1 49.6 -
Aug 1 Auto Sales Jul - 5.0M 4.9M -
Aug 1 Truck Sales Jul - 5.0M 5.0M -
Aug 1 Nonfarm Payrolls Jul - -40K -62K -
Aug 1 Unemployment Rate Jul - 5.5% 5.5% -
Aug 1 Construction Spending Jun - -0.2% -0.4% -
Aug 1 ISM Index Jul - 50.5 50.2 -


Quarterly Reporting

Jul 28 Tyson Foods, Verizon
Jul 29 Centex, Denny's, OfficeMax, US Steel, Valero
Jul 30 EADS, OfficeDepot, Siemens, Starbucks, Visa
Jul 31 Deutsche Bank, Exxon Mobil, Motorola, Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever
Aug 01 British Air, Chevron, Cigna, Nissan

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