08/18/08 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; 07/28 -46 (5 week loss -23)

08/04 +408; 08/11 -75 (2 week gain +333) since 09/19/05 DJIA +1099

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

Aug 18 NAHB/WF Housing Market Index
Aug 19 Building Permits Jul - NA 1091K -
Aug 19 Core PPI Jul - NA 0.2% -
Aug 19 Housing Starts Jul - NA 1066K -
Aug 19 PPI Jul - NA 1.8% -
Aug 20 Crude Inventories 08/16 - NA -316K -
Aug 21 Initial Claims 08/16 - NA 450K -
Aug 21 Leading Indicators Jul - NA -0.1% -
Aug 21 Philadelphia Fed Aug - NA -16.3 -

Quarterly Reporting

Aug 18 BHP Billiton, Lowes
Aug 19 HP, Home Depot, Target
Aug 20 Longs Drugs, Ross Stores
Aug 21 Burger King, Cost Plus, Frontline