10/06/08 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 weekloss -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; 08/18 -31; 08/25 -88; 09/01 -323 (5 week loss -109)

09/08 +201; 09/15 -32; 09/22 -245; 09/29 -817 (4 week loss -893) since 09/19/05 DJIA -236

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

Oct 7 FOMC Minutes Sep 16 - - - -
Oct 7 Consumer Credit Aug - NA $4.6B -
Oct 8 Pending Home Sales Aug - - -3.2% -
Oct 8 Crude Inventories 10/04 - NA NA -
Oct 8 10 yr TIPS Auction
Oct 9 Initial Claims 10/04 - NA NA -
Oct 9 BOE Rate Announcement
Oct 9 Wholesale Inventories Aug - NA 1.4% -
Oct 10 Export Prices ex-ag. Sep - NA NA -
Oct 10 Import Prices ex-oil Sep - NA NA -
Oct 10 Trade Balance Aug - NA -$62.2B -

Quarterly Earnings

Oct 7 Alcoa; Yum Brands
Oct 8 Costco; Monsanto
Oct 9 Chevron
Oct 10 GE

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