03/03/08 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 (3 week gain +84) since 09/19/05 DJIA +1656

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

Mar 3 Construction Spending Jan - -0.6% -1.1% -
Mar 3 ISM Index Feb - 47.5 50.7 -
Mar 4 Bank Of Canada Rate Announcement
Mar 4 Auto Sales Feb - 5.0M 5.1M -
Mar 4 Truck Sales Feb - 6.8M 6.6M -
Mar 5 Productivity-Rev. Q4 - 1.8% 1.8% -
Mar 5 Factory Orders Jan - -2.2% 2.3% -
Mar 5 ISM Services Feb - 48.0 44.6 -
Mar 5 Crude Inventories 03/01 - NA 3231K -
Mar 5 Fed's Beige Book - - - - -
Mar 6 ECB & BOE Rate Announcement
Mar 6 Initial Claims 03/01 - 360K 373K -
Mar 6 Pending Home Sales Jan - - -1.5% -
Mar 7 Nonfarm Payrolls Feb - 30K -17K -
Mar 7 Unemployment Rate Feb - 5.0% 4.9% -
Mar 7 Consumer Credit Jan - $10.0B $4.5B -

Financial Reporting

Mar 3 HSBC Finance
Mar 4 Staples
Mar 5 Big Lots, Costco, H&R Block, Longs Drugs, Needless MarkUps
Mar 6 Blockbuster, Carrefour, Credit Argicole, EON
Mar 7 Fortis