04/28/08 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 (1 week gain +43) since 09/19/05 DJIA +2315

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

Apr 29 Consumer Confidence Apr - 62.0 64.5 -
Apr 30 ADP Employment Apr - - 8K -
Apr 30 GDP-Adv. Q1 - 0.7% 0.6% -
Apr 30 Chain Deflator-Adv. Q1 - 2.6% 2.4% -
Apr 30 Chicago PMI Apr - 49.0 48.2 -
Apr 30 Crude Inventories 04/26 - NA 2421K -
Apr 30 FOMC Policy Statement
May 1 Auto Sales Apr - 5.1M 4.9M -
May 1 Truck Sales Apr - 6.3M 6.2M -
May 1 Initial Claims 04/26 - NA 342K -
May 1 Personal Income Mar - 0.4% 0.5% -
May 1 Personal Spending Mar - 0.3% 0.1% -
May 1 PCE Core Inflation Mar - 0.2% 0.1% -
May 1 Construction Spending Mar - -1.0% -0.3% -
May 1 ISM Index Apr - 49.0 48.6 -
May 2 Nonfarm Payrolls Apr - -70K -80K -
May 2 Unemployment Rate Apr - 5.2% 5.1% -
May 2 Factory Orders Mar - NA -1.3% -

Quarterly Reporting

Apr 28 Fujitsu, MasterCard, RadioShack; Tyson; Verizon, Visa
Apr 29 ADM, Countrywide, Deutsche Bank, Office Depot, US Steel, Valero
Apr 30 Centex, Healthnet, OfficeMax, Siemens, Starbucks, Time Warner
May 1 Aon, Cigna, Exxon Mobil, Fortis, Tyco
May 2 Chevron

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