05/05/08 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 (2 week gain +210) since 09/19/05 DJIA +2481

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

May 5 ISM Services Apr - 50.0 49.6 -
May 7 10 year note auction
May 7 Productivity-Prel Q1 - 1.4% 1.9% -
May 7 Pending Home Sales Mar - - -1.9 -
May 7 Crude Inventories 05/03 - NA 3848K -
May 7 Consumer Credit Mar - $6.0B $5.2B -
May 8 30 year bond auction
May 8 BOE & ECB Rate Announcements
May 8 Initial Claims 05/03 - 370K 380K -
May 8 Wholesale Inventories Mar - 0.4% +1.1% -
May 9 Trade Balance Mar - -$58.0B -$62.3B -

Quarterly Reporting

May 6 Cisco, DR Horton, Fannie Mae, Swiss Re, UBS
May 8 AIG, Unilever

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