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What A Week It Was...

You want volatility? You got it. You want travel range, you got it. No question about it--there was a lot of action in the market this past week. I wanted to point out Wednesday and Thursday in particular. After Wednesday's close, it really kind of looked like the end of the world was beginning. We took out the recent swing lows and it sure seemed like all the analysts in the media had worried looks on their faces.

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Big Cap Earnings Announcements for the Week of April 25th

Company Symbol Date
Altera ALTR Monday, Apr 25
Americredit ACF Monday, Apr 25
Arkansas Best ABFS Monday, Apr 25
Boyd Gaming BYD Monday, Apr 25
CKE Restaurants CKE Monday, Apr 25
Exelon EXC Monday, Apr 25
Great Lakes Chemicals GLK Monday, Apr 25
Reebok RBK Monday, Apr 25
Swift Transportation SWFT Monday, Apr 25
ACE Limited ACE Tuesday, Apr 26
AFLAC AFL Tuesday, Apr 26
AK Steel AKS Tuesday, Apr 26
Amazon.com AMZN Tuesday, Apr 26
American Express AXP Tuesday, Apr 26
Checkpoint Systems CHKP Tuesday, Apr 26
Coach COH Tuesday, Apr 26
Countrywide Financial CFC Tuesday, Apr 26
CV Therapeutics CVTX Tuesday, Apr 26
Dupont DD Tuesday, Apr 26
ENSCO International ESV Tuesday, Apr 26
Express Scripts ESRX Tuesday, Apr 26
Filenet FILE Tuesday, Apr 26
Hilton Hotels HLT Tuesday, Apr 26
Intertel INTL Tuesday, Apr 26
L-3 Communications LLL Tuesday, Apr 26
Lockheed Martin LMT Tuesday, Apr 26
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia MSO Tuesday, Apr 26
Monster Worldwide MNST Tuesday, Apr 26
Novatel Wireless NVTL Tuesday, Apr 26
Penn National Gaming PENN Tuesday, Apr 26
Rockwell Automation ROK Tuesday, Apr 26
STM Microelectronics STM Tuesday, Apr 26
Amerada Hess AHC Wednesday, Apr 27
Anheuser Busch BUD Wednesday, Apr 27
Applebee's International APPB Wednesday, Apr 27
Baker Hughes BHI Wednesday, Apr 27
Biogen Idec BIIB Wednesday, Apr 27
Chiron CHIR Wednesday, Apr 27
Cognizant Technology CTSH Wednesday, Apr 27
ConocoPhillps COP Wednesday, Apr 27
DTE Energy DTE Wednesday, Apr 27
Equities Office Proterties Trust EOP Wednesday, Apr 27
eResearch Technology ERES Wednesday, Apr 27
General Maritime GMR Wednesday, Apr 27
Host Marritott HMT Wednesday, Apr 27
Kerr McGee KMG Wednesday, Apr 27
Lifepoint Hospitals LPNT Wednesday, Apr 27
Murphy Oil MUR Wednesday, Apr 27
Nautilus NLS Wednesday, Apr 27
Pulte Homes PHM Wednesday, Apr 27
Skechers SKX Wednesday, Apr 27
Starbucks SBUX Wednesday, Apr 27
Station Casinos STN Wednesday, Apr 27
Alberto-Culver ACV Thursday, Apr 28
American Electric Power AEP Thursday, Apr 28
Arogosy Gaming AGY Thursday, Apr 28
AstraZeneca AZN Thursday, Apr 28
Autonation AN Thursday, Apr 28
Avid Technology AVID Thursday, Apr 28
Beazer Homes BZH Thursday, Apr 28
Bristol Myers Squibb BMY Thursday, Apr 28
Cabot Microelectronics CCMP Thursday, Apr 28
CenturyTel CTL Thursday, Apr 28
DaimlerChrysler DCX Thursday, Apr 28
Flextronics FLEX Thursday, Apr 28
Fremont General FMT Thursday, Apr 28
Georgia Pacific GP Thursday, Apr 28
GlaxoSmithKlinegsk HAL Thursday, Apr 28
Intermune ITMN Thursday, Apr 28
Iron Mountain IRM Thursday, Apr 28
ITT Educational Services ITT Thursday, Apr 28
K Swiss KSWS Thursday, Apr 28
Kellogg K Thursday, Apr 28
Marvel Enterprises MVL Thursday, Apr 28
Raytheon RTN Thursday, Apr 28
Ryder Systems R Thursday, Apr 28
Anadarko Petroleum APC Friday, Apr 29
Anglogold AU Friday, Apr 29
Cardinal Health CAH Friday, Apr 29
Chevron Texaco CVX Friday, Apr 29
Deutsche Bank DB Friday, Apr 29
Keyspan KSE Friday, Apr 29
Nicor Holdings NI Friday, Apr 29
Shire Pharmaceuticals SHPGY Friday, Apr 29
Standard Pacific SPF Friday, Apr 29



Scheduled Stock Splits for the Week of
April 25th

Company Symbol Ratio Payable Ex-Date
KB Home KBH 2-1 Apr 28 Apr 29

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Upcoming Economic Events for the Week of April 25th

Date ET Release For Consensus Prior
Apr 25 10:00 am Existing Home Sales Mar 6.80 M 6.79 M
Apr 26 10:00 am Consumer Confidence Apr 98.0 102.4
Apr 26 10:00 am New Home Sales Mar 1200K 1226K
Apr 27 8:30 am Durable Orders Mar 0.3% 0.5%
Apr 28 8:30 am GDP (Adv.) Q1 3.5% 3.8%
Apr 28 8:30 am Chain Deflator (Adv) Q1 2.0% 2.3%
Apr 28 8:30 am Initial Jobless Claims 4/23 NA 296K
Apr 28 10:00 am Help Wanted Index Mar 41 41
Apr 29 8:30 am Employment Cost Index Mar 1.0% 0.7%
Apr 29 8:30 am Personal Income Mar 0.4% 0.3%
Apr 29 8:30 am Personal Spending Mar 0.4% 0.5%
Apr 29 9:45 am Michigan Sentiment (Rev.) Apr 89.0 88.7
Apr 29 10:00 am Chicago PMI Apr 62.5 69.2


Have a great weekend!

Brice

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