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This Week
By:
Wall Street Greek
Posted on April 20, 2010 at 10:10 AM EDT
This week's economic schedule is relatively light, but earnings season swings into high gear.
"The Greek" earned clients a 23% average annual return over five years as a stock analyst on Wall Street. While writing for Wall Street Greek and others, he presciently predicted the financial crisis and housing and banking failures of the Great Recession. Visit the front pages of Wall Street Greek now to see our current coverage of business news, global financial markets, real estate, shipping, fine art, technical analysis and global affairs.
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This Week
While the economic schedule is relatively light this week, especially in the early going, earnings season swings into high gear. The full listing of earnings below illustrates just how active a week it's going to be. This week, we wanted to make sure you noticed our sponsor, Geopolitical Factor, and their new page covering the FIFA World Cup 2010, which kicks off in South Africa in June. Geopolitical Factor's latest resource will offer whatever videos are authorized by FIFA for release and also those prepared by enthusiastic nationals highlighting qualifying game goals etc. Also, look for all the latest information on preparation for the games, linked to below via the banner.
Monday
Monday was the first day of trading since the market-moving news of the SEC's charge against Goldman Sachs (
NYSE: GS
). Thanks to a positive economic report, the Dow gained 0.7% to start this week.
The only economic report on the typically data-short Monday was Leading Indicators for March. Leading Indicators increased by 1.4% in March, versus the economists' consensus for a 1.1% gain. March also came in stronger than February, which saw the LEI move 0.4% higher. The LEI has been rising steadily for a year now, and this latest reading offered the first labor market positives to date, which was especially enthusing.
EU and IMF officials were scheduled to reach Athens Monday to discuss details of their aid package for Greece, but the meeting has been pushed forward indefinitely due to the volcanic disruption to flights. Meanwhile, energy ministers at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Algeria are discussing proposals geared to lift prices.
In Washington, a two-day meeting of major economic nations on the topic of climate change concluded Monday. Fed Chief Bernanke gave testimony Monday on the lessons of the failure of Lehman Brothers. Fed Governor Duke also spoke on the topic of economic development.
The earnings calendar included news from Citigroup (
NYSE: C
), IBM (
NYSE: IBM
), Eli Lilly (
NYSE: LLY
), AMCON Distributing (AMEX: DIT), Amylin Pharmaceuticals (
Nasdaq: AMLN
), Arch Coal (
NYSE: ACI
), Atheros Communications (
Nasdaq: ATHR
), BancFirst (
Nasdaq: BANF
), Bank of Hawaii (
NYSE: BOH
), Best Energy Services (Nasdaq: BEYS), Brown & Brown (
NYSE: BRO
), Capital City Bank (
Nasdaq: CCBG
), Cass Information Systems (
Nasdaq: CASS
), Chemical Financial (
Nasdaq: CHFC
), China Eastern Airlines (
NYSE: CEA
), Citizens South Banking (
Nasdaq: CSBC
), Community Capital (
Nasdaq: CPBK
), Continental Materials (AMEX: CUO), Crane (
NYSE: CR
), Crown Holdings (
NYSE: CCK
), Deltic Timber (
NYSE: DEL
), Encorium Group (
Nasdaq: ENCO
), Equity LifeStyle Properties (
NYSE: ELS
), First Defiance Financial (
Nasdaq: FDEF
), Halliburton (
NYSE: HAL
), Hasbro (
NYSE: HAS
), Heartland Express (
Nasdaq: HTLD
), ICU Medical (
Nasdaq: ICUI
), IDEX (
NYSE: IEX
), LaBarge (
NYSE: LB
), Lincare Holdings (
Nasdaq: LNCR
), Linkwell (Nasdaq: LWLL), M&T Bank (
NYSE: MTB
), McMoRan Exploration (
NYSE: MMR
), Packaging Corp. of America (
NYSE: PKG
), Pinnacle Financial (
Nasdaq: PNFP
), Renaissance Learning (
Nasdaq: RLRN
), RLI Corp. (
NYSE: RLI
), S&T Bancorp (
Nasdaq: STBA
), Sensient Technologies (
NYSE: SXT
), Sierra Bancorp (
Nasdaq: BSRR
), Southwest Bancorp (
Nasdaq: OKSB
), Standard Pacific (
NYSE: SPF
), Steel Dynamics (
Nasdaq: STLD
), Student Loan (
NYSE: STU
), Werner Enterprises (
Nasdaq: WERN
) and Zions Bancorp (
Nasdaq: ZION
).
Tuesday
Tuesday produces another quiet economic day, with just the ICSC Weekly Same-Store Sales data due in the premarket. Last week's sales data covering the period ended April 10 showed a weekly sales gain of just 0.1%, given the comparison against the pre-Easter period. Sales still improved 4.0% against the prior year's depressed levels.
At 11:00 AM, Treasury Secretary Geithner joins Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke in testimony before the House Financial Services Committee on the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
In corporate news activity, Magna Entertainment seeks bankruptcy court approval to exit Chapter 11. U.S. Bancorp (
NYSE: USB
) and Citigroup (
NYSE: C
) have shareholder meetings scheduled, while J.C. Penney (
NYSE: JCP
) will host an analysts' meeting.
Goldman Sachs' (
NYSE: GS
) quarterly conference call should garner a world of attention, as management will also address the SEC charge against the company. The earnings schedule includes news from Coca-Cola (
NYSE: KO
), Apple (
Nasdaq: AAPL
), US Bancorp (
NYSE: USB
), Johnson & Johnson (
NYSE: JNJ
), Gilead Sciences (
Nasdaq: GILD
), Bank of New York Mellon (
NYSE: BK
), UnitedHealth Group (
NYSE: UNH
), Yahoo! (
Nasdaq: YHOO
), AO Smith (
NYSE: AOS
), AK Steel (
NYSE: AKS
), Allegiant Travel (
Nasdaq: ALGT
), Altera (
Nasdaq: ALTR
), Aluminum Corp. of China (
NYSE: ACH
), Amphenol (
NYSE: APH
), Astec Industries (
Nasdaq: ASTE
), Badger Meter (
NYSE: BMI
), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio (
NYSE: BLX
), Biogen Idec (
Nasdaq: BIIB
), Bridge Capital (
Nasdaq: BBNK
), Brinker Int'l (
NYSE: EAT
), C&D Technologies (
NYSE: CHP
), Chemed (
NYSE: CHE
), Coach (
NYSE: COH
), Conceptus (
Nasdaq: CPTS
), CPI Corp. (
NYSE: CPY
), Cree (
Nasdaq: CREE
), Cybex Int'l (
Nasdaq: CYBI
), Dearborn Bancorp (
Nasdaq: DEAR
), Delta Air Lines (
NYSE: DAL
), Eagle Bancorp (
Nasdaq: EGBN
), Eaton (
NYSE: ETN
), Edwards Lifesciences (
NYSE: EW
), Evercore Partners Flexsteel (
Nasdaq: FLXS
), Forest Laboratories (
NYSE: FRX
), Fulton Financial (
Nasdaq: FULT
), Glimcher Realty Trust (
NYSE: GRT
), Hancock Holding (
Nasdaq: HBHC
), Harley-Davidson (
NYSE: HOG
), Home Bancshares (
Nasdaq: HOMB
), Huaneng Power (
NYSE: HNP
), IberiaBank (
Nasdaq: IBKC
), Illinois Tool Works (
NYSE: ITW
), Infinera (
Nasdaq: INFN
), Jefferies (
NYSE: JEF
), Journal Communications (
NYSE: JRN
), Juniper Networks (
Nasdaq: JNPR
), LaBranche & Co. (
NYSE: LAB
), Lee Enterprises (
NYSE: LEE
), Manhattan Associates (
Nasdaq: MANH
), Marshall & Ilsley (
NYSE: MI
), Marten Transport (
Nasdaq: MRTN
), Mercantile Bank (
Nasdaq: MBWM
), Meridian Bioscience (
Nasdaq: VIVO
), Millicom Int’l (
Nasdaq: MICC
), Nabors Industries (
NYSE: NBR
), New Orient Education (
NYSE: EDU
), Northern Trust (
Nasdaq: NTRS
), Novartis (
NYSE: NVS
), NuVasive (
Nasdaq: NUVA
), Omnicom (
NYSE: OMC
), Orbital Sciences (
NYSE: ORB
), Oriental Financial (
NYSE: OFG
), PACCAR (
Nasdaq: PCAR
), Parker Hannifin (
NYSE: PH
), Peoples Bancorp (
Nasdaq: PEBO
), Pervasive Software (
Nasdaq: PVSW
), Plexus (
Nasdaq: PLXS
), Provident Bancorp (
Nasdaq: PBNY
), Regions Financial (
NYSE: RF
), Remy Int’l (Nasdaq: REMY), Renasant (
Nasdaq: RNST
), Savannah Bancorp (
Nasdaq: SAVB
), Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX), Snap-on (
NYSE: SNA
), State Street (
NYSE: STT
), Stepan Co. (
NYSE: SCL
), Stryker (
NYSE: SYK
), Supervalu (
NYSE: SVU
), Synovus (
NYSE: SNV
), TD Ameritrade (
Nasdaq: AMTD
), Teck Resources (
NYSE: TCK
), Tempur Pedic (
NYSE: TPX
), The South Fin’l (
Nasdaq: TSFG
), TSS (
Nasdaq: TSYS
), Twin Disc (
Nasdaq: TWIN
), Ulticom (
Nasdaq: ULCM
), USG (
NYSE: USG
), Vascular Solutions (
Nasdaq: VASC
), VMware (
NYSE: VMW
), Vocus (
Nasdaq: VOCS
), Waste Connections (
NYSE: WCN
), Weatherford Int’l (
NYSE: WFT
), Wolverine World Wide (
NYSE: WWW
),
Wednesday
Another slow economic data day ensues Wednesday, as only the regular weekly reports are due for release. Expect the latest mortgage activity data from the Mortgage Bankers Association in the premarket. Last week's release covering the period ended April 9, produced a second consecutive decline in the Market Composite Index. This time, mortgage rates declined and mortgage activity still dropped. The Market Composite Index fell 9.6%, with the Purchase Index slipping 10.5% and Refinance Index falling 9.0%. Contracted fixed rate mortgage rates for 15-year and 30-year mortgages fell to 4.45% (from 4.54%) and 5.17% (from 5.31%), respectively. The killer of mortgage activity was a hike in FHA mortgage insurance premiums.
At 10:30, look for the regular EIA Petroleum Status Report. Last week's release covering the period ended April 9, showed crude oil inventory decreased by 2.2 million barrels. Gasoline stocks fell by 1.1 million barrels, but both commodities held inventory levels above the upper limit of the average range for this time of year.
Several IPOs are scheduled to price on Wednesday, though these events are always tentatively scheduled. If any disruptive factor comes to play in the markets, you can expect the start date to be altered. The names due include Alimera Sciences (Nasdaq: ALIM), Excel Trust (
NYSE: EXL
) and Codexis (Nasdaq: CDXS).
Walter Energy (
NYSE: WLT
) has a shareholders meeting scheduled for Wednesday, while earnings news is due from Abbott Labs (
NYSE: ABT
), Affymetrix (
Nasdaq: AFFX
), AirTran (
NYSE: AAI
), Alliance Data (
NYSE: ADS
), Altria Group (
NYSE: MO
), AMB Property (
NYSE: AMB
), AmeriCredit (
NYSE: ACF
), Amgen (
Nasdaq: AMGN
), AMR Corp. (
NYSE: AMR
), Astoria Fin'l (
NYSE: AF
), AT&T (
NYSE: T
), ATMI (
Nasdaq: ATMI
), Banner (
Nasdaq: BANR
), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (
Nasdaq: BHLB
), Chipotle Mexican Grill (
NYSE: CMG
), Citrix Systems (
Nasdaq: CTXS
), CNH Global (
NYSE: CNH
), Cohen & Steers (
NYSE: CNS
), Cohu (
Nasdaq: COHU
), Comerica (
NYSE: CMA
), Community Health (
NYSE: CYH
), CoStar Group (
Nasdaq: CSGP
), Covanta (
NYSE: CVA
), Covidien (
NYSE: COV
), CyberOptics (
Nasdaq: CYBE
), DST Systems (
NYSE: DST
), E*Trade Financial (
Nasdaq: ETFC
), eBay (
Nasdaq: EBAY
), Elan (
NYSE: ELN
), EMC Corp. (
NYSE: EMC
), EnCana (
NYSE: ECA
), Equinix (
Nasdaq: EQIX
), Exponent (
Nasdaq: EXPO
), F5 Networks (
Nasdaq: FFIV
), FBR Capital Markets (
Nasdaq: FBCM
), Fidelity National Financial (
NYSE: FNF
), First Cash (
Nasdaq: FCFS
), First Commonwealth (
NYSE: FCF
), First Midwest Bancorp (
Nasdaq: FMBI
), Forward Air (
Nasdaq: FWRD
), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (
NYSE: FCX
), Genzyme (
Nasdaq: GENZ
), Graco (
NYSE: GGG
), Gulf Island Fabrication (
Nasdaq: GIFI
), Hanesbrands (
NYSE: HBI
), Health Grades (
Nasdaq: HGRD
), Hub Group (
Nasdaq: HUBG
), Hudson City Bancorp (
Nasdaq: HCBK
), Huntington Bancshares (
Nasdaq: HBAN
), Intersil (
Nasdaq: ISIL
), KeyCorp (
NYSE: KEY
), Kinder Morgan Energy (
NYSE: KMP
), Knight Capital (
Nasdaq: NITE
), Knight Transportation (
NYSE: KNX
), Laboratory Corp. (
NYSE: LH
), Lam Research (
Nasdaq: LRCX
), LaSalle Hotel Properties (
NYSE: LHO
), Leggett & Platt (
NYSE: LEG
), LG Display (
NYSE: LPL
), Lockheed Martin (
NYSE: LMT
), Lufkin Industries (
Nasdaq: LUFK
), Manpower (
NYSE: MAN
), Massey Energy (
NYSE: MEE
), Mattson Technology (
Nasdaq: MTSN
), McDonald's (
NYSE: MCD
), Media General (
NYSE: MEG
), Mellanox Technologies (
Nasdaq: MLNX
), Moody's (
NYSE: MCO
), Morgan Stanley (
NYSE: MS
), Netflix (
Nasdaq: NFLX
), Netgear (
Nasdaq: NTGR
), New York Community Bancorp (
NYSE: NYB
), NewMarket (
NYSE: NEU
), Noble Corp. (
NYSE: NE
), NovaGold Resources (AMEX: NG), Novellus Systems (
Nasdaq: NVLS
), NVR, Inc. (
NYSE: NVR
), Pactiv (
NYSE: PTV
), Pick 'n Pay Stores (Nasdaq: PIKJ), Piper Jaffray (
NYSE: PJC
), Platinum Underwriters (
NYSE: PTP
), Polaris Industries (
NYSE: PII
), Polycom (
Nasdaq: PLCM
), Qualcomm (
Nasdaq: QCOM
), Quest Diagnostics (
NYSE: DGX
), RC2 Corp. (
Nasdaq: RCRC
), Ryder System (
NYSE: R
), SanDisk (
Nasdaq: SNDK
), Select Comfort (
Nasdaq: SCSS
), SLM Corp. (
NYSE: SLM
), St. Jude Medical (
NYSE: STJ
), StanCorp Financial (
NYSE: SFG
), Starbucks (
Nasdaq: SBUX
), SunTrust (
NYSE: STI
), Temple-Inland (
NYSE: TIN
), Teradyne (
NYSE: TER
), Terex (
NYSE: TEX
), Texas Capital Bancshares (
Nasdaq: TCBI
), The Boeing Co. (
NYSE: BA
), Theravance (
Nasdaq: THRX
), Thomas & Betts (
NYSE: TNB
), Tractor Supply (
Nasdaq: TSCO
), TrueBlue (
NYSE: TBI
), Tupperware (
NYSE: TUP
), Union Bankshares (NYSE: UNB), United Community Bankshares (
Nasdaq: UCFC
), United Development Co. (Nasdaq: UDCD), United Rentals (
NYSE: URI
), United Technologies (
NYSE: UTX
), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (
Nasdaq: VRTX
), Vitamin Shoppe (
NYSE: VSI
), Washington Trust (
Nasdaq: WASH
), Wells Fargo (
NYSE: WFC
), Westwood Holdings (
NYSE: WHG
) and Zenith National Insurance (
NYSE: ZNT
).
Thursday
It's Earth Day, and the NYSE Euronext Green Summit kicks off in New York City (
NYSE: NYX
).
Last week's Weekly Jobless Claims data surprised many, but not your favorite Greek. You will recall that we were the resource that said major media's attribution of an increase of new filers to Easter was in error. We said that it would likely be proven so in the weeks ahead, and last week's data offered an even higher number than the week before. At 484K new claims filers, this latest labor market data frightened many toward reality. Recovery will be slow going for as long as unemployment remains stubbornly anchored. Economists are forecasting a reading of 460k this week, and the hiring of census workers must come to play positively sometime soon, so we will not argue too aggressively.
At 8:30, look for March's Producer Price Index (PPI). Consumer prices were tame when reported last week, but this data could play a different tune as higher commodity prices are seen pushing the Headline PPI up by 0.4%. Core PPI, which excludes food and energy prices, is forecast for a 0.1% gain.
One major publisher, whose pages we favor, has written that Existing and New Home Sales are due for a boost due to the April deadline for the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit. While this may be so, we are not looking for that boost just yet. The "sales" data, after all, reflects the closure of home sales, and the April deadline is for entry into contract. Homebuyers will have another two months to close on homes in order to qualify for the credit, and so look for the "sales" boost over that span. Pending Sales, though, should show impact now.
Existing Home Sales are due for March at 10:00 AM. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg forecast the annual pace of sales will run around 5.25 million (5.3 million by Barrons), up from 5.02 million in February.
The FHFA is due to report its House Price Index at 10:00 AM. This data for the month of February has no forecast figure, but January's data showed a 0.6% seasonally adjusted monthly price decline. Prices were 3.3% lower when comparing against the prior year period. Prices took a double-dip after recovering a bit in the fall.
The EIA reports on Natural Gas Inventory at its usual 10:30 a.m. time. Data for the period ended April 9 showed a net increase of 87 Bcf. We are in a seasonal building period now, and so stocks, currently 246 Bcf above the five-year average for this time of year, should hold there.
Look for EPS from Verizon (
NYSE: VZ
), American Express (
NYSE: AXP
), Amazon.com (
Nasdaq: AMZN
), PNC Financial Services (
NYSE: PNC
), Philip Morris Int'l (
NYSE: PM
), Union Pacific (
NYSE: UNP
), Pepsico (
NYSE: PEP
), Microsoft (
Nasdaq: MSFT
), Baxter International (
NYSE: BAX
), A.T. Cross Country (
Nasdaq: ATX
), ABB Ltd. (
NYSE: ABB
), Acacia Research (
Nasdaq: ACTG
), Advanced Energy Industries (
Nasdaq: AEIS
), Air Products & Chemicals (
NYSE: APD
), Alaska Air Group (
NYSE: ALK
), Alexion Pharmaceuticals (
Nasdaq: ALXN
), Align Technology (
Nasdaq: ALGN
), Alliance Fiber Optic Products (
Nasdaq: AFOP
), Amdocs Limited (
NYSE: DOX
), American Greetings (
NYSE: AM
), American River Bankshares (
Nasdaq: AMRB
), AmerisourceBergen (
NYSE: ABC
), Amsurg (
Nasdaq: AMSG
), Applied Industrial Technologies (
NYSE: AIT
), Arbitron (
NYSE: ARB
), Arthur J. Gallagher (
NYSE: AJG
), Associated Banc-Corp (
Nasdaq: ASBC
), AU Optronics (
NYSE: AUO
), Autobytel.com (
Nasdaq: ABTL
), AutoNation (
NYSE: AN
), Avid Technology (
Nasdaq: AVID
), BancorpSouth (
NYSE: BXS
), BB&T Corp. (
NYSE: BBT
), BJ's Restaurants (
Nasdaq: BJRI
), Briggs & Stratton (
NYSE: BGG
), Bucyrus Int’l (
Nasdaq: BUCY
), Builders FirstSource (
Nasdaq: BLDR
), C.R. Bard (
NYSE: BCR
), Cabot Microelectronics (
Nasdaq: CCMP
), Capital One Financial (
NYSE: COF
), Cash America Int'l (
NYSE: CSH
), Cepheid (
Nasdaq: CPHD
), Chubb (
NYSE: CB
), Citizens Banking (
Nasdaq: CRBC
), CoBiz (
Nasdaq: COBZ
), Coca-Cola FEMSA (
NYSE: KOF
), Columbia Sportswear (
Nasdaq: COLM
), Computer Programs & Systems (
Nasdaq: CPSI
), Continental Airlines (
NYSE: CAL
), Cooper Industries (
NYSE: CBE
), Courier Corp. (
Nasdaq: CRRC
), Credit Suisse (
NYSE: CS
), Cymer (
Nasdaq: CYMI
), Cypress Semi (
NYSE: CY
), Cytec (
NYSE: CYT
), Danaher (
NYSE: DHR
), Deckers Outdoor (
Nasdaq: DECK
), Deluxe Corp. (
NYSE: DLX
), Developers Diversified Realty (
NYSE: DDR
), DeVry (
NYSE: DV
), Diamond Offshore Drilling (
NYSE: DO
), Digi International (
Nasdaq: DGII
), Eastman Chemical (
NYSE: EMN
), Education Realty Trust (
NYSE: EDR
), Endologix (
Nasdaq: ELGX
), Ensco (
NYSE: ESV
), EZCorp (
Nasdaq: EZPW
), Federated Investors (
NYSE: FII
), Fifth Third Bancorp (
Nasdaq: FITB
), Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL), Gardner Denver (
NYSE: GDI
), GATX Corp. (
NYSE: GMT
), Gentex (
Nasdaq: GNTX
), Glacier Bancorp (
Nasdaq: GBCI
), Goodrich (
NYSE: GR
), Grupo Aeroportuario de Surest (
NYSE: ASR
), Hawaiian Holdings (NYSE: HA), Healthways (
Nasdaq: HWAY
), Hittite Microwave (
Nasdaq: HITT
), HNI Corp. (
NYSE: HNI
), Insteel Industries (
Nasdaq: IIIN
), Interactive Brokers (
Nasdaq: IBKR
), International Game Technology (
NYSE: IGT
), Interphase (
Nasdaq: INPH
), Invacare (
NYSE: IVC
), Isilon Systems (
Nasdaq: ISLN
), ITT Educational Services (
NYSE: ESI
), J&J Snack Foods (
Nasdaq: JJSF
), JAKKS Pacific (
Nasdaq: JAKK
), Janus Capital (
NYSE: JNS
), Kensey Nash (
Nasdaq: KNSY
), Kimberly-Clark (
NYSE: KMB
), KVH Industries (
Nasdaq: KVHI
), L.B. Foster (
Nasdaq: FSTR
), L-3 Communications (
NYSE: LLL
), Lacrosse (
Nasdaq: BOOT
), Lattice Semiconductor (
Nasdaq: LSCC
), Lender Processing Services (
NYSE: LPS
), Life Time Fitness (
NYSE: LTM
), LIN TV (
NYSE: TVL
), Local.com (
Nasdaq: LOCM
), LodgeNet Interactive (
Nasdaq: LNET
), LSI Industries (
Nasdaq: LYTS
), Marriott International (
NYSE: MAR
), Matthews International (
Nasdaq: MATW
), MBT Financial (
Nasdaq: MBTF
), Micrel Semiconductor (
Nasdaq: MCRL
), Microsemi (
Nasdaq: MSCC
), Midwestone Financial (
Nasdaq: MOFG
), MKS Instruments (
Nasdaq: MKSI
), NCR Corp. (
NYSE: NCR
), Nokia (
NYSE: NOK
), Nucor (
NYSE: NUE
), OceanFirst Financial (
Nasdaq: OCFC
), Old Republic International (
NYSE: ORI
), OSI Pharmaceuticals (
Nasdaq: OSIP
), PC-Tel (
Nasdaq: PCTI
), PDF Solutions (
Nasdaq: PDFS
), Peabody Energy (
NYSE: BTU
), Penn National Gaming (
Nasdaq: PENN
), Performance Technologies (
Nasdaq: PTIX
), Pixelworks (
Nasdaq: PXLW
), PMC-Sierra (
Nasdaq: PMCS
), PNC Financial (
NYSE: PNC
), Pool Corporation (
Nasdaq: POOL
), Precision Drilling (
NYSE: PDS
), Premiere Global Services (
NYSE: PGI
), ProLogis (
NYSE: PLD
), Provident Financial Services (
NYSE: PFS
), Rambus (
Nasdaq: RMBS
), Ramtron (
Nasdaq: RMTR
), Raytheon (
NYSE: RTN
), Reddy Ice (
NYSE: FRZ
), Reliance Steel (
NYSE: RS
), Reynolds American (
NYSE: RAI
), Rimage (
Nasdaq: RIMG
), Riverbed Technology (
Nasdaq: RVBD
), Rocky Brands (
Nasdaq: RCKY
), RSC Holdings (
NYSE: RRR
), Sandy Spring Bancorp (
Nasdaq: SASR
), ScanSource (
Nasdaq: SCSC
), Scientific Learning (
Nasdaq: SCIL
), Sherwin-Williams (
NYSE: SHW
), Sify Ltd. (
Nasdaq: SIFY
), Sigma-Aldrich (
Nasdaq: SIAL
), Sonoco (
NYSE: SON
), Southern Community Financial (
Nasdaq: SCMF
), Southwest Airlines (
NYSE: LUV
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), STMicroelectronics (
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), Sybase (
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), TCF Financial (
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), The Blackstone Group (
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), Umpqua Holdings (
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), Valley National Bancorp (
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), Vicor (
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), Virginia Commerce (
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), W.R. Grace (
NYSE: GRA
), Washington Banking (
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), Wastco (
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), Webster Financial (
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), WESCO International (
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), Western Alliance Bancorp (
NYSE: WAL
), Western Digital (
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), Wilshire Bancorp (
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), Wipro (
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), WNS Holdings (
NYSE: WNS
), Woodward (
Nasdaq: WGOV
), Yadkin Valley Bank (
Nasdaq: YAVY
), Young Innovations (
Nasdaq: YDNT
) and Zimmer Holdings (
NYSE: ZMH
).
Friday
March Durable Goods Orders are due in the premarket Friday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg estimate orders will have grown 0.4% in March. Barrons holds consensus at +0.2%. This is a volatile economic data point, and so wide variation from forecast is completely possible, and could shake up markets Friday morning. February's orders gained a revised 0.9%.
New Home Sales have been anemic forever, so excitement may ensue if March sales come in as expected. Economists are forecasting an increase in the annual pace of sales to 330K, versus the 308K rate seen in February. Try to temper your enthusiasm though, as February marked a record low sales pace. Remember, I do not expect the First-Time Homebuyers Tax Credit plays a role here yet.
The Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference kicks off in New Orleans, with Cal-Maine (
NYSE: CAG
) due to present. The EPS schedule includes news from Honeywell (
NYSE: HON
), Schlumberger (
NYSE: SLB
), Active Power (
Nasdaq: ACPW
), Akzo Nobel (
OTC: AKZOF.PK
), AMCOL International (
NYSE: ACO
), Arkansas Best (
Nasdaq: ABFS
), CMS Energy (
NYSE: CMS
), Cypress Sharpridge Investments (
NYSE: CYS
), Delta Apparel (
NYSE: DLA
), Donegal Group (
Nasdaq: DGICA
), Dover (
NYSE: DOV
), Encore Bancshares (
Nasdaq: EBTX
), Eni S.p.A. (
NYSE: E
), Exelon (
NYSE: EXC
), FLIR Systems (
Nasdaq: FLIR
), Horizon Lines (
NYSE: HRZ
), Idexx Laboratories (
Nasdaq: IDXX
), Ingersoll-Rand (
NYSE: IR
), Johnson Controls (
NYSE: JCI
), MDC Holdings (
NYSE: MDC
), MetroCorp Bancshares (
Nasdaq: MCBI
), National Penn Bancshares (
Nasdaq: NPBC
), NorthWestern (
NYSE: NWE
), Patriot Coal (
NYSE: PCX
), Prosperity Bancshares (
Nasdaq: PRSP
), Rockwell Collins (
NYSE: COL
), SonicWall (
Nasdaq: SNWL
), T. Rowe Price (
Nasdaq: TROW
), Taser International (
Nasdaq: TASR
), Telefon AB Ericsson (
Nasdaq: ERIC
), The Travelers Cos. (
NYSE: TRV
), Viad (NYSE: WI), Wilmington Trust (
NYSE: WL
) and Xerox (
NYSE: XRX
).
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