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Economic Calendar for April 14, 2008
Vital economic data can make or break a trade and can even move the markets drastically. Traders should be aware of upcoming economic data every day before they even make their first days trade.
| Impact |
Time |
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Market |
Forecast |
Previous |
| High |
4:30am |
PPI Input m/m |
GBP |
- |
1.7% |
| High |
8:30am |
Core Retail Sales m/m |
USD |
- |
-0.2% |
| Med |
8:30am |
Retail Sales m/m |
USD |
- |
-0.6% |
| Med |
10:00am |
Business Inventories m/m |
USD |
- |
0.8% |
| High |
10:30am |
BOC Business Outlook Survey |
CAD |
- |
- |
| High |
6:45pm |
CPI q/q |
NZD |
- |
1.2% |
| High |
7:01pm |
RICS House Price Balance |
GBP |
- |
-64.1% |
| High |
9:30pm |
RBA Meeting Minutes |
AUD |
- |
- |
Earnings Announcements for April 14, 2008
Earnings Season undoubtedly provides market moving action for any trader. Don’t be the last one to know the results of key Earnings Announcements. Have the edge; know who’s reporting when, first.
| Time |
Symbol |
Company |
EPS Estimate |
| Before Market Open |
ETN |
Eaton |
+1.65 |
| Before Market Open |
GWW |
W.W. Grainger |
+1.36 |
IPOs for the Week of April 14, 2008
Initial Public Offering’s (IPO’s) trading activity can provide profitable opportunities for the experienced trader. Research upcoming new offerings for a possible day trade or even a long term investment.
| Symbol |
Company |
Price |
Underwriter |
No. of Shares |
| AWK |
American Water Works |
$24.00-$26.00 |
Goldman Sachs |
64.0 mil |
| DTWO |
Digital Domain |
$12.00-$14.00 |
Thomas Weisel |
6.0 mil |
| IPI |
Intrepid Potash, Inc. |
$24.00-$26.00 |
Goldman Sachs |
24.0 mil |
Stock Splits for the Month of April
Stock Splits can provide nice trading action, for the active day trader. Stocks that split tend to be quite volatile on the date of the announcement and even more trading action the date of the official split.
| Ex Date |
Symbol |
Company |
Optionable |
Ratio |
| Apr 01 |
GFIG |
GFI Group |
Y |
4-1 |
| Apr 03 |
HOLX |
Hologic |
Y |
2-1 |
| Mar 31 |
STLD |
Steel Dynamics |
Y |
2-1 |
| Apr 17 |
CHDX |
Chindex |
N |
3-2 |
Major Indices Statistics for April 11, 2008
Monitor statistics of the Major Indices on a daily basis. Track their highs and lows plus, their daily trading ranges for potential trading patterns.
| Index |
High of Day |
Low of Day |
Range |
Volume |
| Dow Jones |
12,580.00 |
12,302.00 |
278.00 |
257 mil |
| S&P 500 |
1,357.98 |
1,331.21 |
26.77 |
N/A |
| NASDAQ |
2,328.45 |
2,286.19 |
42.26 |
1,758 mil |
| NYSE |
9,096.86 |
8,924.72 |
172.14 |
3,571 mil |
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