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Economic Calendar for April 16, 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 |
Average Earnings Index +Bonus q/y |
GBP |
3.6% |
3.7% |
| Med |
4:30am |
Claimant Count Change |
GBP |
-1.8K |
-2.8K |
| Med |
5:00am |
CPI y/y (r) |
EUR |
3.5% |
3.3% |
| Med |
8:30am |
Manufacturing Shipments m/m |
CAD |
0.8% |
1.3% |
| High |
8:30am |
Core CPI m/m |
USD |
0.2% |
0.0% |
| Med |
8:30am |
Building Permits |
USD |
0.97M |
0.98M |
| Med |
8:30am |
CPI m/m |
USD |
0.3% |
0.0% |
| Med |
8:30am |
Housing Starts |
USD |
1.01M |
1.07M |
| Med |
9:15am |
Capacity Utilization Rate |
USD |
80.3% |
80.4% |
| Med |
9:15am |
Industrial Production m/m |
USD |
-0.1% |
-0.5% |
| Med |
12:30pm |
Philadelphia Fed President Plosser Speaks |
USD |
- |
- |
| Med |
2:00pm |
Beige Book |
USD |
- |
- |
Earnings Announcements for April 16, 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 |
ABT |
Abbott |
+0.62 |
| After Market Close |
ALTR |
Altera |
+0.23 |
| Before Market Open |
AMB |
AMB Property |
+0.39 |
| Time Not Supplied |
ASML |
ASML Holdings NV |
+0.5 |
| After Market Close |
AF |
Astoria Financial |
+0.35 |
| After Market Close |
CNW |
Con-Way |
+0.62 |
| After Market Close |
CCK |
Crown Holdings |
+0.15 |
| Time Not Supplied |
EBAY |
eBay |
+0.39 |
| Before Market Open |
ITW |
Illinois Tool Works |
+0.76 |
| After Market Close |
IBM |
International Business Machines |
+1.45 |
| 07:00 am ET |
JPM |
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co |
+0.64 |
| Before Market Open |
NITE |
Knight Capital Group |
+0.31 |
| After Market Close |
LEG |
Leggett & Platt |
+0.24 |
| After Market Close |
SLM |
SLM |
+0.4 |
| Before Market Open |
STJ |
St. Jude Medical |
+0.51 |
| Before Market Open |
KO |
The Coca-Cola Company |
+0.62 |
| Before Market Open |
WFC |
Wells Fargo & Company |
+0.57 |
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 15, 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 |
12,387.00 |
12,270.00 |
117.00 |
203 mil |
| S&P 500 |
1,337.72 |
1,324.35 |
13.37 |
N/A |
| NASDAQ |
2,291.12 |
2,266.29 |
24.83 |
1,782 mil |
| NYSE |
8,981.35 |
8,911.05 |
70.30 |
3,495 mil |
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