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Economic Calendar for March 13,
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 |
|
Market |
Forecast |
Previous |
|
Med |
5:00am |
ECB Monthly Bulletin |
EUR |
- |
- |
|
Med |
8:30am |
Industrial Capacity Utilization Rate |
CAD |
82.0% |
82.7% |
|
High |
8:30am |
Core Retail Sales m/m |
USD |
0.2% |
0.3% |
|
Med |
8:30am |
Retail Sales m/m |
USD |
0.2% |
0.3% |
|
Med |
8:30am |
Unemployment Claims |
USD |
355K |
351K |
|
High |
9:00am |
Interest Rate Statement |
CHF |
2.75% |
2.75% |
|
Med |
10:00am |
Business Inventories m/m |
USD |
0.5% |
0.6% |
|
Med |
11:30am |
BOC Governor Carney Speaks |
CAD |
- |
- |
|
Med |
12:15pm |
SNB Vice-Chairman Hildebrand Speaks |
CHF |
- |
- |
Earnings Announcements for March 13,
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 |
|
Time Not Supplied |
ARO |
Aeropostale |
+0.88 |
|
After Market Close |
PSUN |
Pacific Sunwear of California |
+0.29 |
IPOs for the Week of March 10,
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 |
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HCCI |
Heritage-Crystal Clean |
$10.50-$12.50 |
William Blair |
1.7 mil |
Stock Splits for the Month of March
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 |
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Mar 04 |
NJR |
NJ
Resources |
N |
3-2 |
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Mar 04 |
PRXL |
Parexel |
Y |
2-1 |
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Mar 17 |
GFIG |
GFI
Group |
Y |
4-1 |
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Mar 26 |
SWN |
SW
Energy |
Y |
2-1 |
Major Indices Statistics for March 12, 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 |
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Dow Jones |
12,303.00 |
12,093.00 |
210.00 |
285 mil |
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S&P 500 |
1,333.26 |
1,307.86 |
25.04 |
N/A |
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NASDAQ |
2,282.61 |
2,241.38 |
41.23 |
2,088 mil |
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NYSE |
8,917.46 |
8,776.81 |
140.65 |
3,951 mil |
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