Economic Reports and Earnings Events This Week

Economic Reports and Events This Week

Monday, August 25, 2008
10:00a.m. Jul Existing Home Sales: Previous: -2.6%.
10:30a.m. Aug Dallas Fed Mfg Production Index: Previous: 0.0.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
7:45a.m. ICSC Chain Store Sales Index For Aug 23:
8:55a.m. Redbook Retail Sales Index For Aug 23:
10:00a.m. Jul New Home Sales: Previous: -0.6%.
10:00a.m. Aug Conference Board Consumer Confidence: Previous: 51.9.
10:00a.m. Aug Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index: Previous: -16.
2:00p.m. FOMC Minutes
5:00p.m. ABC/Wash Post Consumer Conf For Aug 24:

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
8:30a.m. Jul Durable Goods Orders: Previous: +0.8%.
10:35a.m. Crude Inventories

Thursday, August 28, 2008
8:30a.m. Initial Jobless Claims For Aug 23 Week:
8:30a.m. 2Q GDP, Prelim: Previous: +1.9%.
8:30a.m. 2Q Corporate Profits, Prelim:
10:00a.m. DJ-BTMU Business Barometer For Aug 9:

Friday, August 29, 2008
8:30a.m. Jul Personal Income: Previous: +0.1%.
8:30a.m. Jul Personal Spending: Previous: +0.6%.
9:45a.m. Aug Chicago PMI: Previous: 50.8.
9:55a.m. End-Aug Reuters/U Mich Sentiment Index:


Key Earnings Announcements This Week:

Monday, August 25, 2008
Before: APWR, IONA (?)
After: ADLR (?)

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Before: BIG, CHS, COCO, DAKT, LTXX, SAFM, SFD, TUES
After: APSG, BGP, DY, HAIN, JCG, PEC (?)

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Before: AEO, BWS, CHRS, DLTR, FTD (?) , GTOP (?), SOLF, TLB
After: CWTR, FCEL, GA, GEF, HEI, JAS, MW, SNDA (?), SIGM (?), TIVO

Thursday, August 28, 2008
Before: BF.B, CONN, DLM, DHT (?), ENER, FLE, FRED, GCO, KIRK, LB, LAYN, NZ, SHLD, SIFY (?), TIF, TWB (?), VIP (?), WSM, ZLC
During: NX (?)
After: ARUN, BNHN (?), JRJC, CMOS (?), DLIA, DELL, DDS, DLLR, ESL, JMBA, LTON, LAVA, MRVL, MCRS, NOVL, OVTI, PETM, RAE (?), LNUX, TMA (?), CHIP (?), WIND

Friday, August 29, 2008
During: VLCCF (?)

Note: All economic numbers and earnings reports are in line with those compiled by Briefing.com. Occasionally changes will occur that are made after the posting of this column and some companies have not confirmed their time, so always double check when taking positions overnight during earnings season! (?) = Not yet confirmed at the time the list was compiled.