January 31, 2011 Egypt’s Mubarak Swears in a New Government Measuring the Impact to Egypt’s Economy Crude Oil Gains on Egyptian News Personal Spending Surpasses Expectations in December Moody’s Downgrades Middle East for Political Event Risk Barclays (NYSE: BCS) Says Suez Canal Safe Euro Gains on Dollar on Two-Year High Inflation Obama and GOP Gear Up for Budget Battle Chicago PMI Reaches Highest Level in Decades Mortgage Finance Overhaul Will Reduce Homeownership German Retail Sales Slide for Second Month Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) Profit Geysers 53% Warehouse Giants (NYSE: AMB) and ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) Merge Gannett (NYSE: GCI) Profit Gains 30% on Political Ad Push Honda (NYSE: HMC) Raises Full Year Outlook on US Activity Check Point Software (Nasdaq: CHKP) Beats the Street Illinois Toolworks (NYSE: ITW) Misses by Penny First Americans Evacuated from Egypt Latest Storm on its Way in US Dealing with a New Arab World Order Australia Braces for Worst Storm Ever Case to Lead White House Entrepreneurship Campaign Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 28, 2011 Fourth Quarter GDP Pace Disappoints Forecasters at 3.2% US Consumer Sentiment Improves in Late January Egyptian Chaos Breaks Curfew British Consumer Confidence Tumbles to 22-Month Low Geithner Says GDP Not Enough for Job Growth Hague Supports Egyptian Freedom Merkel Says EU Must Align Economic Policy Crisis Panel: Banks Took Bad Loans Oil Up on Egypt Fourth Quarter Employment Costs Rose Slightly Ford (NYSE: F) Shares Tumble as Q4 Misses Borders (NYSE: BGP) Gains on Loan Commitment Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) Disappoints Wall Street on EPS Beat Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) Splits Up its Biz Data Providers Rise on Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Terremark Deal Chevron (NYSE: CVX) Profit Surge Underpins Spree Microsoft Gets No Respect for EPS Due to Windows Concern (Nasdaq: MSFT) Chinese Rating Agency Blames US for Credit War Unrest Reaches Yemen Turkish Film Soils Holocaust Facts Mandela Discharged from Hospital Jordanian Protesters Take to Streets as Well Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 27, 2011 Weekly Jobless Claims Spike to 454K in January 22 Period Durable Goods Orders Dim in December Japanese Yields Rise on S&P Downgrade Crude Oil Falls on Economic Data Pending Home Sales Gained in December Financial Crisis Responsibility Committee Issues Report with Stern Warning Foreclosure Rates Fall in Hardest Hit Regions but Pickup in Major Metro Areas EIA Natural Gas Report Dollar Gains on Yen Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) Beats, Sees Better than Consensus Quarter Ahead (NYSE: PG) Colgate (NYSE: CL) Hurt by Sluggish Developed Markets Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) a Buy for Aggressive Investors Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) Profit Roars Nielsen Prices IPO at $23, Above Range Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Profit Slips, Sees Weak Q1 Time Warner Cable Subsidiaries Lift Its Profit (NYSE: TWC) Egyptian Regime Faces Unprecedented Threat Fireworks Bring Drama to Davos Protests Spread to Yemen Sarkozy Reassures EU Yet Another Winter Storm Buries Northeast US Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 26, 2011 President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union Address Text and Video Fed’s FOMC Monetary Policy Likely to Hold Rates and Policy While Noting Improvement House Oversight Committee to Hear Testimony on TARP Today Foreclosure Prevention Program Working World Economic Forum in Davos 2011 Davos Consensus: We’re Out of the Woods Gold Slide Slows Ahead of Word from Fed New Home Sales Surpass Expectations, Running at 329K Annual Rate in December 2010 Mortgage Applications Fell in January 21 Period Food Prices to Rise 2% in 2011 Why You Can’t Trust Inflation Numbers EIA Petroleum Status Report General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) Net Rises 19% US Profits on Citi Warrants Sales (NYSE: C) Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) Rejects Private Equity Offer Abbott (NYSE: ABT) Hit by Merger Costs Toyota (NYSE: TM) Has Another Huge Recall Boeing Profit Crashes 8% (NYSE: BA) US Airways (NYSE: LCC) Swings a Profit Despite Fuel Costs A Crackdown in Egypt and Tunisia Too Russia Approves Arms Treaty Petraeus Expresses Optimistic Assessment of Aghan War Berlusconi Slams Jewish TV Host Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 25, 2011 State of the Union Possibilities GOP Hottie Bachmann Gets the GOP Rebuttal IMF Says World Still has Ways to Go on Global Economy Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Gets Jolt in January to Above 60 S&P Case Shiller Index Shows Home Prices Kept Weakening Through November 2010 British Economy Shrank in the Fourth Quarter State Street Shows Global and North American Investor Confidence Fell in January ICSC Data for Jan 22 Period Shows Same-Store Sales Fell 1.2% Week-to-Week, and Rose 2.8% Year-to-Year Verizon COO Sees 50% Smartphone Penetration by 2011 End (NYSE: VZ) BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) Profit More Than Doubles Harley-Davidson Shares Rise on Lower Loss (NYSE: HOG) Product Recalls Hurt Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) Profit Taco Bell Sued Over Suspect Meat Coal Supercycle Takes Peabody (NYSE: BTU) Through Roof SEC Adopts Say on Pay Rules Biofuels Offer No Benefit to US Military Currencies Trading Without Noise FHFA House Price Index Shows No Change in October through November The Palestinian Paper Leaks Academy Award Nominations Russians Question Putin’s War on Terror Lebanese Sunnis Raise Hell After PM Selection Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 24, 2011 McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) Posts 2.1% Profit Rise on Frappes Pull J.C. Penney Adding Ackman and Subtracting Stores (NYSE: JCP) The State of Obama OPEC Oil Minister’s Comments Move Prices Lower Dollar Up on Euro on Ireland Woes National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Says Firms Optimistic on Hiring S&P Warns on Municipal Bonds Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) Approves $10 Billion in Share Buybacks President Will Likely Key on Jobs in Address Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) Profit Rises on Oil Demand Gains Battle for Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) Heats Up Smurfit-Stone (Nasdaq: SSCC) Shares Jump 29%, Ahead of Rock-Tennessee Deal Offer (NYSE: RKT) Heating Oil Rises on Northeast US Freeze Treasury to Issue Warrants to Buy Citigroup (NYSE: C) Shares Canadian National Railway (CNI) Averts Strike Hezbollah Picks Mikati for PM Spot Israeli Flotilla Raid Criticized Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 31 at Moscow Airport State of the Union: Crafting the Speech Palestinian Papers Distorting Truth? Tunisia Not Out of Woods Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 21, 2011 Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Posts Tough Quarter on Mortgage Loan Issues Schlumber CEO: Oil Demand to Rise in 2011 Inflation Fears Drive Capital from Asian Shares New Tax Breaks Driving New Tax Evasion EPA Approves More Ethanol in Fuel China’s Hu Visits Chicago Second Round of Bank Stress Testing Being Done in Groups Investors Still Like Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Euro Gets Boost by German Economic Survey Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) Shakes Up its Board GE (NYSE: GE) Reports EPS Results Treasuries Head for Weekly Drop Vivus (Nasdaq: VVUS) Tumbles as FDA Requests Data Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Takes Accounting Hit Higher Gasoline Prices in Store Union Membership on the Decline South Korean Commando Raid Overcomes Pirates Iran Nuke Talks Go Nowhere French Foreign Minister Egged in Gaza Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 20, 2011 Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Dip in Jan 15 Period to 404K Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Misses on Trading Revenue Chinese President Hu Meets with Unfriendly US Congress on Thursday Chinese GDP Grows 9.8% Existing Home Sales Gain 12.3% to 5.28 Mln. In December 2010 Leading Economic Indicators Index Gains 1.0% in December 2010 Philly Fed Index Slips to 19.3 in January EIA Petroleum Status Data EIA Natural Gas Data Euro Struggles to Hold 1.35 HSBC Bank Canada Says Yuan Trade Picking Up (NYSE: HBC) UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) Profit Peaks Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) Profit Steams 41% Higher Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) Profit Drills Ahead 60% Southwest Profit Soars (NYSE: LUV) Wendy’s (NYSE: WEN) Looks at Sale of Arby’s Unit Mitsubishi Plans Huge Model Line Shake Up in US FBI Mafia Sweep Hits 100+ Mobsters WalMart (NYSE: WMT) Going Healthy Russia Warns US Not to Undermine Iranian Nuclear Talks South Korea Accepts North’s Talk Offer UN Resolution Leaves Obama with Dilemma on Israel Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 19, 2011 Dealing with the Devil, Obama Offers Hu Partnership and Seeks Human Rights Geithner: Health Care Repeal Bad for Economy Apple Shares Find Support on Blowout EPS (Nasdaq: AAPL) Portugal’s Debt Auction Satisfactory Germany Should Prepare for a Greek Bust Housing Starts Dip but Permits Rise in December 2010 Mortgage Applications Rise in Latest Take ICSC Weekly Sales for Jan 15 Period Show 0.1% Weekly Slide and 1.4% Yearly Rise FDIC’s Bair Wants Fair Foreclosure Process and Consumers’ Commission Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Reports Record Numbers, Helped by Reserve Release US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) Profit Rockets 64% in Q4 AMR (NYSE: AMR) Loss Smaller than Expected Goldman Pay Not Down So Much (NYSE: GS) IBM (NYSE: IBM) Rising on EPS and Forecast News Ivory Coast Eurobonds May Rise Even After Default Oil Prices Dip A Palatable Health Care Repeal? Tunisia Fails to Mollify Protesters Another Attack on Iraqi Police Natural Gas Blast Kills and Injures Many in Philadelphia Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 18, 2011 Chinese President Hu Jintao Makes US Visit Steve Jobs Takes Second Medical Leave (Nasdaq: AAPL) Citigroup (NYSE: C) Misses Estimates Harvard Kid Says China Currency Not OUR Problem China and Russia Net Sellers of US Treasuries After QE2 EU to Toughen on Bankers’ Pay Technical Strategist Sees Market Crash Risk Boeing (NYSE: BA) Meets Battered Expectations Comcast (Nasdaq: CMSCA) Said to Get FCC Approval for NBC Universal Buy Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) Throwing Up Long John Silver’s and A&W Health Care Repeal Unlikely Palin’s Battle Hymn Obama Orders Regulation Review to Boost US Growth Housing Market Index Sticks at 16 in January Empire State Manufacturing Survey Shows Slight Gain in January TIC Report Shows Demand for US Securities Interim Leaders Quitting Ruling Party in Tunisia Schumer Wants to Pressure Hu on Rare Earths Haitians Detain Baby Doc Harriri Indictment Important for Lebanon Iraqi Suicide Bomb Kills Sixty Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 14, 2011 Retail Sales Miss Forecasts in December 2010 Consumer Price Index (CPI) Hot on the Headline in December 2010 China Raises Bank Reserve Ratio Again Industrial Production Revs +0.8% in December Buyers’ Remorse Impacts Consumer Mood in January Japan’s Economic Plan, Long Rates to Rise Says PM Business Trade Report Shows Sales Excel over Inventories in November 2010 JP Morgan Profits Jump 47% (NYSE: JPM) Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) Beats Estimates Groupon IPO Pushed by Wall Street Coinstar (Nasdaq: CSTR) Misses and Drops EU Rescue Fund Powers Might be Expanded Hasbro Slips on Forecast (NYSE: HAS) Trichet Hawkishness Helps the Euro Gates Calls on North Korea to End Belligerence The Miracle that Took John Paul Toward Sainthood More Than 500 Dead in Brazil’s Floods Tunisia’s President Dismisses Government Iran’s Nuclear Tour Backtracking Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 13, 2011 Moody’s Warns Major Sovereigns on Spending Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Spike in January 8 Period to 445K Foreclosure Report for 2010 Shows December Decline Producer Prices Get Hot on the Headline in December: 1.1%, 0.2% at Core PPI ECB Holds Rates Steady in Monetary Policy, but Looks Toward Inflation ECB Press Conference on Monetary Policy Spain has Solid Bond Offering Trade Deficit Stays Tight in November at -$38.3 Billion EIA Report Shows 138 Bcf Draw from Natural Gas Invenotry in January 7 Period Marathon Oil Rallies on Spinoff Plan (NYSE: MRO) Target (NYSE: TGT) Snags Zellers Stores for $1.8 Billion India Okays Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) Wireless Broadband Ventures Williams Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) Posts Strong Holiday Season Toyota (NYSE: TM) Catches Inspiration from Rice Balls CFTC Curbing Speculation Obama’s Tuscon Speech, Calls on Americans to Rise Above Brazil Tormented by Floods and Landslides Live Fire Reported in Tunisia Giffords is Progressing Well Lebanon Seeking Interim Plan Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 12, 2011 Federal Reserve Beige Book Release at 2PM Import / Export Prices Rise Less Than Expected in December 2010 State Retirement Funds Post Gains Alaska Pipeline Restarted at Reduced Rate Geithner Says China Needs to do More Little Relief for EU Despite Strong Portuguese Bond Sale China Offers Americans Opportunity to Bet on Yuan Floods Cost Australia $13+ Billion ITT Shares Celebrate on Spinoff Approval (NYSE: ITT) Lululemon (Nasdaq: LULU) Jumps on Improved Profit Outlook Can US Automakers Keep up the Momentum in 2011 Weekly Mortgage Activity Mortgage Activity Increases 2 Weeks in a Row EIA Petroleum Status Report IndiGo Seeks to Fund its $15.6 Billion Airbus Order AIG (NYSE: AIG) Sells Taiwan Unit Germany Economy Up 3.6% in 2010 Haiti Earthquake Anniversary Snow Blankets Northeastern US Palin Says Finger Pointing is Irresponsible Regarding Arizona Shooting Gates Pushes China on North Korean Problem Suicide Bomber Kills Four in Afghanistan Crop Report Shows Corn Surplus Down 7.9% Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 11, 2011 Verizon to Sell Apple’s iPhone (Nasdaq: AAPL) Comparing AT&T and Verizon’s iPhone (NYSE: VZ, NYSE: T) Bob Diamond Defends Barclays (NYSE: BCS) and Banks Against British Inquisition Job Openings Drop for 3rd Time in 4 Months Wholesale Trade Report Shows Growth in Sales and Drop in Inventory in November A Weak Yuan Troubles Brazil as Much as Dollar Eurozone Discusses Rescue Fund Capacity Philly Fed’s Plosser Addresses the Economy Holiday Gifts for Sears (Nasdaq: SHLD) and Tiffany (NYSE: TIF) Lennar (NYSE: LEN) Jumps on EPS Beat AMD (NYSE: AMD) Seeks Leader to Challenge Rivals Weekly Sales Drop Off Cliff in Post Holiday Period Treasuries Remain Low After Note Sale Could Assange Go to Guantanimo? Deadly Wave Targets Brisbane Australia China Tests Stealth Fighter Ahead of Gates, Hu Meeting Haiti, One Year Later Iranian Assasin Confesses Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 10, 2011 The Politics of the Tragedy ECB Gives Portugal Temporary Lifeline GM's (NYSE: GM) Volt Claims North American Honors Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) Buys Progress (NYSE: PGN) for $13.7 Bln. Playboy Goes Private for $6.15 a Share Genzyme (Nasdaq: GENZ) in Talks with Sanofi-Avantis (NYSE: SNY) Re Lemtrada Crude Oil Gains on Alaska Pipeline Closure US Consumer Watchdog Opens Office in China Gold Gains a Bit on Debt Concerns Corporate Profits Face Headwinds A Jubilant Seccession Vote Result in the Sudan Standard Micro (Nasdaq: SMSC) Slips to Q3 Loss, Acquiring Conexant (Nasdaq: CNXT) Stock Market Plunge Sparks Protests in Bangladesh China Car Sales Growth Set to Slow Pension Funds Demand Banks Change Mortgage Practices Trichet Sees Inflationary Threat Chinese Defense Chief Tepid to Gates Spain Calls Basque Statement Insufficient Atlanta Fed Chief Speaks Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 7, 2011 Employment Situation Report December 2010 - 9.4% Unemployment Rate Consumer Credit Report for November 2010 at 3 PM Fed Chairman Bernanke Addresses Senate Banking Committee on Monetary and Fiscal Policy Chinese Yuan May Rise 10% to Fight Inflation Portugal's Debt Worries Worsen Canada Adds More Jobs than Expected in December Gold Continues Slide K.B. Homes (NYSE: KBH) Reports Clear Profit, Shares Rise JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Chinese JV Approved Big Defense Spending Cuts in Store Republicans Targeting Health Care Repeal AIG (NYSE: AIG) Issuing Warrants as Part of Exit Plan SEC Pension Inquiry Focuses on Calpers China Accused in Spying Scandal at Renault Citigroup (NYSE: C) Seeks Buyers for Consumer Finance Unit Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) Outlook for 2011 Taliban Kills Afghan Police Chief Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) Holiday Sales Slip Sanction the Ivory Coast Yahoo! Earnings Calendar January 6, 2011 December Chain Store Sales Dampened by Snow Weekly Claims Return From the Holidays Away Dollar Gains on Euro on Economic Optimism EU Wants Bondholders to Share Bank Bailout Costs ADP Employment Report Jumps in December 2010 Challenger Report Shows Job-Cuts Drop 34% in December 2010 Monster Employment Index Shows Drop from November in December 2010 They're Back, the GOP Takes Back the House Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Lends ARM Holdings a Hand (Nasdaq: ARMH) Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) Sours on Wine Sales Boeing (NYSE: BA) More than Triples Orders Monsanto (NYSE: MON) Sees Gain in Projects LinkedIn Looks Toward IPO Natural Gas in Storage Drops 135 Bcf in Latest Check Greek PM Sees Rising Interest in Euro Bonds Iran Arrests American on Spy Charge Taliban Strength Unaffected by Allied Surge When Ivory Turns Red Anti-American Cleric Returns to Iraq Yahoo! Earnings Calendar Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
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