New Week Intro Feb 15
Important U.S. earnings this week:
- Monday: US: Presidents’ Day
- Tuesday: Nabors Industries (NBR), FMC Technologies (FTI), Genuine Parts Company (GPC), Kraft Foods (KFT), Qwest Communications International (Q), Waste Management (WM), Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)
- Wednesday: NetApp (NTAP), Applied Materials (AMAT), NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA), Questar (STR), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), XTO Energy (XTO), Analog Devices (ADI), Deere & Co. (DE), Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ), Genzyme (GENZ), Priceline.com (PCLN), Newfield Exploration (NFX), Devon Energy (DVN)
- Thursday: Williams Companies (WMB), CBS Corporation (CBS), First Solar (FSLR), The DIRECTV Group (DTV), Intuit (INTU), Ameren (AEE), Ventas (VTR), Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Apache (APA), Dell (DELL), Noble Energy (NBL)
- Friday: J. C. Penney Company (JCP), PG & E (PCG)
Important U.S. economic data:
- Monday: US: Presidents’ Day
- Tuesday: Empire State Manufacturing Survey, Treasury International Capital, Housing Market Index
- Wednesday: MBA Purchase Applications, Housing Starts, Industrial Production, Treasury Budget
- Thursday: Producer Price Index, Jobless Claims, Leading Indicators, Philadelphia Fed Survey, EIA Natural Gas Report, EIA Petroleum Status Report,
- Friday: Consumer Price Index