New Week Intro April 12, 2010
And the earnings season kicks off…
Important U.S. earnings this week:
- Monday: Alcoa (AA), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), JB Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Polycom (PLCM), Heartland Express (HTLD)
- Tuesday: Intel Corporation (INTC), Westamerica Bancorp (WABC), Linear Technology (LLTC), Fastenal (FAST), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), CSX (CSX)
- Wednesday: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), ADTRAN (ADTN), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Universal Forest Products (UFPI), Yum! Brands (YUM), Landstar System (LSTR)
- Thursday: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST), Valmont Industries (VMI), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), PPG Industries (PPG), Thomas & Betts (TNB), Fairchild Semiconductor International (FCS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), People’s United Financial (PBCT), AptarGroup (ATR), Google (GOOG)
- Friday: Mattel (MAT), Bank of America Corporation (BAC), Genuine Parts Company (GPC), First Horizon National (FHN), General Electric (GE), Gannett Co. (GCI)
Important U.S. economic data:
- Monday: Treasury Budget
- Tuesday: ICSC-Goldman Store Sales, International Trade, Import and Export Prices, Redbook
- Wednesday: MBA Purchase Applications, Consumer Price Index, Retail Sales, Business Inventories, EIA Petroleum Status Report
- Thursday: Empire State Manufacturing Survey, Jobless Claims, Treasury International Capital, Industrial Production, Philadelphia Fed Survey, EIA Natural Gas Report, Housing Market Index, Fed Balance Sheet, Money Supply
- Friday: Housing Starts, Consumer Sentiment