The Market Next Week

The following
is TradingMarkets.com’s synopsis
for
the market next week. Included are upcoming IPOs, stock splits and upcoming
economic events — all of which may impact traders in the coming week.

Big Cap Earnings Announcements for the
Week of Feb. 2
, 2004:


Company

Symbol

Date
Pitney Bowes
(
PBI |
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PowerRating)
Monday, Feb 02
Boston Scientific
(
BSX |
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Monday, Feb 02
International Paper
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IP |
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Monday, Feb 02
j2 Global
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JCOM |
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Monday, Feb 02
TASER Intl
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TASR |
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Monday, Feb 02
Principal Fincl
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PFG |
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Monday, Feb 02
Avon Products
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AVP |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Chicago Mercantile
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CME |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Colgate-Palmolive
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CL |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Emerson
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EMR |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Flowserve
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FLS |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Georgia-Pacific
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GP |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Mattel
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MAT |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Noble Energy
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NBL |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Sprint FON
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FON |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Sprint PCS
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PCS |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Tyco
(
TYC |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Unocal
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UCL |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Whirlpool
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WHR |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
eResearchTech
(
ERES |
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Tuesday, Feb 03
Northrop Grumman
(
NOC |
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Wednesday, Feb 04
Oxford Health
(
OHP |
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Wednesday, Feb 04
United Online
(
UNTD |
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Wednesday, Feb 04

Anheuser-Busch

(
BUD |
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Wednesday, Feb 04
Akamai Tech
(
AKAM |
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Wednesday, Feb 04
Allstate
(
ALL |
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Wednesday, Feb 04
Moody’s
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MCO |
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Wednesday, Feb 04
Pixar
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PIXR |
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Wednesday, Feb 04
Steel Dynamics
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STLD |
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Wednesday, Feb 04
Cost
Plus

(
CPWM |
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Thursday, Feb 05
Level 3
(
LVLT |
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Thursday, Feb 05
PepsiCo
(
PEP |
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Thursday, Feb 05
Royal Dutch
(
RD |
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Thursday, Feb 05
American Power
(
APCC |
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Thursday, Feb 05
Getty Images
(
GYI |
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Thursday, Feb 05
John
Hancock

(
JHF |
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Thursday, Feb 05
Cigna
(
CI |
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Friday, February 06
Nam Tai Electronics
(
NTE |
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News |
PowerRating)
Friday, February 06

Upcoming IPOs
for the Week of Week of Feburary 2nd
.

None

For more information,
please visit our IPO Calendar.

Scheduled Stock
Splits for the Week of

Feburary 2nd.

Company Symbol Ratio Payable Ex-Date* Announced
Rocky
Mountain Chocolate
RMCF 3-2 Feb 01 Feb 02 Jan 08
Provident Fincl PROV 3-2 Feb 02 Feb 03 Dec 19
PACCAR PCAR 3-2 Feb 05 Feb 06 Dec 09

Need more splits
information? Click
here.

Upcoming Economic
Events for the Week of

Feburary 2nd.

Date ET Release For Consensus Prior
Feb 02 08:30 Personal Income Dec 0.2% 0.5%
Feb 02
08:30

Personal Spending
Dec 0.5% 0.4%
Feb 02 10:00 Construction Spending Dec 0.8% 1.2%
Feb 02
10:00
ISM
Index
Jan 64.0 63.4
Feb 03 00:00 Auto Sales Jan 5.9M 5.8M
Feb 03
00:00

Truck Sales
Jan 7.9M 8.9M
Feb 04 10:00 ISM Services Jan 60.0 58.0
Feb 04
10:00

Factory Orders
Dec 0.3%
-1.4%
Feb 05 08:30 Productivity-Prel Q4 3.4% 9.4%
Feb 05
08:30

Initial Claims

01/30
342K 342K
Feb 06 08:30 Nonfarm Payrolls Jan 180K 1K
Feb 06
08:30

Unemployment Rate
Jan 5.7% 5.7%
Feb 06 08:30 Hourly Earnings Jan 0.2% 0.2%
Feb 06
08:30

Average Workweek
Jan 33.8 33.7
Feb 06 15:00 Consumer Credit Dec $6.5B $4.0B

Have a great weekend,

TradingMarkets Research