The Market Next Week

The following
is TradingMarkets.com’s synopsis
for
the market next week. Included are our Stock Scanner standouts, 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

March 31 – April 4.


Company

Symbol

Date
CarMax Inc.
(
KMX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Monday,
Mar
31

Best Buy

(
BBY |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Tuesday, April 1

Daimler Chrysler

(
DCX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Tuesday, April 1
Bed
Bath & Beyond

(
BBBY |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Wednesday, April 2

Circuit City Stores

(
CC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Wednesday, April 2

Research In Motion

(
RIMM |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Thursday, April 3

Alcoa

(
AA |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Friday, April 4

Upcoming IPOs for the Week of Week of
March 31 –
April 4.

None

For more information,
please visit our IPO
Calendar
.

Scheduled Stock
Splits for the Week of

Week of

March 31 – April 4.


Company

Symbol

Ratio

Payable

Ex Date

Cognizant Technologies

(
CTSH |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3-1 April 1 April 2
Federal Screw Works
(
FSCR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
5-4 April 1 April 2
UGI
Corp.

(
UGI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3-2 April 1  April 2

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Upcoming Economic
Events for the Week of March 31 – April 4.


Date

Time (ET)


Release


For


Consensus

Prior
Monday, Mar 31 10:00  Chicago PMI Mar. 51.0 54.9
Tuesday, April 1 12:00 Auto Sales Mar. 5.2M 5.2M
Tuesday, April 1 12:00 Truck Sales Mar. 6.8M 6.9M
Tuesday, April 1 10:00 ISM Index Mar. 48.9 50.5
Tuesday, April 1 10:00 Construction Spending Feb. -0.4% 1.7%
Wed., April 2 10:00 Factory Orders Feb. -1.0% 1.5%
Thursday, April 3 08:30 Initial Claims 03/29 NA 402K
Thursday, April 3 10:00 ISM Services Mar. 53.0 53.9
Friday, April 4 08:30 Nonfarm Payrolls Mar. -50K -308K
Friday, April 4 08:30 Unemployment Rate Mar. 5.9% 5.8%
Friday, April 4 08:30 Hourly Earnings Mar. 0.3% 0.7%
Friday, April 4 08:30 Average Workweek. Mar. 34.2 34.1

Have a great weekend,

Vincent Mao

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