Did You Happen To Trade This Stock On Friday?
Random Thoughts
I talked to a trader today who made a pile of
money on Marsh & McLennan
(
MMC |
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PowerRating) today. And I mean an absolute pile
of money. Did you happen to look at that one on Friday? Lots of volatility.
Certainly not for the faint of heart, but plenty of opportunities there. Take a
look at the five-minute chart:
Pretty good range and some good trends, too. Now
my friend wants to know the next industry Eliot Spitzer will be going
after.
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Here is TradingMarkets.com’s
synopsis for the market next week.
Included are upcoming stock splits and upcoming economic events — all of which
may impact traders in the coming week.
Big Cap Earnings Announcements for the
Week of October 18th
Company |
Symbol |
Date |
| 3M Company |
MMM | Monday, Oct 18 |
| Check Point Software | CHKP | Monday, Oct 18 |
| Etrade | ET | Monday, Oct 18 |
| j2 Global Communications |
JCOM | Monday, Oct 18 |
| Kraft Foods | KFT | Monday, Oct 18 |
| Lexmark International |
LXK | Monday, Oct 18 |
| Steel Dynamics | STLD | Monday, Oct 18 |
| Texas Instruments |
TXN | Monday, Oct 18 |
| The Stanley Works |
SWK | Monday, Oct 18 |
| Altria Group | MO | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Ameritrade | AMTD | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Boise Cascade | BCC | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| CDWC Computer Centers |
CDWC | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Cymer Inc. | CYMI | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Diamond Offshore | DO | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Electronic Arts | EA | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Ford Motor Company |
F | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold |
FCX | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| McDonalds Corporation |
MCD | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Monster Worldwide |
MNST | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Motorola | MOT | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Olympia Steel | ZEUS | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Safeco | SAFC | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Wells Fargo | WFC | Tuesday, Oct 19 |
| Altera Corp | ALTR | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| Amgen | AMGN | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| Capital One Financial |
COF | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| Chiron | CHIR | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| Eastman Kodak | EK | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| eBay | EBAY | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| Genzyme | GENZ | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| Harrah’s Entertainment |
HET | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase |
JPM | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| Macromedia | MACR | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| Ryland Group | RYL | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| Safeco | SAFC | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| Washington Mutual |
WM | Wednesday, Oct 20 |
| Amazon.com | AMZN | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| AT&T | T | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| Baxter International |
BAX | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| Caterpillar | CAT | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| Janus Capital Group |
JNS | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| KLA-Tencor | KLAC | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| Legg Mason | LEG | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| Merck | MRK | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| Microsoft | MSFT | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| Peoplesoft | PSFT | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| Reebok | RBK | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| Sears | S | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| Xilinx | XLNX | Thursday, Oct 21 |
| Cinergy | CIN | Friday, Oct 22 |
| Nextel Communciations |
NXTL | Friday, Oct 22 |
| Schlumberger | SLB | Friday, Oct 22 |
Scheduled Stock
Splits for the Week of
October 18th
Company |
Symbol |
Ratio |
Payable |
Ex Date |
| Celgene | CELG | 2-1 | Oct 22 | Oct 25 |
| Patterson Companies | PDCO | 2-1 | Oct 22 | Oct 25 |
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Upcoming Economic
Events for the Week of
October 18th
| Date | ET | Release | For | Consensus | Prior |
| Oct 19 | 8:30 am | Housing Starts | Sep. | 1950K | 2000K |
| Oct 19 | 8:30 am | Building Permits | Sep | 1948K | 1969K |
| Oct 19 | 8:30 am | CPI | Sep | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Oct 19 | 8:30 am | Core CPI | Sep | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Oct 21 | 8:30 am | Initial Jobless Claims | 10/16 | NA | 352K |
| Oct 21 | 10:00 am | Leading Economic Indicators | Sep | -0.1% | -0.3% |
| Oct 21 | 12:00 am | Philly Fed | Oct | 19.2 | 13.4 |
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Have a great weekend!
Brice
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