Here’s A Heart-Warming Buy-and-Hold Story…But Can You Really Wait This Long?
It’s Always Darkest Before
Dawn
Three days down…420 points. That’s great
performance–if you’re short. It sounds like everyone is announcing the end of
the world, which is the good news, in my opinion. Why? Because it means a
playable bounce is just around the corner. No, I’m not saying that it will be
long-lived, but there will be some kind of a bounce next week that nimble
traders can take advantage of.
A Heart-Warming Buy-And-Hold
Story
McDonald’s
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PowerRating) is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Ray Kroc opened
the first restaurant in Des Plaines, IL; today, there are more than 30,000.
If you purchased 100 shares of McDonald’s on the 1965 IPO at $22.50, your investment
would be worth $2.4 million today.
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Big Cap
Earnings Announcements for the Week of April 18th
Company |
Symbol |
Date |
| 3M Company | MMM | Monday, Apr 18 |
| Bank of America | BAC | Monday, Apr 18 |
| Checkpoint Software | CHKP | Monday, Apr 18 |
| Eli Lilly | LLY | Monday, Apr 18 |
| Hasbro | HAS | Monday, Apr 18 |
| J2 Global Communications |
JCOM | Monday, Apr 18 |
| Lincare Holdings | LNCR | Monday, Apr 18 |
| Novellus Systems | NVLS | Monday, Apr 18 |
| Parker Hannifin | PH | Monday, Apr 18 |
| Texas Instruments |
TXN | Monday, Apr 18 |
| Adtran | ADTN | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Boston Scientific |
BSX | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| CDW Corp. | CDWC | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Cymer | CYMI | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| D.R. Horton | DHI | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Forrest Labs | FRX | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| General Motors | GM | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Intel | INTC | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Johnson & Johnson |
JNJ | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Juniper Networks | JNPR | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Merrill Lynch | MER | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Northern Trust | NTRS | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Pfizer | PFE | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| RadioShack | RSH | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Seagate | STX | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Washington Mutual |
WM | Tuesday, Apr 19 |
| Altria Group | MO | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| Caterpillar | CAT | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| E*Trade | ET | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| eBay | EBAY | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| Electronics for Imaging |
EFII | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| Ethan Allen Interiors |
ETH | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| F5 Networks | FFIV | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| Ford | F | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| General Dynamics | GD | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| Harrah’s Entertainment |
CAT | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| Imation Corp. | IMN | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| JP Morgan | JPM | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| M-Systems Flash | FLSH | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| Qualcomm | QCOM | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| Ryland | RYL | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| Verisign | VRSN | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| XTO Energy | XTO | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| Yum Brands | YUM | Wednesday, Apr 20 |
| Affilated Computer Services |
ACS | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Amgen | AMGN | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| AT&T | T | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Automatic Data Processing |
ADP | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| BellSouth | BLS | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Broadcom | BRCM | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| CKE Restaurants | CKE | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Devry | DV | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Fiserve | FISV | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Genzyme | GENZ | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| GOOG | Thursday, Apr 21 | |
| Guidant | GDT | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Hutchinson Technology |
HTCH | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Jetblue Airways | JBLU | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| McDonalds | MCD | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Netflix | NFLX | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Nokia | NOK | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Officemax | OMX | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| SanDisk | SNDK | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| United Parcel Service |
UPS | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Yellow Roadway | YELL | Thursday, Apr 21 |
| Fortune Brands | FO | Friday, Apr 22 |
| Haliburton | HAL | Friday, Apr 22 |
| Maytag | MYG | Friday, Apr 22 |
| Overstock.com | OSTK | Friday, Apr 22 |
Scheduled Stock Splits for the Week of
April 18th
Company |
Symbol |
Ratio |
Payable |
Ex-Date |
| Pixar Animation | PIXR | 2-1 | Apr 18 | Apr 19 |
| Lufkin Industries | LUFK | 2-1 | Apr 19 | Apr 20 |
| CHC Helicopter | FLI | 2-1 | Apr 20 | Apr 21 |
| Cheniere Energy | LNG | 2-1 | Apr 22 | Apr 25 |
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Upcoming Economic Events for the Week of
April
18th
| Date | ET | Release | For | Consensus | Prior |
| Apr 19 | 8:30 am | PPI | Mar | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| Apr 19 | 8:30 am | Core PPI | Mar | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Apr 19 | 8:30 am | Housing Starts | Mar | 2050K | 2195K |
| Apr 19 | 8:30 am | Building Permits | Mar | 2080K | 2107K |
| Apr 20 | 8:30 am | CPI | Mar | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Apr 20 | 8:30 am | Core CPI | Mar | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Apr 20 | 2:00 pm | Fed Beige Book | Mar | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Apr 21 | 8:30 am | Initial Jobless Claims | 04/16 | NA | 330K |
| Apr 21 | 10:00 am |
Leading Economic Indicators | Mar | -0.3% | 0.1% |
| Apr 21 | 12:00 pm | Philly Fed | Apr | 16.0 | 11.4 |
Have a great weekend!
Brice
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