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 December 15-19
.


Company

Symbol

Date
Oracle
(
ORCL |
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PowerRating)
Monday, December 15
Applied Signal Technology
(
APSG |
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News |
PowerRating)
Tuesday, December 16
Cole
National

(
CNJ |
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News |
PowerRating)
Tuesday, December 16
Maxim Pharmaceuticals
(
MAXM |
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PowerRating)
Tuesday, December 16
Pier 1 Imports
(
PIR |
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PowerRating)

Tuesday, December 16
3COM
(
COMS |
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News |
PowerRating)


Wednesday, December 17
Bear Stearns
(
BSC |
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News |
PowerRating)

Wednesday, December 17
Bed Bath & Beyond
(
BBBY |
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News |
PowerRating)
Wednesday, December 17
Best Buy Co., Inc
(
BBY |
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News |
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Wednesday, December 17
Circuit City Stores Inc.
(
CC |
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News |
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Wednesday, December 17
FedEx
(
FDX |
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Wednesday, December 17
Lehman Bros.
(
LEH |
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News |
PowerRating)

Wednesday, December 17
Darden Restaurants
(
DRI |
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News |
PowerRating)

Thursday, December 18
Goldman Sachs
(
GS |
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Thursday, December 18
Morgan Stanley
(
MWD |
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News |
PowerRating)

Thursday, December 18
Nike
(
NKW |
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Thursday, December 18
Paychex
(
PAYX |
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Thursday, December 18
Red Hat
(
RHAT |
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Thursday, December 18
Rite Aid
(
RAD |
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PowerRating)

Thursday, December 18
KB Home
(
KBH |
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PowerRating)


Friday, December 19

Upcoming IPOs
for the Week of Week of December 15-19
.

Acorda
Therapeutics (ACRD)
China
Life (LFC)
Falcon
Financial Investment (FLCN)
Franklin
Bank (FBTX)
Highland
Hospitality (HIH)
K-Sea
Transportation Partners (KSP)
Kintera (KNTA)
Knology (KNOL)
Luminent
Mortgage Capital (LUM)
Marshall
Edwards (MSHL)
Provide-Commerce
(PRVD)
Orbitz (ORBZ)
Tempur-Pedic
International (TPX)
United
National Group (UNGL)
Universal
Technical Institute (UTI)

For more information,
please visit our IPO Calendar.

Scheduled Stock
Splits for the Week of

December 15
-19.


Company

Symbol

Ratio

Payable

Ex Date
Flushing Fin
(
FFIC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3-2 12/15 12/16
INAMED Corp
(
IMDC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3-2 12/15 12/16
Praxair
(
PX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2-1 12/15 12/16
Countrywide
(
CFC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
4-3 12/17 12/18
Curtiss-Wright
(
CW |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2-1 12/17 12/18
Lifeline Systems
(
LIFE |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2-1 12/17 12/18
Wilshire State Bank
(
WSBK |
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Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2-1 12/17 12/18
Ross Stores
(
ROST |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2-1 12/18 10/19
American Health
(
AMHC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2-1 12/19 12/22
Cascade Financial
(
CASB |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
5-4 12/19 12/22
Claire’s Stores
(
CLE |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2-1 12/19 12/22
MB Financial
(
MBFI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3-2 12/19 12/22
Strasys Inc
(
SSYS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3-2 12/19 12/22

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Upcoming Economic
Events for the Week of
December
15
-19.


Date


Release


For


Consensus

Prior

Dec 15
NY Empire State Dec 35.0 41.0

Dec 16
Building Permits Nov 1.900M 1.973M

Dec 16
Core CPI Nov 0.1% 0.2%

Dec 16
CPI Nov 0.1% 0.0%

Dec 16
Current Account Q3 -136.1B $138.7B

Dec 16
Housing Starts Nov 1.910M 1.96M

Dec 16
Cap Util Nov 75.3% 75.0%

Dec 16
Industrial Prod Nov 0.5% 0.2%

Dec 18
Initial Claims 12/13 360K 378K

Dec 18
Leading Indicators Nov 0.3% 0.4%

Dec 18
Phil Fed Dec 25.5 25.9

Dec 18
Treasury Budget Nov -$48.0B -$58.9B

Have a great weekend,

TM Market Research