Financial Options

Each of the upcoming financial items with the exception of Treasury auctions and announcements will be linked in this post as they become available. Housing market indicators will be featured on RealNews under the Housing Market category. Job market indicators wil be featured at Jobs Calling under the Job Market category. International indicators will be featured at Growing Global under the Economic Indicators category. General US economic indicators will be featured on this site, Financial Options, under Economic Indicators category.

The earnings releases listed are companies I've chosen because of their industries, because of market capitalization (the size of the company), because they have local plants in my area or for various other reasons of general interest. Please do not take these as a “recommendation” of any sort. That I list them here simply means that I think the results may be interesting for any number of reason - I may occasionally even choose companies where I expect negative results.

Monday: The week starts off with a full slate of economic indicators as the Institute for Supply Management (formerly the National Association of Purchasing Managers) issues its Manufacturing Survey for March, the National Association of Realtors releases the Pending Home Sales Index for February, the Commerce Department issues Construction Spending for February and the US automakers release their March sales.

Monday Treasury Schedule: 11 AM Eastern 4-Week T-Bill Announcement, 1 PM Eastern 3-Month T-Bill Auction, 6-Month T-Bill Auction

Monday Earnings: MARINER ENERGY INC [Ticker: ME ; Industry: Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration], ORION HEALTHCORP INC [Ticker: ONH ; Industry: Medical Practitioners ]

Tuesday: No indicators scheduled for release.

Tuesday Treasury Schedule: 1 PM Eastern 4-Week T-Bill Auction

Tuesday Earnings: LAYNE CHRISTENSEN [Ticker: LAYN; Industry: General Contractors], NOVAMERICAN STEEL [Ticker: TONS; Industry: Steel & Iron]

Wednesday: The Institute for Supply Management releases the Nonmanufacturing Survey for March. Two weekly data sets come out Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association issues its weekly Mortgage Market Survey, which provides data on current mortgage rates and insight into the housing market with the number of new mortgage applications. The Energy Information Administration releases its weekly Petroleum Data Summary and This Week in Petroleum newsletter.

Wednesday Treasury Schedule: None

Wednesday Earnings: BED BATH AND BEYOND [Ticker: BBBY ; Industry: Home Furnishing Stores], WD 40 CO [Ticker: WDFC ; Industry: Specialty Chemicals], MONSANTO COMPANY [Ticker: MON; Industry: Specialty Chemicals ]

Thursday: Monster releases its Employment Index for March, which tracks online job postings at 1,500 websites including Monster. The Bank of England and the European Central Bank both have monetary policy announcements scheduled. The Labor Department weekly Jobless Claims report is due out Thursday.

Thursday Treasury Schedule: 11 AM Eastern 3-Month T-Bill Announcement, 6-Month T-Bill Announcement, 3 PM Eastern Treasury STRIPS

Thursday Earnings: Research In Motion Ltd [Ticker: RIMM ; Industry: Diversified Communication Services ], RITE AID CP [Ticker: RAD; Industry: Drug Stores], RPM International Inc [Ticker: RPM ; Industry: General Building Materials]

Friday: The Labor Department will release its Employment Report for March, the Commerce Department will release Wholesale Trade figures for February and the Federal Reserve will issue its G.19 release on Consumer Credit for February.

Friday Treasury Schedule: None

Friday Earnings: ABN AMRO Holding NV [Ticker: ABN; Industry: Foreign Regional Banks] (Note/disclaimer: ABN AMRO has been an irregular client of mine, though I have no current business with them), 99 Cents Only Stores [Ticker: NDN ; Industry: Discount, Variety Stores], WAL MART DE MEX ADRV [Ticker: WMMVY.PK]

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