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: Business cycle indicators for Mexico will be released by the Conference Board on Monday. The New York Federal Reserve will release its Empire State Index. The US Treasury Department will issue data on international capital flows. Those watching the housing market will want to check out the National Association of Homebuilders - Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, which gauges builder sentiment.

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: Citigroup [Ticker: C ; Industy: Money Center Banks ], RSA Security [Ticker: RSAS ; Industy: Security Software & Services ]

Tuesday: The Leading Index for Spain is due out Tuesday from the Conference Board. The Labor Department will release the Producer Price Index for March, the main indicator of wholesale price inflation. The State Street Investor Confidence Index, which measures investor confidence by analyzing the risk level in actual investor portfolios, is due out Tuesday. The Federal Reserve will issue the minutes of the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Housing market watchers will get the March Housing Starts from the Commerce Department.

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

Tuesday Earnings: Dow Jones and Company [Ticker: DJ ; Industy: Publishing ‫ Newspapers ], International Business Machines [Ticker: IBM ; Industy: Diversified Computer Systems ]

Wednesday: The Bureau of Labor Statistics will report on the Consumer Price Index for March. The Conference Board will release the Leading Indicators for Germany. The weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association comes out Wednesday. The Energy Information Administration will report on petroleum inventories in the weekly petroleum status report and This Week in Petroleum newsletter.

Wednesday Treasury Schedule: 1 PM Eastern 10-year TIPS Auction

Wednesday Earnings: Apple Computer [Ticker: AAPL ; Industy: Personal Computers ], General Dynamics [Ticker: GD ; Industy: Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified ]

Thursday: The Employment and Training Administration will issue the weekly Jobless Claims Report. The Conference Board will release the Leading Index and economic indicators for the United States and Australia.

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

Thursday Earnings:Bank of America [Ticker: BAC ; Industy: Money Center Banks ], General Motors [Ticker: GM ; Industy: Auto Manufacturers - Major ]

Friday: There are no economic indicators for release on Friday.

Friday Treasury Schedule: None

Friday Earnings: Wyeth [Ticker: WYE ; Industy: Drug Manufacturers ‫ Major ], Ford [Ticker: F ; Industy: Auto Manufacturers - Major ]

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