Message-ID: <22807932.1075840992246.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:14:35 -0800 (PST) From: wscfeedback@wallstreetcity.com To: alewis@ect.enron.com Subject: The Week Ahead for January 13 - January 19 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: WSC-Analysis @ENRON X-To: ALEWIS@ECT.ENRON.COM X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Lewis, Andrew H.\Deleted Items X-Origin: LEWIS-A X-FileName: andy lewis 6-25-02.PST The Week Ahead for January 13 - January 19 1. Introduction 2. Earnings Releases 3. Economic Releases 4. Stock Splits 5. Initial Public Offerings 6. Disclaimer ***********************Our Sponsor************************* Rip-Roaring Returns from the Post-September 2001 Rebound! Few profited as handsomely as Steve Harmon in today's market turnaround. For instance, his portfolio of travel security stocks is up an incredible +88% since 9/01. And the best is yet to come! Get a jump on 2002 with a FREE 30-day trial: http://www.investools.com/c/go/BRBN/WSCE-brbnTD1?s=S601 *********************************************************** 1. Introduction Volatility may be higher than average in both the equity and fixed income markets next week, because of the start of earnings season and the release of key economic reports. The two key factors determining the direction of both markets will be whether earnings growth will resume later this year and whether the economy is beginning to rebound. Equity valuations and portfolio allocation will be on the mind of traders in both markets. The Week Ahead is just another of the many great reasons to subscribe to WallStreetCity.com. Besides incisive industry group analysis and enlightening stock analysis, you also get access to the world's most powerful stock screening tool on the planet, ProSearch - all in one subcription package. We even give you a 30-day FREE trial to this service so you can be sure it suits you, so give us a try. Click below to take a 30-day FREE trial. http://subs.wallstreetcity.com/c/go/XPRO/WSCE-wa011002?s=S601&D=XWSC ____________________________________________________________ 2. Earnings Releases Earnings season starts next week with over 550 companies scheduled to report results. Many of these companies are leaders in their respective industries and their forward-looking comments will be closely monitored. Better than expect outlooks for 2002 will carry a lot of weight, particularly since many traders are looking for evidence to justify the prevailing valuations priced into many stocks. Companies with market capitalizations in excess of $25 billion scheduled to report earnings next week are presented in the table below. Company Ticker EPS Date Estimate ----------------------------------------------------------- Fannie Mae FNM $1.38 1/14/02 Charles Schwab SCH $0.08 1/14/02 Capital One COF $0.80 1/15/02 Fifth Third Bancorp FITB $0.65 1/15/02 Intel INTC $0.11 1/15/02 Tyco TYC $0.72 1/15/02 Wells Fargo WFC $0.68 1/15/02 Abbott Labs ABT $0.52 1/16/02 Bank of America BAC $1.24 1/16/02 Bank of New York BK $0.47 1/16/02 Bank One ONE $0.65 1/16/02 Citigroup C $0.73 1/16/02 FleetBoston FBF $0.46 1/16/02 Genentech DNA $0.20 1/16/02 General Motors GM $0.50 1/16/02 J.P. Morgan Chase JPM $0.37 1/16/02 U.S. Bancorp USB $0.40 1/16/02 Washington Mutual WM $0.95 1/16/02 Auto Data Processing ADP $0.41 1/17/02 Duke Energy DUK $0.47 1/17/02 Ford Motor F ($0.50) 1/17/02 General Electric GE $0.39 1/17/02 IBM IBM $1.32 1/17/02 Microsoft MSFT $0.46 1/17/02 Nortel Networks NT ($0.17) 1/17/02 United Technologies UTX $0.67 1/17/02 Sun Microsystems SUNW ($0.04) 1/18/02 A complete listing of companies, with market capitalizations above $10 billion, expected to report next week is presented in "The Week Ahead" article on Wall Street City. To read the column, visit Wall Street City and click on "The Week Ahead" article. http://www.wallstreetcity.com ____________________________________________________________ 3. Economic Releases The fixed income markets could show higher than average volatility next week, particularly with the release of some key economic reports. Tuesday brings the December CPI numbers; indications that inflation remains under control will allow the Fed to cut interest rates further. Conversely, an unexpected decrease in CPI will renew fears of a deflation. November business inventories should show a further drop, helping to boost optimism of a forthcoming recovery in the manufacturing sectors. Finally, the University of Michigan will release its preliminary December consumer confidence survey results. The consensus calls for another monthly improvement in sentiment. Economic releases scheduled for next week are listed in the table below. Report Estimate DATE ------------------------------------------------------------ Advance Retail Sales (Dec.) (1.0%) 1/15/02 Retail Sales Less Autos (Dec.) 0.0% 1/15/02 Consumer Price Index (Dec.) 0.1% 1/16/02 CPI, Less Food & Energy (Dec.) 0.2% 1/16/02 Business Inventories (Nov.) 0.5% 1/16/02 Industrial Production (Dec.) 0.0% 1/16/02 Housing Starts (Dec.) 1615K 1/17/02 Philadelphia Fed Survey (Jan.) 0.0 1/17/02 Trade Balance (Nov.) ($28.5B) 1/18/02 U of M Consumer Confidence 89.6 1/18/02 ____________________________________________________________ 4. Stock Splits Stocks that will begin trading on ex-dividend basis are listed in the table below. Company Ticker Split Ex-Dividend Date ----------------------------------------------------------- Varian Medical Systems VAR 2-1 1/16/02 FTI Consulting FCN 3-2 1/17/02 Liz Clairborne LIZ 2-1 1/17/02 ____________________________________________________________ 5. Initial Public Offerings The IPO market is on hiatus for the holidays. The first IPOs of the new year are not likely to be priced until late January. 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