Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain Stocks » Earnings Announcements http://www.contrarianprofits.com Access market-beating ideas from the world's top investment gurus on stock market investing, the gold market, ETFs, Forex trading and real estate values. Mon, 10 May 2010 15:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Inflation May Show It’s Ugly Head, Big Week for Bank Earnings http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/inflation-may-show-it%e2%80%99s-ugly-head-big-week-for-bank-earnings/19024 http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/inflation-may-show-it%e2%80%99s-ugly-head-big-week-for-bank-earnings/19024#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:00:33 +0000 Christian Hill http://www.contrarianprofits.com/?p=19024 Monday

Earnings Announcements: Novellus (NVLS)

Tuesday
Economic Reports: Core PPI, PPI, Retail Sales

Will this be the month that we finally see inflation take hold? If expectations come true, it very well could be. PPI is anticipated to show an increase of nearly 1%. Core PPI (which excludes food and energy costs) is expected to show an increase of 0.10%. Retail Sales are expected to post a surprising increase. Most reports I have seen show that retailers are still struggling. I don’t expect this report to beat expectations.

Earnings Announcements: Goldman Sachs (GS), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Yum Brands (YUM)

Wednesday
Economic Reports: Core CPI, CPI

The CPI is expected to show an increase of 0.60%, and Core CPI an increase of 0.10%. If both CPI and PPI meet expectations, we…

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Earnings Announcements: Novellus (NVLS)

Tuesday
Economic Reports: Core PPI, PPI, Retail Sales

Will this be the month that we finally see inflation take hold? If expectations come true, it very well could be. PPI is anticipated to show an increase of nearly 1%. Core PPI (which excludes food and energy costs) is expected to show an increase of 0.10%. Retail Sales are expected to post a surprising increase. Most reports I have seen show that retailers are still struggling. I don’t expect this report to beat expectations.

Earnings Announcements: Goldman Sachs (GS), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Yum Brands (YUM)

Wednesday
Economic Reports: Core CPI, CPI

The CPI is expected to show an increase of 0.60%, and Core CPI an increase of 0.10%. If both CPI and PPI meet expectations, we could be in for the start of a long bout of inflation.

Earnings Announcement: Abbott Labs (ABT)

Thursday
Economic Report: Philadelphia Fed

If we meet expectations this month with the Philadelphia Fed report, it will mark 19 out of the last 20 months showing a negative reading. Last month we almost saw a positive reading, but this month we slipped back a little bit. The good news is the decline is slowing and has bounced back considerably in the past few months.

Earnings Announcement: Baxter Int’l (BAX), Harley-Davidson (HOG), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Google (GOOG), IBM (IBM)

Friday
Economic Calendar: Building Permits, Housing Starts

Housing this week is a mixed bag. Permits are expected to increase and starts are expected to decrease. I would expect both reports to miss estimates. While we are in the midst of the traditional building season in the northern states, I just can’t see the housing industry adding more inventory.

Earnings Announcements: Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), General Electric (GE)

Source:  Inflation May Show It’s Ugly Head, Big Week for Bank Earnings

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Needless to say, when the number of jobs lost every month is in excess of 600k, we aren’t going to see an abrupt stop. We will unfortunately set the record for consecutive months of job losses in the next few months.

Monday

Economic Reports: Pending Home Sales

The Pending Home Sales report for March comes out this morning at 10:00 am, and I am a little surprised by the expectations (flat). With all the foreclosures continuing, and prices still sliding, I think this report will show a modest increase in…

]]> This could get ugly. Another month, another 600k+ jobs expected to be lost. This would mark the 16th straight month of job losses, just one month short of the longest streak in history.

Needless to say, when the number of jobs lost every month is in excess of 600k, we aren’t going to see an abrupt stop. We will unfortunately set the record for consecutive months of job losses in the next few months.

Monday

Economic Reports: Pending Home Sales

The Pending Home Sales report for March comes out this morning at 10:00 am, and I am a little surprised by the expectations (flat). With all the foreclosures continuing, and prices still sliding, I think this report will show a modest increase in Pending Home Sales.

Earnings Announcements: S

Tuesday

Economic Reports: ISM Services

This could be another month of contraction in the services sector if expectations are accurate. One thing to note when the report is released is if any sectors are expanding versus contracting. Last month the only sector to display expansion was in real estate rental and leasing. In any event, until more sectors are expanding than contracting the economy will continue to languish.

Earnings Announcements: KFT, UBS

Wednesday

Earnings Announcements: CSCO

Thursday

Earnings Announcements: GM, VRSN

Friday

Economic Reports: Non-Farm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate

Earnings Announcements: TM

Source:Employment Numbers Are About To Get Historically Bad

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