On the earnings calendar, as you can see from the ones I have listed there is a significant amount of retailers reporting this week. That’s only a partial list, here’s the rest: ANN, BJ, APP, DDS, HOTT, DKS, ARO, GPS, PSUN, NWY, ROST, and TJX.

New Home Sales for September are announced today and this will sound like a broken record, but they are expected to disappoint.  In the face of the frozen credit markets, I guess a drop of only 2000 units could be viewed as a small victory.