Next week's data docket will be on the light side, with no big market movers set for release.
Monday: Markets closed for Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Tuesday: BTM Schroders and LJR Redbook's weekly retail sales reports. Wednesday: December housing starts and building permits and the Fed's Beige Book report on economic conditions. Thursday: November trade data, weekly initial claims and January Philadelphia Fed index. Friday: December Treasury budget.
Next week will see an earnings deluge, with reports from a broad array of companies on tap.
There are 10 Dow companies reporting next week, according to First Call. Others of particular interest are America Online, Apple Computer, Lucent Technologies and Sun Microsystems. Most of the airlines and banks report next week, First Call noted.
Monday: Motorola. Tuesday: Microsoft, Linear Technology, Xilinx, Teradyne, Broadcom, Unisys, Novellus Systems, DoubleClick, Citrix Systems, Corel, Delphi Automotive Systems, Harley Davidson, Ethan Allen Interiors, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, BankAmerica, Charles Schwab, PaineWebber, Freddie Mac, Bank One, Wells Fargo, State Street, Bank of New York, Tyco International, Delta Air Lines, Continental Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Abbott Labs. Wednesday: IBM, America Online, Apple Computer, Advanced Micro Devices, Altera, Redback Networks, Legato Systems, Beyond.com, GM Hughes Electronics, Sysco, Chase Manhattan, Fleet Boston Financial, Bear Stearns, E-Trade, Ameritrade, DLJ, Knight Trimark, Atlantic Richfield, Weyerhaeuser, Reynolds Metals, Honeywell, United Technologies, Boeing, AMR, US Airways, UAL, PG&E and Visx. Thursday: Lucent Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Gateway, ExciteAtHome, PMC Sierra, Lattice Semiconductor, Lam Research, Inktomi, General Motors, Sunoco, General Electric and Genentech. Friday: Diamond Offshore, Caterpillar. |