KEY EVENTS TO WATCH FOR:
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
7:45 AM ET. Sept 15 ICSC-Goldman Sachs Chain Store Sales Index
Chain Store Sales Index – WoW (previous +1%)
Chain Store Sales Index – YoY (previous +3.4%)
8:30 AM ET. 2 Quarter International Transactions
8:55 AM ET. Sept 15 Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index
MoM % Change (previous +1.9%)
12MonChgPct (previous +2.6%)
52WkChgPct (previous +2.7%)
9:00 AM ET. July Treasury International Capital Data
Monthly Net TIC Flows (previous 16.7B)
Net Foreign Acquisition of Long-Term Securities (previous -6B)
Net Foreign Acquisition of US Agency Debt (previous -604M)
Net Foreign Acquisition of US Corp Bonds (previous -22.1B)
Net Foreign Acquisition of US Equities (previous -4.3B)
Net Foreign Acquisition of US Treasury Bonds & Notes (previous 32.4B)
Net Long-Term Securities Transactions (previous 9.3B)
10:00 AM ET. Sept NAHB Housing Market Index
Housing Market Index (expected 39; previous 37)
4:30 PM ET. Sept 14 API Weekly Statistical Bulletin
Crude Stocks (Net Change) (previous +0.22M)
Gasoline Stocks (Net Change) (previous -4.16M)
Distillate Stocks (Net Change) (previous +2.55M)
Refinery Runs (previous 84.3%)
Key Events and Commentary available earlier every morning, via MarketClub (http://www.marketclub.com/)
STOCK INDEXES & MARKETS http://quotes.ino.com/exchanges/?c=indexes+
GENERAL STOCK MARKET COMMENT: The U.S. stock indexes closed
narrowly mixed today on mild profit taking after last week
hitting multi-year highs. Stock index bulls still have the
solid overall near-term technical advantage. It was a bit
of a “risk off” trading day in the market place Tuesday,
which limited buying interest in the stock indexes. In
overnight news, European stock markets declined amid an
apparent reluctance of Spain to ask for more financial
bailout assistance from the European Union. There was a
successful auction of Spanish short-term debt overnight,
with yields lower and demand decent. A Spanish auction of
longer-term debt later this week will be a bigger test,
however. There was a positive economic report coming out of
Germany, as the ZEW economic expectations reading was the
strongest in five months. Asian stock markets were weaker
on position evening ahead of important economic data coming
out of China on Thursday. There were also anti-Japanese
demonstrations in China that unsettled the market place in
Asia. The Bank of Japan started a two-day meeting, at which
the BOJ may introduce some fresh monetary stimulus.
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