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Monday, October 1, 2012

UK Reporting:- Astrazeneca Plc, AZN, (Pr), City Of London Investment Gr, CLIG, Glaxosmithkline Plc, GSK, Glencore International Plc, GLEN, (Oth), Wood Group (John) Plc, WG, (SM), Pantheon Intl Particip-Ord, PIN, e, (CC), Xstrata Plc, XTA, (Oth)

S&P 500 Ex Dividends (gross):- Comcast Corp, CMCSA, (.1625),  Comcast Corp, CMCSK, (.1625),  Kimco Realty Corp, KIM, (.19),  Raytheon Co, RTN, (.50)

Economic Data:-

09:00 Eurozone September Manufacturing PMI, 46.0 exp. 46.0 previous

09:30 UK September Manufacturing PMI, 49.9 exp. 49.5 previous

10:00 Eurozone August Unemployment 11.4% exp. 11.3% previous

15:00 US September ISM Manufacturing 50.0 exp. 49.6 previous

Economic Events:- Fed’s Bernanke Speaks in Indianapolis

Government Auctions:- US to sell $60bn in Bills

IPO:- Meetinghouse Bancorp Inc, (0206908D), 0.575m, USD 10

Market Holiday:- Hong Kong – Mid Autum Festival; Shanghai Exchange – National Day

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

UK Reporting:- BT Group Plc, BT/A, (Pr), Glaxosmithkline Plc, GSK, (Pr), St. Ives Plc, SIV, Vodafone Group Plc, VOD, (Pr), Wolseley Plc, WOS, (R), Wolseley Plc, WOS, e, (CC)

S&P 500 Reporting:- Mosaic Co/The, Q1, 1.159

S&P 500 Ex Dividends (gross):- Cisco Systems Inc, CSCO, (.14),  Discover Financial Services, DFS, (.10),  Legg Mason Inc, LM, (.11)

Euro Stoxx 600 Reporting:- Wolseley PLC, R, 1.646

Economic Data:-

07:00 UK September Nationwide House Prices, 0.0% exp. 1.3% previous

09:30 UK September PMI Construction, 50.0 exp. 49.0 previous

10:00 Eurozone August PPI 0.5% exp. 0.4% previous 

Government Auctions:-

UK, sells £3.5bn in Bills

Market Holiday:- Hong Kong – Mid Autum Festival

Shanghai Exchange – National Day

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

UK Reporting:- BAE Systems Plc, BA, (Pr), Barclays Plc, BARC, Dunelm Group Plc, DNLM, (R), Intl Consolidated Airline-Di, IAG, (R), Sainsbury (J) Plc, SBRY, (R), Marstons Plc, MARS, (R), Sportingbet Plc, SBT, (R), Tesco Plc, TSCO,

S&P 500 Reporting:- Family Dollar Stores Inc, Q4, 0.75,  Marriott International Inc/DE, Q3, 0.404,  Monsanto Co, Q4, -0.436

S&P 500 Ex Dividends (gross):- American Express Co, AXP, (.20),  BB&T Corp, BBT, (.20),  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, BMY, (.34),  General Dynamics Corp, GD, (.51),  JPMorgan Chase & Co, JPM, (.30),  McCormick & Co Inc/MD, MKC, (.31),  McCormick & Co Inc/MD, MKC/V, (.31),  Medtronic Inc, MDT, (.26),  Monsanto Co, MON, (.375),  Sysco Corp, SYY, (.27),  Torchmark Corp, TMK, (.15)

Euro Stoxx 600 Reporting:- Tesco plc, S1, 0.152

FTSE 100 Ex dividends (net): British Land Co PLC, BLND, (6.6g),  Weir Group PLC/The, WEIR, (8)  Estimated FTSE 100 Dividend Impact: 0.3 points

FTSE 250 Ex dividends (net): A.G.BARR PLC, BAG, (2.616),  Bodycote PLC, BOY, (4),  DS Smith PLC, SMDS, (4),  F&C Asset Management PLC, FCAM, (1),  Galliford Try PLC, GFRD, (21),  Inmarsat PLC, ISAT, (.1694),  Mercantile Investment Trust PLC, MRC, (6),  Merchants Trust PLC/The, MRCH, (5.80),  Petropavlovsk PLC, POG, (5)

FTSE Small Share Ex dividends (net): BOOT HENRY PLC, BHY, (1.80),  Brammer PLC, BRAM, (3),  Charles Taylor PLC, CTR, (3.25),  City of London Investment Group PLC, CLIG, (16),  F&C Private Equity Trust PLC, FPEO, (4.96),  Fiberweb PLC, FWEB, (1),  Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC, FGT, (5.20),  Huntsworth PLC, HNT, (1),  Invesco Income Growth Trust PLC, IVI, (2),  James Fisher & Sons PLC, FSJ, (5.87),  JPMorgan Mid Cap Investment Trust PLC, JMF, (11.50),  Laura Ashley Holdings PLC, ALY, (1),  Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust PLC, MNP, (1.20),  Schroder Income Growth Fund PLC, SCF, (3.50),  Severfield-Rowen PLC, SFR, (1.50),  Shires Income PLC, SHRS, (3), TR European Growth Trust PLC, TRG, (4.50),  Troy Income & Growth Trust PLC, TIGT, (.125)

Economic Data:-

00:01 UK September BRC Shop Price Index, 1.1% previous

09:00 Eurozone September PMI Services, 46.0 exp. 46.0 previous

09:30 UK September PMI Services, 53.0 exp. 53.7 previous

10:00 Eurozone August Retail Sales, -0.25 exp. -0.2% previous

15:00 US September Non Manufacturing ISM, 53.2 exp. 53.7 previous

Economic Events:- WTO’s General Council Meets

Government Auctions Japan to sell 3 month Bills

Market Holiday:- Shanghai Exchange – National Day

Thursday, October 4, 2012

UK Reporting:- Barclays Plc, BARC, (Pr), Easyjet Plc, EZJ, (R), F&C Us Smaller Companies, FSC, (SM), Halfords Group Plc, HFD, Imi Plc, IMI, (SM), Robert Walters Plc, RWA, (R), Sig Plc, SHI, (Pr), Ted Baker Plc, TED, (R), Victrex Plc, VCT, (R), Vitec Group Plc/The, VTC, (R)

S&P 500 Dividends (gross):– Campbell Soup Co, CPB, (.29),  Eaton Corp, ETN, (.38)

Euro Stoxx 600 Reporting:- Gerresheimer AG, Q3, 0.703

Economic Data:-

12:00 UK Bank of England Rate Announcement, 0.5% Unchanged exp.

12:45 ECB Rate Announcement, 0.75% Unchanged exp.

13:30 US Weekly Initial Jobless Claims, 365k exp. 359k exp.

15:00 US August Factory Orders, -0.2.5% exp. 2.8% previous

19:00 US Fed Meeting Minutes

Economic Events:- Merkel Speaks in Berlin; IMF Holds News Briefing

Government Auctions:- Japan to sells Bills; France to sell Bonds

IPO:- Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc, (PLAY), 7.6923m, USD 12 – 14

Dundee Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust, (0590454D), 15.5m, CAD 10

Fleetmatics Group Ltd, (FLTX), 7.8125m, USD 15 – 17

Nippon Concept Corp, (9386), 1.221m, JPY 1020

Market Holiday:- Shanghai Exchange – National Day

Friday, October 5th, 2012

UK Reporting:- GCP Infrastructure Investmen, GCP, (SM), Henderson Smaller Companies, HSL, (SM), Wood Group (John) Plc, WG, (R), Kcom Group Plc, KCOM,

S&P 500 Reporting:- Constellation Brands Inc, Q2, 0.539

S&P 500 Dividends (gross):- Darden Restaurants Inc, DRI, (.50),  Gap Inc/The, GPS, (.125),  General Mills Inc, GIS, (.33),  Intuit Inc, INTU, (.17),  Lincoln National Corp, LNC, (.08),  Mastercard Inc, 765486Z, (.30),  Verizon Communications Inc, VZ, (.515)

Euro Stoxx 600 Reporting:- Industrivarden AB, Q3, 0

Economic Data:- 11:00 German August Factory Orders, -0.3% exp. 0.5% previous

13:30 US September Unemployment Rate, 7.3% exp. 7.3% previous

13:30 US September Change in Non Farm Payrolls, 111k exp. 96k previous

13:30 US September Unemployment Rate 8.2% exp. 8.1% previous

Economic Events:- Fed’s Bullard Speaks in Tennessee

IPO:- Blur Ltd, (0276295D), N.A.; Magnolia Resources Ltd, (MGB), 12.5m, AUD 0.2; Swift Resources Ltd, (SWI), 25m, AUD 0.2

Market Holiday:- Shanghai Exchange – National Day

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