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Monday, October 8, 2012

UK Reporting:- Carclo Plc, CAR, (R), Intercontinental Hotels Group Plc, IHG, (SM), Michael Page International Plc, MPI, (R)

Economic Data:-

09:30 Eurozone October Sentix, -23.2 previous

Economic Events:-

Euro Area Finance Ministers Meet in Luxembourg

Government Auctions:-

Germany to sell €4bn in Bills

Market Holiday:-

Japan – Health Sports Day

Canada – Thanksgiving

(US Stock Markets Open, US Bond Markets closed Columbus Day)


Tuesday, October 9, 2012

UK Reporting:- Hays Plc, HAS, (R), Hays Plc, HAS, (R), Imagination Technologies Group Plc, IMG, (SM), Inmarsat Plc, ISAT, (SM), Intertek Group Plc, ITRK, (Pr), Jupiter European Opportunities Trust Plc, JEO, (SM), Majedie Investments Plc, MAJE, (SM), Rio Tinto Plc, RIO, (SM), Vedanta Resources Plc, VED,  Xp Power Ltd, XPP, (R)

S&P 500 Reporting:- Alcoa Inc, Q3, 0.009,  Chevron Corp, Q3, 3.067, Yum! Brands Inc, Q3, 0.969

S&P 500 Ex Dividends (gross):- Aetna Inc, AET, (.175),  Covidien PLC, COV, (.26),  Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc, MMC, (.23),  Patterson Cos Inc, PDCO, (.14)

Economic Data:-

00:01 UK September BRC Sales, -0.4% exp. -0.4% previous

00:01 UK September RICS, -18% exp. -19% previous

09:30 UK August Industrial Production, -0.5% exp. 2.9% previous

09:30 UK August Total Trade Balance, £2,550 exp. £1,517 previous

Economic Events:-

IMF World Economic Outlook

Government Auctions:-

UK to sell £1.75bn in Bonds

US to sell $60bn in Bills

IPO:- Ambarella Inc, (AMBA), 6m, USD 9 – 11

Amira Nature Foods Ltd, (ANFI), 9m, USD 13 – 15

Corporate Action:-

InteContinental Hotels Group, (IHG) 14 for 15 Stock Split, 108.4p Special Dividend


Wednesday, October 10, 2012

UK Reporting:- Bae Systems Plc, BA, (Oth), Ferrexpo Plc, FXPO, (R), Imagination Technologies Group Plc, IMG, (SM), Lloyds Banking Group Plc, LLOY, (Pr), Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, RR, (Pr)

S&P 500 Reporting:- Costco Wholesale Corp, Q4, 1.306,  Host Hotels & Resorts Inc, Q3, 0.205,  Progressive Corp/The, Q3, 0.261

S&P 500 Ex Dividends (gross):- Accenture PLC, ACN, (.81),  Masco Corp, MAS, (.075),  Oracle Corp, ORCL, (.06),  Pall Corp, PLL, (.25),  Roper Industries Inc, ROP, (.1375),  Yum! Brands Inc, YUM, (.335)

FTSE 100 Ex dividends (net): Kingfisher PLC, KGF, (3.09),  Smith & Nephew PLC, SN/, ($0.099),  TESCO PLC, TSCO, (4.63),  Wolseley PLC, WOS, (40g),  WPP PLC, WPP, (8.80) Estimated FTSE 100 Dividend Impact: 4.1 points

FTSE 250 Ex dividends (net): Balfour Beatty PLC, BBY, (5.60),  Cobham PLC, COB, (2.40),  Daejan Holdings PLC, DJAN, (51),  Hays PLC, HAS, (1.67),  Murray International Trust PLC, MYI, (9),  Murray International Trust PLC, MYIB, (2012/10/12),  Rightmove PLC, RMV, (9),  SIG PLC, SHI, (1),  Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC, SPX, (16),  Travis Perkins PLC, TPK, (8),  Unite Group PLC, UTG, (1),  Yule Catto & Co PLC, YULC, (2.20)

FTSE Small Share Ex dividends (net): Keller Group PLC, KLR, (7.60),  Lowland Investment Company PLC, LWI, (7.50),  Pacific Horizon Investment Trust PLC, PHI, (1.50)

Economic Data:-

15:00 US August Wholesale Inventories, 0.4% exp. 0.7% previous

19:00 US Fed’s Beige Book

Government Auctions

Germany to sell €4bn in Notes

US sells $8bn in Notes

IPO:- Garrison Capital Inc, (GARS), 5m, USD 15 – 17

Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc, (ICPT), 4.3m, USD 13 – 15

KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals Inc, (KYTH), 4m, USD 14 – 16

Realogy Holdings Corp, (RLGY), 40m, USD 23 – 27

Shutterstock Inc, (SSTK), 4.5m, USD 13 – 15


Thursday, October 11, 2012

UK Reporting:- Ashmore Group Plc, ASHM, (R), Burberry Group Plc, BRBY, (R), E2V Technologies Plc, E2V, (R), Goodwin Plc, GDWN, (SM), Greggs Plc, GRG, (R), Standard Life Uk Smaller Co Trust, SLS, (SM), Wh Smith Plc, SMWH, e,

S&P 500 Reporting:- Fastenal Co, Q3, 0.373,  Safeway Inc, Q3, 0.429

S&P 500 Dividends (gross):– Abbott Laboratories, ABT, (.51),  Chesapeake Energy Corp, CHK, (.0875),  ConocoPhillips, COP, (.66),  Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, FCX, (.3125),  Lennar Corp, LEN, (.04),  Lennar Corp, LEN/B, (.04),  Phillips 66, PSX, (.25),  SAIC Inc, SAI, (.12)

Economic Data:-

13:30 US August Trade Balance, -$44.0bn exp. -$42.0bn previous

13:30 US Initial Jobless Claims, 365k exp. 328k previous

Economic Events:-

Van Rompuy, Barroso, Monti speak at Brussles Think Tank

Government Auctions:-

Italy to sell Bonds

UK to sell £1.5bn in Bonds

US to sell $13bn in Bonds

IPO:- Diamondback Energy Inc, (FANG), 12.5m, USD 17 – 19

Workday Inc, (WDAY), 22.75m, USD 21 – 24


Friday, October 12th, 2012

UK Reporting:- Hargreaves Lansdown Plc, HL, (R), Travis Perkins Plc, TPK, (R)

S&P 500 Reporting:- JPMorgan Chase & Co, Q3, 1.191,  Wells Fargo & Co, Q3, 0.866

S&P 500 Dividends (gross):- PNC Financial Services Group Inc, PNC, (.40),  Tyco International Ltd, TYC, (.15)

Euro Stoxx 600 Reporting:- Suedzucker, Q2, 0.495

Economic Data:-

10:00 Eurozone August Industrial Production, -0.3% exp. 0.5% previous

13:30 US September PPI, 0.7% exp. 1.7% previous

14:55 US October University of Michigan Confidence, 77.8 exp. 78.3 previous

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