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TRADER RADAR FOR WEEK OF 5/5/5/9 ECONOMIC AND EARNINGS AHEAD

Monday, May 5

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

10:00 ISM Services (Apr) - expected 54.0, prior 53.1
11:00 Fed to purchase $2.25b-$2.75b notes in 7 to 10-year range
11:30 Treasury selling $25b 3-month, $23b 6-month bills

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

01:45 CNY HSBC Manufacturing PMI (final)
08:30 EUR Eurozone Sentix Investor Confidence
09:00 EUR Eurozone PPI

Earnings

Before:
Pfizer (PFE)
Sysco (SYY)
Tyson Foods (TSN)

After:
Anadarko Petroleum (APC)
EOG Resources (EOG)
Vivus (VVUS)
ChannelAdvisor (ECOM)
RetailMeNot (SALE)

Tuesday, May 6

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

08:30 Trade Balance (Mar) - expected -$40.2B, prior -$42.3B
11:00 Fed to purchase $850m-$1.1b bonds in 22 to 30-year range
11:30 Treasury selling 4-week bills
1:00 Treasury selling $29b 3-year notes

Fedspeak

7:00pm Stein (board, hawkish) speaks in New York

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

04:30 AUD RBA Rate Decision
08:00 EUR Eurozone Services PMI (final April)
08:30 GBP Services PMI (Apr)
09:00 EUR Eurozone Retail Sales (MoM)
14:00 CAD Ivey PMI (Apr)

Earnings

Before:
Emerson Electric (EMR)
Goodrich Petroleum (GDP)
HollyFrontier (HFC)
NuSkin (NUS)
DirecTV (DTV)
Mosaic (MOS)
Discovery Communications (DISCA)

After:
Allstate (ALL)
Disney (DIS)
Marathon Oil (MRO)
Electronic Arts (EA)
Whole Foods (WFM)
Frontier Communications (FTR)
Office Depot (ODP)
FireEye (FEYE)
Groupon (GRPN)
First Solar (FSLR)

Wednesday, May 7

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

07:00 MBA Mortgage Applications
08:30 Nonfarm Productivity (1Q prelim) - expected -0.8%, prior 1.8%
08:30 Unit Labor Costs - exp 2.4%, prior -0.1%
3:00 Consumer Credit (Mar) - exp $16.1B, prior $16.489B
1:00 Treasury selling $24b 10-year notes

Fedspeak

10:00 a.m. Yellen (chair, dove) testifies to Joint Economic Committee

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

JPY BoJ Apr minutes
NZD Employment Change
JPY Services PMI
01:30 AUD Retail Sales
01:45 CNY HSBC Services PMI
06:00 EUR German Factory Orders
12:30 CAD Building Permits

Earnings

Before:
Sotheby's (BID)
Molson Coors (TAP)
Chesapeake Energy (CHK)
Devon Energy (DVN)
Duke Energy (DUK)

After:
21st Century Fox (FOXA)
Avis Budget (CAR)
Green Mountain (GMCR)
Prudential Financial (PRU)
Annaly Capital (NLY)
Gulfport Energy (GPOR)
CF Industries (CF)
Tesla Motors (TSLA)
SolarCity (SCTY)

Zillow (Z)
Caesars Entertainment (CZR)
AOL (AOL)

Thursday, May 8

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

08:30 Initial Jobless Claims - expected 325K, prior 344K
08:30 Continuing Claims - exp 2755K, prior 2771K
11:00 Fed purchasing $550m-$800m TIPS in 4 to 30-year range
1:00 Treasury selling $16b 30-year bonds

Fedspeak

9:00am Plosser (voter, hawk) speaks in New York
9:25am Evans (nonvoter, dove) speaks at Chicago banking conference
9:30am Tarullo (board, dove) speaks at Chicoag banking conference
9:30am Yellen (chair, dove) testifies to Senate Budget Committee
2:00pm Bullard (nonvoter, currently hawkish) speaks at conference in St Louis

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

CNY Trade Balance (Apr)
01:30 AUD Employment Change
06:00 EUR German Industrial Production
07:15 CHF CPI
11:00 GBP BoE Rate Decision
11:45 EUR ECB Rate Decision
12:15 CAD Housing Starts and New Home Price Index

Earnings

Before:
Cablevision (CVC)
Wendy's (WEN)
CBS (CBS)
Regeneron (REGN)
Dean Foods (DF)
Apollo Global Management (APO)
IntercontinentalExchange Group (ICE)
Nastionstar Mortgage Holdings (NSM)
Priceline.com (PCLN)

After:
NVIDIA (NVDA)
Stifel Financial (SF)
Symantec (SYMC)
Nuance (NUAN)
Medivation (MDVN)
RocketFuel (FUEL)
Monster Beverage (MNST)

Friday, May 9

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

10:00 JOLTs Job Openings - prior 4173
10:00 Wholesale Inventories - exp 0.5%, prior 0.5%
11:00 Fed purchasing $1.5b-$2b notes in 6 to 7-year range

Fedspeak

Kocherlakota (dove, voter) speaks in Minnesota

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

01:30 CNY CPI & PPI
01:30 AUD RBA Statement on Monetary Policy
06:00 EUR German Trade Balance
08:30 GBP Trade Balance
08:30 GBP Manufacturing and Industrial Production
12:30 CAD Employment Change (Apr)
14:00 GBP NIESR GDP Estimate (Apr)

Earnings

Before:
Ralph Lauren (RL)
Hilton Worldwide (HLT)