Asian stocks fall on share sales; Alibaba slumps as Chairman pares stake.China looking at investing part of its $300B sovereign-wealth fund in US realty.China plans first offering of yuan sovereign debt outside mainland China, in Hong Kong.China's steel output rises 2% as state spending spurs demand.Euro rises toward 9-month high versus Dollar on speculation of recovery.[More...]

Asian markets were mostly higher Tuesday; Taiwan up 1.2% on Cabinet reshuffle.China plans to offer 6B yuan ($879M) of government bonds in Hong KongChina showcases commercial jet at Asia air showChina 2009 vehicle sales may rise 28% on stimulus, probably surpassing US.ECB says significant contraction in euro-zone economy has ended; rates unchanged.G-20 finance chiefs propose banks curb bonuses, increase capital holdings.[More...]

Leadership switched hands Thursday, Material and Retailers were strong performers and Energy and Financials continued to stay weak into the After Hours. Thursday’s trading just highlighted that the market still has no clear directional bias, even in the face of continued better than expected earnings reports. Towards the end of the ...

Monday:
Economic N/A
Earnings Kraft (KFT), Sohu (SOHU), Tyson (TSN), Verizon (VZ), Atheros (ATHR), CF Ind (CF), Mosaic (MOS), Walter (WLT), Zoran (ZRAN)

Tuesday:
Economic Consumer Confidence (50.0)
Earnings AGCO (AG), Coach (COH), Continental Resources (CLR), Lear (LEA), Nat Oil (NOV), Northrop (NOC), RTI (RTI), SAP (SAP), Sony (SNE), US Steel (X), Under Armour (UA), Valero (VLO), Centex (CTX), Gen Cable (BGC), Genworth Financial (GNW), Lam Research (LRCX), O’Seas Ship (OSG), Watts (WTS)

Wednesday:
Economic Weekly Crude, ADP (-48K)
Earnings Arcelor Mittal (MT), CNX Gas (CXG), Corning (GLW), Cummins (CMI), Garmin (GRMN), Hess (HES), Moody’s (MCO), Office Depot (ODP), Owens C (OC), Siemens (SI), Cleveland Cliffs (CLF), Covance (CVD), Buena SA (BVN), First Solar (FSLR), Genco (GNK), Itron (ITRI), Ocean’ Intl (OII), Starbucks (SBUX), SW Energy (SWN), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Disney (DIS), Visa (V)

Thursday:
Economic Weekly Claims (380K), GDP/Chain Deflator (1.8%, 2.8%), ECI (0.7%), Chicago PMI (49)
Earnings Aetna (AET), Apache (APA), Barrick (ABX), Borg W (BWA), Kodak (EK), CONSOL (CNX), Exxon (XOM), Goldcorp (GG), Kellogg (K), MasterCard (MA), Motorola (MOT), Parker H (PH), Tesoro (TSO), Chesapeake (CHK), Chiquita (CQB), Dolby (DLB), KLA Tencor (KLAC), Massey (MEE), Monster (MNST), Stanley (SXE), Vertex (VRTX)

Friday:
Economic Truck / Auto Sales, Jobs Report (-68K, 5.6%), Construction (-0.3%), ISM (50.5)
Earnings Chevron (CVX), CIGNA (CI), NYSE (NYX), Oshkosh (OSK), Sun Micro (JAVA), Tidewater (TDW)