The markets ended September with a big decline in the major indexes. Last week the volatility of the past month continued as stocks traded like a yo-yo – falling 777 points after congress failed to approve the 700 billion dollar bailout, and then rising 500 points before hitting new 52 week lows by the end of the week after the bailout was approved.There was some negative dividend news from S&P that there were 138 dividend cuts or suspensions in the third quarter while 346 issues increased their payments to shareholders. Most of the dividend cuts were in the financial sector. Standard and poors reported the following:“It was the worst September for dividends since[More...]

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Monday:
Economic NA

Earnings BE Aerospace (BEAV), Humuna (HUM), Sohu (SOHU), Tyson (TSN), Verizon (VZ), Covance (CVD), FMC Tech (FTI), Atheros (ATHR), Manitowoc (MTW), GFI Group (GFIG), Visa (V)

Tuesday:
Economic Consumer Confidence (62)

Earnings Archer D (ADM), AGCO (AG), Boyd (BYD), Burlington (BNI), MasterCard (MA), Nexen (NXY), Office Depot (ODP), Sepracor (SEPR), RTI Metals (RTI), US Steel (X), Under Armour (UA), Valero (VLO), Waste Mgt (WMI), Express Scripts (ESRX), Flextronics (FLEX), General Cable (BGC), Lan Air (LFL), LandAmerica (LFG), OpenText (OTEX), O’Seas Ship (OSG), Panera (PNRA)

Wednesday:
Economic Weekly Crude, ADP (-55K), GDP & Deflator (.4%, 3.0%), Employ Cost (.8%), FOMC

Earnings Alcatel Lu (ALU), Brinks (BCO), Cummins (CMI), First Solar (FSLR), Garmin (GRMN), Gen Motors (GM), Hess (HES), InterActive (IACI), Procter G (PG), SAP (SAP), Southern (SO), Time Warner (TWX), Akamai (AKAM), Centex (CTX), Genco Ship (GNK), iRobot (IRBT), JDSU (JDSU), Prudential (PRU), Starbucks (SBUX), Symantec (SYMC)

Thursday:
Economic Weekly Claims, Auto / Truck (5.1M, 6.3M), Inc & Spend (.4%, .2%), PCE Core (.1%), Construction (-.5%), ISM (48)

Earnings Apache (APA), CIGNA (CI), Comcast (CMCSA), CVS (CVS), Kodak (EK), Exxon (XOM), Invest Tech (ITG), Oshkosh (OSK), Tyco (TYC), West Pharma (WST), Bankrate (RATE), Blue Phoenix (BPHX), Cbeyond (CBEY), Cephalon (CEPH), Dynamic Mtls (BOOM), Investools (SWIM), Nat Fuel (NFG), QLogic (QLGC), Sun Micro (SUNW), Walter (WLT), Wynn (WYNN), Websense (WBSN)

Friday:
Economic Michigan (64.2), Jobs Report (-80K, 5.2%, .3%), Factory O’s (.4%)

Earnings Agrium (AGU), Barnes (B), Borg W (BWA), Chevron (CVX), Duke (DUK),Lubrizol (LZ), Nortel (NT), NW Nat Gas (NWN), Weyerhaeuser (WY)

Monday:
Economic NA

Earnings BE Aerospace (BEAV), Humuna (HUM), Sohu (SOHU), Tyson (TSN), Verizon (VZ), Covance (CVD), FMC Tech (FTI), Atheros (ATHR), Manitowoc (MTW), GFI Group (GFIG), Visa (V)

Tuesday:
Economic Consumer Confidence (62)

Earnings Archer D (ADM), AGCO (AG), Boyd (BYD), Burlington (BNI), MasterCard (MA), Nexen (NXY), Office Depot (ODP), Sepracor (SEPR), RTI Metals (RTI), US Steel (X), Under Armour (UA), Valero (VLO), Waste Mgt (WMI), Express Scripts (ESRX), Flextronics (FLEX), General Cable (BGC), Lan Air (LFL), LandAmerica (LFG), OpenText (OTEX), O’Seas Ship (OSG), Panera (PNRA)

Wednesday:
Economic Weekly Crude, ADP (-55K), GDP & Deflator (.4%, 3.0%), Employ Cost (.8%), FOMC

Earnings Alcatel Lu (ALU), Brinks (BCO), Cummins (CMI), First Solar (FSLR), Garmin (GRMN), Gen Motors (GM), Hess (HES), InterActive (IACI), Procter G (PG), SAP (SAP), Southern (SO), Time Warner (TWX), Akamai (AKAM), Centex (CTX), Genco Ship (GNK), iRobot (IRBT), JDSU (JDSU), Prudential (PRU), Starbucks (SBUX), Symantec (SYMC)

Thursday:
Economic Weekly Claims, Auto / Truck (5.1M, 6.3M), Inc & Spend (.4%, .2%), PCE Core (.1%), Construction (-.5%), ISM (48)

Earnings Apache (APA), CIGNA (CI), Comcast (CMCSA), CVS (CVS), Kodak (EK), Exxon (XOM), Invest Tech (ITG), Oshkosh (OSK), Tyco (TYC), West Pharma (WST), Bankrate (RATE), Blue Phoenix (BPHX), Cbeyond (CBEY), Cephalon (CEPH), Dynamic Mtls (BOOM), Investools (SWIM), Nat Fuel (NFG), QLogic (QLGC), Sun Micro (SUNW), Walter (WLT), Wynn (WYNN), Websense (WBSN)

Friday:
Economic Michigan (64.2), Jobs Report (-80K, 5.2%, .3%), Factory O’s (.4%)

Earnings Agrium (AGU), Barnes (B), Borg W (BWA), Chevron (CVX), Duke (DUK),Lubrizol (LZ), Nortel (NT), NW Nat Gas (NWN), Weyerhaeuser (WY)