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Sterling Weekly for the Week of March 1st, 2010
A Look at the S&P Retail Index 'RLX'

Since the previous edition of the Sterling Weekly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 77.09 points or approximately 0.7%, to finish at 10,325.26. Unfortunately while the overall market appears to be tracking sideways with a downward bias, the intra-day volatility continues to be rather severe with the Dow Jones Industrial Average making intra-day swings of a couple hundred points during the day only to finish the day slightly changed. This to me indicates a great deal of uncertainty about the mid to long term direction of the market.

In this week's edition of the Sterling Weekly I wanted to take a look at the S&P Retail Index 'RLX' which set a new yearly closing high on Friday. This makes the S&P Retail Index 'RLX' one of the better performing indices over the course of the last 12 months. The 'RLX' is designed to track the performance of the US retail industry. I've inserted a recent chart on the 'RLX' below for your review.

S&P Retail Index 'RLX'

As you can see from the chart, the 'RLX', which closed Friday @ 421.58, has completed a small "cup pattern" with a measured move to approximately 445.53 on a closing basis. While this is positive over the short term, I would like to offer a point of caution on a longer term basis. As the longer term chart on the 'RLX' below shows, the 'RLX' has now re-entered an area of upside resistance that has held it somewhat range bound for a period of approximately four (4) years of trading prior to last year's pullback. In other words I would not be expecting a move to the 497 or higher level any time soon. Additional information on the 'RLX' can be found (here.)

S&P Retail Index 'RLX' longer term

I would like to point out that this week has a very heavy economic's calendar with the big news being at the end of the week with the unemployment report. However I would not ignore the personal income and spending reports at the start of the week either.

 

Sterling Calendars for the Week of March 1st, 2010.
Economic Calendar

Date

Est. Time Release

For

Consensus Prior
03/01 8:30am Personal Income Jan. 0.4% 0.4%
03/01 8:30am Personal Spending Jan. 0.4% 0.2%
03/01 8:30am PCE Prices - Core Jan. 0.1% 0.1%
03/01 10:00am Construction Spending Jan. (0.5%) (1.2%)
03/01 10:00am ISM Index Feb. 57.8 58.4
03/02 2:00pm Auto Sales Feb. N/A. 3.8M
03/02 2:00pm Truck Sales Feb. N/A 4.4M
03/03 7:30am Challenger Job Cuts YOY Feb. N/A (70.4%)
03/03 8:15am ADP Employment Change Feb. (10K) (22K)
03/03 10:00am ISM Services Feb. 51.0 50.5
03/03 10:30am Crude Inventories 02/26 N/A 3.03M
03/03 2:00pm Fed's Beige Book Mar.    
03/04 8:30am Initial Claims 02/27 475K 495K
03/04 8:30am Continuing Claims 02/20 N/A 4,617K
03/04 8:30am Productivity - Rev. Q4 6.2% 6.2%
03/04 8:30am Unit Labor Costs Q4 (4.4%) (4.4%)
03/04 10:00am Factory Orders Jan. 1.2% 1.0%
03/04 10:00am Pending Home Sales Jan. 1.7% 1.0%
03/05 8:30am Unemployment Rate Feb. 9.8% 9.7%
03/05 8:30am Nonfarm Payrolls Feb. (20K) (20K)
03/05 8:30am Hourly Earnings Feb. 0.2% 0.2%
03/05 8:30am Average Workweek Feb. 33.7 33.9
03/05 3:00pm Consumer Credit Jan. ($3.8B) ($1.7B)
  Misc. Calendar
Date: Comments:
03/01 Ann Taylor Stores 'ANN' announces earnings. Est. ($0.02) Time N/A.
03/01 Big Lots 'BIG' announces earnings. Est. $1.28 Time N/A
03/02 Cooper Tire & Rubber 'CBT' announces earnings before the open. Est. $0.47
03/02 Staples 'SPLS' announces earnings. Time N/A. Est. $0.39
03/03 BJ's Wholesale Club 'BJ' announces earnings. Time N/A. Est. $0.96
03/03 Dillards 'DDS' announces earnings. Time N/A. $0.92
03/04 Costco 'COST' announces earnings. Time N/A. Est. $0.71
03/04 Western Refining 'WNR' announces earnings before the open. Est. ($0.68)
03/05 Urban Outfitters 'URBN' announces earnings. Time N/A. Est. $0.40
  The full earnings calendar for this week can be found (here)

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