Catalysts For The Week of Dec. 15th

Items from Barron's and other sources.

Key to watch: Earnings out of Goldman, Morgan Stanley, GE, Best Buy, FedEx, RIM, and Oracle. Also, Fed interest rate decision at 2pm on Tuesday and commentary from Honda on Friday about the state of the auto market.

Monday Dec. 15
• Industrial production numbers
• Homebuilders' housing index
• Honeywell - 2009 Outlook

Tuesday Dec. 16
• Fed interest rate decision - expected .25 to .5 cut
• November consumer prices
• Housing Starts
• GE provides outlook
• Goldman Sachs reports earnings
• Best Buy reports earnings
• Herbalife Investor Day

Wednesday Dec. 17
• 3Q Current Account Deficit
• General Mills & Conagra reports earnings
• Morgan Stanley reports earnings
• Nike reports earnings

Thursday Dec. 18
• FedEx and Darden reports earnings
• FCC Vote on notional wireless internet
• RIM, Discover, and Oracle reports earnings

Friday Dec. 19
• Honda Motor news conference
• Cintas, CarMax, Jabil reports earnings