Catalysts For The Week of Dec. 8, 2008

Items from Barron's and other sources.

Key to watch is November retail sales, news out of the UBS Media conference, semiconductor updates, October pending homes sales.


Monday Dec. 8
• Texas Instruments & National Semiconductor provide company updates
• Investor Days - Metlife, Broadcom
• Market Outlooks - 3M, SL Greeen Realty

Tuesday Dec. 9
• October pending existing home sales (sept. fell 4.6%)
• Investor Days - Agilent Technologies, Delta Airlines
• OECD issues U.S. Economic Survey [I am expecting this to be bad, but will look for the good within it]
• 36th Annual UBS Global Media & Communications Conference at theGrand Hyatt New York [JPMorgan believes that several advertising industry forecasters will reduce advertising estimates for 2009]

Wednesday Dec. 10
• Federal Budget Deficit report
• China releases several economic data points for November [expect analysts to take down numbers for companies with significant ops in China]
• Dynergy Provides 2009 guidance [bold move and I believe this is the first company to provide guidance for full year 2009]
• Investor Conferences - Principal Financial, Yum Brands
• Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference

Friday Dec. 12
• Retail Sales for November [estimate is -2%]
• November Producer Price Index