The Week Ahead for January 13 - January 19

1.  Introduction
2.  Earnings Releases
3.  Economic Releases
4.  Stock Splits
5.  Initial Public Offerings
6.  Disclaimer

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1.  Introduction

Volatility may be higher than average in both the equity and
fixed income markets next week, because of the start of
earnings season and the release of key economic reports.  The
two key factors determining the direction of both markets
will be whether earnings growth will resume later this year
and whether the economy is beginning to rebound.  Equity
valuations and portfolio allocation will be on the mind of
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2.	Earnings Releases

Earnings season starts next week with over 550 companies
scheduled to report results.  Many of these companies are
leaders in their respective industries and their
forward-looking comments will be closely monitored.  Better
than expect outlooks for 2002 will carry a lot of weight,
particularly since many traders are looking for evidence to
justify the prevailing valuations priced into many stocks.

Companies with market capitalizations in excess of $25
billion scheduled to report earnings next week are presented
in the table below.

Company                Ticker     EPS        Date
                                  Estimate
-----------------------------------------------------------
Fannie Mae             FNM        $1.38      1/14/02
Charles Schwab         SCH        $0.08      1/14/02
Capital One            COF        $0.80      1/15/02
Fifth Third Bancorp    FITB       $0.65      1/15/02
Intel                  INTC       $0.11      1/15/02
Tyco                   TYC        $0.72      1/15/02
Wells Fargo            WFC        $0.68      1/15/02
Abbott Labs            ABT        $0.52      1/16/02
Bank of America        BAC        $1.24      1/16/02
Bank of New York       BK         $0.47      1/16/02
Bank One               ONE        $0.65      1/16/02
Citigroup              C          $0.73      1/16/02
FleetBoston            FBF        $0.46      1/16/02
Genentech              DNA        $0.20      1/16/02
General Motors         GM         $0.50      1/16/02
J.P. Morgan Chase      JPM        $0.37      1/16/02
U.S. Bancorp           USB        $0.40      1/16/02
Washington Mutual      WM         $0.95      1/16/02
Auto Data Processing   ADP        $0.41      1/17/02
Duke Energy            DUK        $0.47      1/17/02
Ford Motor             F          ($0.50)    1/17/02
General Electric       GE         $0.39      1/17/02
IBM                    IBM        $1.32      1/17/02
Microsoft              MSFT       $0.46      1/17/02
Nortel Networks        NT         ($0.17)    1/17/02
United Technologies    UTX        $0.67      1/17/02
Sun Microsystems       SUNW       ($0.04)    1/18/02

A complete listing of companies, with market
capitalizations above $10 billion, expected to report next
week is presented in "The Week Ahead" article on Wall
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3.	Economic Releases

The fixed income markets could show higher than average
volatility next week, particularly with the release of some
key economic reports.  Tuesday brings the December CPI
numbers; indications that inflation remains under control
will allow the Fed to cut interest rates further.
Conversely, an unexpected decrease in CPI will renew fears of
a deflation.  November business inventories should show a
further drop, helping to boost optimism of a forthcoming
recovery in the manufacturing sectors.  Finally, the
University of Michigan will release its preliminary December
consumer confidence survey results.  The consensus calls for
another monthly improvement in sentiment.

Economic releases scheduled for next week are listed in the
table below.

Report                          Estimate     DATE
------------------------------------------------------------
Advance Retail Sales (Dec.)     (1.0%)       1/15/02
Retail Sales Less Autos (Dec.)  0.0%         1/15/02
Consumer Price Index (Dec.)     0.1%         1/16/02
CPI, Less Food & Energy (Dec.)  0.2%         1/16/02
Business Inventories (Nov.)     0.5%         1/16/02
Industrial Production (Dec.)    0.0%         1/16/02
Housing Starts (Dec.)           1615K        1/17/02
Philadelphia Fed Survey (Jan.)  0.0          1/17/02
Trade Balance (Nov.)            ($28.5B)     1/18/02
U of M Consumer Confidence      89.6         1/18/02
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4.	Stock Splits

Stocks that will begin trading on ex-dividend basis are
listed in the table below.

Company			 Ticker   Split   Ex-Dividend Date
-----------------------------------------------------------
Varian Medical Systems   VAR      2-1     1/16/02
FTI Consulting           FCN      3-2     1/17/02
Liz Clairborne           LIZ      2-1     1/17/02
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5.	Initial Public Offerings

The IPO market is on hiatus for the holidays.  The first IPOs
of the new year are not likely to be priced until late
January.

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