DOW bakal ijo dan Obligasi merah. Ini karena M3 supply EURO 
berkurang dari 12.3% ke 11.5% dan New Home Sales US turun. Jadi siap-
siap aja besok regional Asia bakal IJO juga IDX dong....he..he..tapi 
msih bergantung pidato Bush besok pagi jam 9.00.


--- In obrolan-bandar@yahoogroups.com, "Irawan Sudarman" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Berita2 di bloomberg.com serem2..
> 
> On Jan 28, 2008 2:52 PM, sulistyo_winarto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> 
> >    *Wall St Week Ahead: Fed rate cut, jobs data may lift stocks*
> >
> > Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:35pm EST
> >
> > * *
> >
> >
> >
> > By Cal Mankowski
> >
> > NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Wall Street may put the brakes on a 
steep
> > decline next week, when a rate cut is anticipated from the Fed, 
and Friday's
> > monthly jobs data may trigger a comeback for stocks after their 
January
> > funk.
> >
> > Even after this week's two-day rally, stocks *finished Friday in 
the red*and remain down sharply for the year so far. The Dow is down 
8 percent, the
> > S&P 500 is down 9.4 percent and the Nasdaq is down 12.3 percent.
> >
> > The Federal Reserve's meeting is expected to result in a 
reduction of *50
> > basis points* in the fed funds rate, now down to 3.5 percent.
> >
> > The central bank's announcement will come only eight days after 
the Fed
> > took emergency action on Tuesday and cut rates by 75 basis 
points. The move
> > was surprising -- not only for its size -- but also because it 
came outside
> > of a scheduled policy meeting. The Fed acted as stocks were 
falling
> > worldwide and about an hour before the U.S. market opened on 
Tuesday after
> > a three-day holiday.
> >
> > The Federal Open Market Committee's announcement is expected on 
*Wednesday
> > *, at the conclusion of a two-day meeting.
> >
> > John Praveen, chief investment strategist for Prudential 
International
> > Investments Advisers LLC in Newark, New Jersey, said investors 
will study
> > the wording of the Fed's announcement. Indications that further 
rate cuts
> > are possible will cheer the markets, while signs of future 
restraint or a
> > "wait- and-see" attitude would be disappointing, he said.
> >
> > But the Fed will not be the only game in town next week.
> >
> > A blizzard of economic reports, including data that may show 
contraction
> > in fourth-quarter gross domestic product, and quarterly earnings 
from
> > several Dow components, as well as a major speech by the 
president, will
> > compete with the Fed and the jobs data for investors' attention.
> >
> > TUNING IN TO THE PRESIDENT
> >
> > On Monday evening, President Bush will elaborate on his views of 
the U.S.
> > economy in his annual State of the Union address.
> >
> > Investors on Wall Street and Main Street are likely to pay more 
attention
> > than usual to the president's remarks following this week's 
decision on a
> > tax-rebate plan.
> >
> > On Thursday, President Bush and congressional leaders agreed on 
a $150
> > billion fiscal stimulus package that would include tax rebates 
for
> > individuals and families.
> >
> > The plan awaits formal action by Congress.
> >
> > News of the tax-rebate plan helped stocks extend Wednesday's 
rally, a day
> > after the Fed's emergency rate cut, into sharp gains on Thursday.
> >
> > Discussions on shoring up the finances of the "monoline" 
insurers --
> > companies that insure trillions of dollars of bonds -- also 
seemed to soothe
> > frazzled investors' nerves.
> >
> > "I think we got relief to some extent as a result of what the 
Fed did, as
> > well as the talks around the monoline insurers and the stimulus 
package,"
> > said David Joy, chief market strategist for RiverSource 
Investments in
> > Minneapolis. "All three provided some relief from the excessive 
fears of an
> > economic meltdown."
> >
> > For the past week, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 
0.9 percent
> > and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 0.4 percent. The 
Nasdaq
> > Composite 
Index .IXIC<http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/index?symbol=us%
21comp>fell
> > 0.6 percent.
> >
> > WANTED: MORE JOBS
> >
> > While Wall Street will have a *heavy load of economic numbers* 
to consider
> > next week, one that stands out is the report on January nonfarm 
payrolls,
> > due on Friday.
> >
> > "If it shows that the December report was an aberration, then 
the market
> > could derive some real strength from that," Joy said.
> >
> > In a Reuters poll of economists, the median forecast is for 
January
> > payroll growth of 63,000 jobs, and an unemployment rate of 5.0 
percent.
> >
> > The December report showed a meager 18,000 new jobs and the 
jobless rate
> > rising to 5.0 percent from 4.7 percent, the biggest increase in 
the rate
> > since 2001.
> >
> > Friday's agenda of economic data includes the Institute for 
Supply
> > Management's report on factory activity in January.
> >
> > The ISM's December report was another shocker, with the 
manufacturing
> > index falling to 47.7, the weakest reading since April 2003. The 
drop put
> > the index below 50, a zone that indicates contraction rather 
than growth.
> >
> > In the Reuters survey, the index is seen slipping to 47.3.
> >
> > If the ISM figures and the payroll data together show 
improvement from
> > December, a big boost in confidence is likely. But if the 
numbers turn out
> > disappointing, it could be unsettling.
> >
> > While Friday's economic reports are major hurdles for the stock 
market,
> > the week's data includes *new home sales on Monday, durable 
goods orders
> > and housing prices* on Tuesday, and the first look at the 
economy's pace,
> > as measured by gross domestic product, in the fourth quarter, 
due on
> > Wednesday.
> >
> > The poll shows economists anticipating that the economy grew at 
an *annual
> > pace of 1.2 percent in the fourth quarter *-- much slower than 
in the
> > third quarter.
> >
> > A report on personal income and spending is due on Thursday, and 
several
> > polls on consumer attitudes' are also on the economic calendar 
for the week.
> >
> > For a complete list of the week's U.S. economic releases and 
forecasts,
> > see [ECI/US].
> >
> > EARNINGS GALORE
> >
> > As if a Fed meeting and a slew of data are not enough, Wall 
Street is
> > still in the midst of a quarterly earning season.
> >
> > With about one-third of S&P 500 companies having reported 
quarterly
> > results already, earnings per shares on average are *25.6 
percent* below
> > Wall Street expectations, according to the latest Reuters 
Estimates
> > scorecard released Thursday night.
> >
> > Revenues are 4.1 percent below expectations on average.
> >
> > This compares with a year ago, when average EPS beat Wall 
Street's
> > expectations by roughly 3 percent.
> >
> > American Express Co (AXP.N: 
Quote<http://www.reuters.com/stocks/quote?symbol=AXP.N>,
> > Profile <http://www.reuters.com/stocks/companyProfile?
symbol=AXP.N>,
> > Research <http://www.reuters.com/stocks/researchReports?
symbol=AXP.N>) and
> > McDonald's Corp (MCD.N: 
Quote<http://www.reuters.com/stocks/quote?symbol=MCD.N>,
> > Profile <http://www.reuters.com/stocks/companyProfile?
symbol=MCD.N>,
> > Research <http://www.reuters.com/stocks/researchReports?
symbol=MCD.N>)
> > report on Monday. Boeing Co (BA.N: 
Quote<http://www.reuters.com/stocks/quote?symbol=BA.N>,
> > Profile <http://www.reuters.com/stocks/companyProfile?
symbol=BA.N>,
> > Research <http://www.reuters.com/stocks/researchReports?
symbol=BA.N>) is
> > due on Wednesday and Procter & Gamble (PG.N: 
Quote<http://www.reuters.com/stocks/quote?symbol=PG.N>,
> > Profile <http://www.reuters.com/stocks/companyProfile?
symbol=PG.N>,
> > Research <http://www.reuters.com/stocks/researchReports?
symbol=PG.N>)
> > reports on Thursday. A number of pharmaceutical companies will 
be reporting
> > quarterly results, among them Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N: 
Quote<http://www.reuters.com/stocks/quote?symbol=MRK.N>,
> > Profile <http://www.reuters.com/stocks/companyProfile?
symbol=MRK.N>,
> > Research <http://www.reuters.com/stocks/researchReports?
symbol=MRK.N>) on
> > Wednesday. All are Dow components.
> >
> > Pulte Homes Inc (PHM.N: 
Quote<http://www.reuters.com/stocks/quote?symbol=PHM.N>,
> > Profile <http://www.reuters.com/stocks/companyProfile?
symbol=PHM.N>,
> > Research <http://www.reuters.com/stocks/researchReports?
symbol=PHM.N>)
> > reports results on Wednesday. Home builders have been major 
casualties of
> > the subprime mortgage bust, but the stocks lately have moved up 
from their
> > lows. On Thursday, brokerage Raymond James raised its ratings on 
a number of
> > the home builders, including Pulte.
> >
> > According to data from Reuters Estimates on Jan. 21, fourth-
quarter
> > earnings for S&P 500 companies were projected to decline 10.9 
percent from
> > a year earlier. The report included companies that reported 
results and
> > estimates for those yet to report.
> >
> > Praveen noted that by taking out the earnings of financial 
companies,
> > skewed by enormous losses at some institutions, earnings for all 
other
> > companies, in aggregate, should be positive.
> >
> > "If earnings outside of financials are up around 5 percent, the 
market
> > will be satisfied," Praveen said. "Given the gloom and doom we 
are in right
> > now, that kind of number is probably going to be seen as a 
relief."
> >
> > Mike Binger, portfolio manager at Thrivent Financial in 
Minneapolis, said,
> > "I think the combination of the big rate cut, the stimulus 
package and some
> > good corporate earnings are kind of proving to people we're not 
falling off
> > a cliff."
> >
> > Binger expects continued market volatility, but he thinks 
financial stocks
> > and technology issues could be bought on the dips. He thinks 
retailers,
> > another beaten-up sector, may also be worth buying on declines.
> >
> > (Wall St Week Ahead runs weekly. Questions or comments on this 
column can
> > be e-mailed to: cal.mankowski(at)reuters.com) (Additional 
reporting by
> > Jennifer Coogan and Caroline Valetkevith; Editing by Jan Paschal)
> >  
> >
>


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