Economic reports and earnings results.

Earnings started positively this week after the biggest mining group BHP Billiton posted today record earnings and increased dividend. Another interesting earnings this week I will be watching are Hewlett Packard and Home Depot.

Monday:
Economic NA
Earnings BHP Billiton (BHP), Lowe’s (LOW), Trina Solar (TSL)

Tuesday:
Economic Housing Starts & Bldg P’s (963K, 949K), PPI & Core (0.6%, 0.2%)
Earnings Home Depot (HD), Medtronic (MDT), ReneSola (SOL), Saks (SKS), Target (TGT), Analog Devices (ADI), Hewlett (HPQ), Open Text (OTEX), DryShips (DRYS)

Wednesday:
Economic Weekly Crude
Earnings BJ’s (BJ), Ross Stores (ROST), Suntech (STP), Citi Trends (CTRN), Gymboree (GYMB), Limited (LTD), JD Uniphase (JDSU), Salesforce (CRM)

Thursday:
Economic Weekly Claims, Leading Indicators (-0.2%), Philly Fed (-14.1)
Earnings Barnes & Noble (BKS), Burger King (BKC), Children’s Place (PLCE), Dick’s Sport (DKS), Gamestop (GME), Heinz (HNZ), Hormel (HRL), Patterson (PDCO), Toro (TTC), Aeropostale (ARO), Blue Coat (BCSI), Intuit (INTU), Verigy (VRGY), Zumiez (ZUMZ)

Friday:
Economic NA
Earnings AnnTaylor (ANN), China Sunergy (CSUN)