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Is it a buy or a sell? Next week, the Fast Money Five tell you how to read the street's biggest events so your fast money stays fast Tuesday: EARNINGS BEFORE: Home Depot, Staples, Target EARNINGS AFTER: None ECO: PPI OTHER: UBS Oil & Gas Conf., Goldman Basic Materials Conf. Wednesday: EARNINGS BEFORE: Solarfun EARNINGS AFTER: None ECO: FOMC Minutes*** OTHER: Oil Inventories, Citi Health Care Conf., AMR Annual Meeting, Boeing Investor Conf., Halliburton Annual Meeting, Intel Annual Meeting, Northrop Annual Meeting, Southwest Annual Meeting Thursday: EARNINGS BEFORE: Gamestop EARNINGS AFTER: Gap Inc. ECO:Existing Homes Sales OTHER: Goldman Internet Conf., American Competitiveness Conf. in Chicago, CBS Annual Meeting, Home Depot Annual Meeting, Indiana Jones Premieres, McDonald's Annual Meeting, Target Annual Meeting Friday: EARNINGS BEFORE: None EARNINGS AFTER: None ECO: None OTHER: None | ||
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 | Don't look now Fast Money friends, but the Dow is only down 2% on the year, and only about 1200 points off its all time high, this in the face of a staggering rally in commodities of all types. Oil is defying gravity, hitting prices that were once unimaginable. Think about it. The price of a barrel of oil is only 20% lower than the batting average of the Yankees second baseman, Robbie Cano. Staggering. But if oil's record rise is altering the way we lead our lives, it is also changing the way we invest. And we will begin to see just that when a slew of retail earnings hit the tape next week. We begin with Target on Tuesday and then Gap on Friday. Those retailers had problems before the consumer was pinched, and now that Americans are routinely spending $70 to fill up their cars, one can only imagine that their troubles will become more profound. We saw how Wal-Mart capitalized off the consumer's desire to save money. Was its success at the expense other retailers? The Fast Money will be watching. Also worth watching will be earnings from Home Depot and Lowe's. The housing market was ground zero for the financial meltdown that wiped away billions in wealth. And while HD is more turnaround story than anything else, results from Lowe's could offer some interesting insight into the state of big box retailers. What has been working of late is Tech, specifically video games. The American consumer may be feeling the squeeze from high gas, but you wouldn't know it from looking at sales of video games. The opening take for Grand Theft Auto IV was strong enough to turn even the biggest media megalomaniac green with envy, and we'll see confirmation of that trend when GameStop posts results on Thursday. But there's also some major economic news next week. We kick it off with the PPI on Tuesday, where we will see just how deep the impact of rising commodities prices has seeped into the cost of all the things that you and I use in our daily lives. Keep an eye on that. More insight on the inflation front will come when the Fed releases Minutes on Tuesday. Otherwise, the rest of the week will be dominated by annual meetings from a number of companies, including Halliburton, Northrop Grumman, Southwest and McDonald's, plenty of opportunities to make money as we head into the unofficial start of summer. Remember, an open market is one in which you can make money. So let's try to do just that all next week. See you then. . If you have questions about The Final Trade or suggestions for Fast Money, please send an email to FastMoney@cnbc.com | ||
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