Important News Event:

I would like make a list of important news event so that you may understand the sequence of event that trigger the market reaction. Market direction was News driven most of the time, and news always has its chain effect to the same sector or other industry. Happy Trading ! 

Feb 16, 2009 Week :-

• Hewlett-Packard Cuts 2009 Forecast as PC Demand Wanes
• Stocks drop sharply on worries about economy, automakers
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average Plunges Nearly 300 Points
• GM and Chrysler seek nearly $22 billion more U.S. loans
• SunPower Completes Australia’s Largest Roof-Mounted Solar System
• Crude oil slides below key threshold of $35 a barrel

Feb 2, 2009 Week :-

1. MasterCard Rises After Beating Estimates on Pricing 
2. Oil slips to $39 after jobs report
3. Job loss: Worst in 34 years
4. Toyota losses mount, Volvo suffers Q4 loss
5. Madoff’s Mass. hit exceeds 456 victims
6. Swiss Re gets capital boost from Berkshire Hathaway

Jan 26, 2009 Week :- 

1. US Stocks Rise On Hopes For ‘Bad Bank’ Plan, DJIA Up 128
2. 3-3M profit falls, shares rise on 2009 hopes
3. Three more banks go under
4. Investors lack confidence in $1 trillion presidential plan
5. Amazon.com shares soar on rosy outlook, holiday sales

Jan 19, 2009 Week :-

1. Intel factory reorg could affect 6,000 employees
2. Apple trounces Wall Street estimates
3. EBay’s Income Dropped 31% as Traffic Declined
4. UAL, AMR forecast more capacity cuts in 2009
5. Obama’s first day: Pay freeze, lobbying rules
6. Sony Warns of Full-Year Loss
7. Nikkei at 2-mth closing low, Sony fans earnings fears
8. Pfizer in talks to buy Wyeth in $60 billion deal

Jan 12, 2009 Week :- 

1. Alcoa posts bigger-than-expected loss
2. The incredibly shrinking Citigroup
3. Oil Extends Slump to Sixth Day on Concern Stockpiles Are Rising 
4. European Stock Futures, Asian Shares Decline as Oil Retreats
5. Motorola Shears 4,000 More Jobs as Recession Withers Demand 
6. Google axes 100 jobs in cost-cutting
7. ECB poised to cut rates as bank crisis deepens
8. Apple’s Jobs to Take Medical Leave
9. BofA: $20B bailout, huge Merrill loss

Jan 5, 2009 Week :-

1. Jobless claims drop in week
2. U.S. Stocks Drop on Retail Forecasts; Wal-Mart, Limited Slump
3. Stocks slip on consumer worries
4. Obama: Stimulus can save 4 million jobs
5. U.S. gasoline prices rise for first time since July: survey
6. Bernanke: More bank bailouts needed

Dec 29, 2008 Week (Happy New Year! ) :-

1. Kuwait kills $17B Dow Chemical deal
2. Crude Oil Rises After Israeli Attacks on Gaza Roil Middle East 
3. October Home Prices in 20 U.S. Metro Areas Fall 18% 
4. Consumer Confidence in U.S. Declines to Record Low 

Dec 22, 2008 Week (Merry Christmas) :- 

1. Wall St lower on bleak Toyota news
2. Car Slump Jolts Toyota, Halting 70 Years of Gain
3. Oil falls again
4. Americans back auto bailout - for now
5. SunPower Gets $288 Million for Solar-Panel Plant in Malaysia
6. Gas prices hit five-year low 
7. How Iceland Collapsed (good video about Iceland financial crisis)
8. What drove Bernie Madoff

Dec 15, 2008 Week :- 

1. Fed slashes key rate to near zero
2. Oil rises as OPEC cut looms
3. Morgan Stanley suffers $2.3 billion loss

Dec 8th, 2008 Week :-

1. Stocks rally for a second day
2. GM and Chrysler could get a total of $15 billion
3. Growing steel imports from China upset producers in the US
4. Texas Instruments Lowers Earnings Forecast
5. Sony to slash 8,000 jobs
6. GM, Chrysler Survival Options Narrow After Vote Fails
7. Wall St. bailout may be used for Big 3 

Dec 1st, 2008 Week :-

1. Dow plunges 680 points
2. Bernanke: Economic weakness to continue
3. J.P. Morgan to cut 3,400 WaMu jobs in Seattle
4. Japan Stocks Drop on Deepening Slowdown, Yen; Sony Set to Slump
5. It’s official: Recession since Dec. ‘07
6. Big Three plead for $34B from Congress
7. Oil Falls Below $44, Lowest Since January 2005
8. AT&T cuts 12,000 jobs
9. Honda Quits Formula One to Cut Costs as Profit Falls
10. Big U.S. job losses likely to spur more rate cuts 

Nov 24, 2008 Week :- 

1. OPEC Defers Output Decision to December, Seeks $75 Oil Price
2. U.S. ‘Black Friday’ Sales Rise 3%, ShopperTrak Says
3. Holiday shoppers are spending
4. Indian economy will struggle post-Mumbai attack
5. H-P Kept a Hold on ‘09 Outlook

Nov 17, 2008 Week :-

1. Jobless Claims jump 16 year high 
2. Citygroup considering selling itself
3. Japan Extend Losing Streak 
4. Dell earning fall 5% 
5. Crude fall below $50 per barrel  
6. Obama nominated Timothy Geithner for Treasury secretary
7. Stock Surge back to 8000 on Treasury news