Durable Goods, Home Prices and Few Earnings

Tuesday February 28 is expected to be a quite day in terms of corporate earnings even though nearly 120 companies report their latest earnings. Most notable among those reporting are several consumer and financial services companies. In terms of economic reports, we will see possibly market moving reports on home prices, consumer confidence, and durable goods.

Notable Corporate Earnings:

Aqua America (NYSE:WTR) the water utility company, one of very few that are publicly traded, is expected to report earnings of $0.23 a share

AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) the large cap automotive parts specialty retailer is expected to report earnings of $4.04

Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) the large Canadian bank is expected to report earnings of $1.38 for latest quarter

Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) is expected to report earnings of $0.23 a share

Domino’s Pizza (NYSE:DPZ) the Pizza delivery company whose stock has been sizzling is expected to report earnings of $0.49 a share

Fortress Investment Group (NYSE:FIG) the global alternative investment manager is expected to report earnings of $0.12 a share

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) the once high flying solar company is expected to report $1.55 a share

Luxottica Group (NYSE:LUX) the Italian eyewear designer and distributor is expected to report earnings of $0.20

Collective Brands (NYSE:PSS) the national footwear retailer who put itself up for sale is expected to report a loss of $0.82 a share and update the status of the bids it received

Transocean (NYSE:RIG) the international offshore drilling services company is expected to report earnings of $0.21

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC) the hospital operator is expected to report earnings of $0.14 a share

ViroPharma (NASDAQ:VPHM) the international biotech firm is expected to report earnings of $0.42

Warnaco Group (NYSE:WRC) the apparel and accessories designer and distributor is expected to report earnings of $0.99 a share

Economic Reports

Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index for February is expected to come in 62.5

Case-Shiller index is expected to decline by 3.6% for the month of December

Durable Goods Orders are expected to decline by 1.4% but increase by 0.2% if you back out the volatile transportation orders

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