Ross Finance Club Weekly Breakout Sales, Trading, and Research

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Ross Finance Club Weekly BreakoutSales, Trading,
and Research

• October 3, 2004
• Zachary Emig
• MBA Class of 2005

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Items of Note

• Intro to Tozzi next Sunday (files on CD)
• Bloomberg Certification classes in Tozzi
• Wall Street Forum applications due next week
• MBA1 iMpact resume deadline on October 15th
• The Finance Club website has been refreshed, and
  its calendar is now updated with upcoming events
• FinClub Coursepack Sections 1, 2, 5-8 most
  applicable to ST Section 10 (Technical
  Reference) is very IB-specific

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This Weeks News

• This week Dow up 1.5 to 10,192 SP up 2 to
  1131 Nasdaq up 3.3 to 1942 (Q3 s for each
  -3.4, -2.3, -7.4)
• Oil briefly touches 50 a barrel on Monday due to
  Nigeria rebel situation closes above 50 on
  Friday
• Google pops 7 on Tuesday as Morgan Stanley, CSFB
  initiate with buy recommendations
• Thursday, Merck stock drops 27 as Vioxx pulled
  largest DJIA component drop since 01
• Q2 GDP finalized at 3.3
• Strong Chicago PMI (manufacturing), housing
  numbers

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Upcoming Week

• Tuesday (10/5) ISM non-manufacturing index
• Friday (10/8) September payroll, unemployment
  numbers (whats the recent history, what does the
  market expect?)
• Earnings announcements
• Thursday Marriott International
• Friday General Electric

http//www.briefing.com/Silver/Calendars/EconomicC
alendar.htm
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Next Week

• In next Sundays breakout well talk about how to
  prepare for the WSF
• What is your story?
• What is a stock pitch?
• What is a view on the economy?
• What are informational interviews like? Why
  should I do them? How do I set them up?
• What should I be doing now?
• The economy, markets, banks

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• Sign-up sheet going around
• Research CD-ROM going around
• 3 guides to resumes up front for pickup