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March 01, 2004 - March 05, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   02/23/2004 - 02/27/2004
 Date Index
2/27/2004 176
2/26/2004 166
2/25/2004 221
2/24/2004 171
2/23/2004 237

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
03-01-048:30
8:30
10:00
10:00
 Personal Income
Personal Consumption
Construction Spending
Institute for Supply Management Index
 Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
03-02-048:30
 Automotive Sales
 Feb.
03-03-0410:00
2:00
 Institute for Supply Mgt. - Services Index
Fed's Beige Book Report
 Feb.
Jan.
03-04-048:30
8:30
10:00
 Initial Jobless Claims
Productivity -- Revised
Factory Orders
 Latest week.
4Q
Jan.
03-05-048:30
8:30
8:30
3:00
 Unemployment Rate
Non-farm Payrolls
Average Hourly Earnings
Consumer Credit
 Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Jan.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
3/1/2004HOV
3/2/2004CVC
3/2/2004BJ
3/2/2004GMST
3/3/2004AZO
3/3/2004COST
3/3/2004TOY
3/3/2004MIK
3/4/2004MSO
3/4/2004SBL
3/4/2004IGEN
3/4/2004BGEN
3/4/2004SPLS
3/4/2004HLTH
3/4/2004OMG
3/5/2004LSCC
3/5/2004DOX

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
3/16/2004 Meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
3/18/2004 Last day for trading European style index options with March 2004 expiration.
3/19/2004 Last day for trading American style index and equity options with March 2004 expiration.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,583.92 10,591.85 10,513.45 9,669.07
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,144.95 1,142.37 1,128.31 1,040.20
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,143.70 1,141.01 1,119.71 1,034.11
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,470.40 1,486.33 1,489.71 1,357.22
S&P; 100 Index OEX 564.54 565.13 558.94 519.12

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   02/23/2004 - 02/27/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 37 26,387
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 37 16,065
3   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Mar, 2004 22.5 11,442
4   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Mar, 2004 30 10,696
5   Lucent Technologies Inc. 5 ZEU Jan, 2005 5 10,253
6   AT&T; Wireless Services, Inc. 10 AWE Apr, 2004 14 8,678
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 36 8,554
8   Sun Microsystems Inc. 2 WSU Jan, 2006 5 8,552
9   Siebel Systems Inc. 4 XSG Jan, 2005 15 8,550
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 36 8,489

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   02/23/2004 - 02/27/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 38 18,853
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 36 13,742
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 38 11,812
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 37 10,978
5   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Mar, 2004 22.5 8,338
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 36 7,896
7   Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 8 WMT Mar, 2004 60 7,504
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 35 7,154
9   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Mar, 2004 40 7,140
10   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Apr, 2004 20 6,731
 


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