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March 15, 2004 - March 19, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   03/08/2004 - 03/12/2004
 Date Index
3/12/2004 165
3/11/2004 182
3/10/2004 154
3/9/2004 169
3/8/2004 216

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
03-15-048:30
9:15
9:15
Empire State Index
Industrial Production
Capacity Utilization
Mar.
Feb.
Feb.
03-16-048:30
8:30
2:15
Housing Starts
Building Permits
FOMC Statement
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
03-17-048:30
8:30
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
CPI -- core rate (excludes food and energy)
Feb.
Feb.
03-18-048:30
10:00
Initial Jobless Claims
Index of Leading Economic Indicators
Latest week.
Feb.
03-19-04 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
3/15/2004L
3/15/2004CMS
3/16/2004THC
3/16/2004KBH
3/17/2004FDX
3/18/2004ADBE
3/18/2004LEN
3/18/2004ORCL
3/18/2004WSM
3/18/2004ADLR
3/19/2004GIS
3/19/2004PAYX
3/19/2004SLR
3/19/2004CCL
3/19/2004LEH
3/19/2004GS
3/19/2004MWD
3/19/2004NKE
3/19/2004BSC
3/19/2004JBL
3/19/2004COMS

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 10,240.80 10,554.00 10,547.70 9,761.01
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,120.55 1,143.77 1,137.90 1,050.41
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,157.80 1,146.47 1,134.10 1,044.79
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,431.40 1,467.79 1,492.61 1,372.72
S&P; 100 Index OEX 549.92 563.84 562.73 523.58

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   03/08/2004 - 03/12/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Mar, 2004 12.5 15,891
2   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Apr, 2004 27.5 12,794
3   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Apr, 2004 25 11,847
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 36 10,072
5   Yahoo!, Inc. 8 YHQ Apr, 2004 45 9,315
6   Peoplesoft, Inc. 3 PQO Jul, 2004 22.5 9,240
7   Peoplesoft, Inc. 3 PQO Oct, 2004 25 9,212
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 37 9,025
9   Micron Technology Inc. 4 MU Mar, 2004 16 9,016
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 37 8,782

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   03/08/2004 - 03/12/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2004 29 25,000
2   JDS Uniphase Corporation 3 UQD Mar, 2004 5 15,365
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 35 14,793
4   Pfizer Inc. 7 PFE Mar, 2004 35 12,680
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 38 12,306
6   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Aug, 2004 30 12,260
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 36 11,859
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 37 10,546
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 37 10,477
10   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Mar, 2004 27.5 10,317
 


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