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December 12, 2005 - December 16, 2005

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   12/05/2005 - 12/09/2005
 Date Index
12/9/2005 211
12/8/2005 196
12/7/2005 195
12/6/2005 187
12/5/2005 190

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
12-12-052:00
Treasury Budget Statement
Nov.
12-13-058:30
8:30
10:00
2:15
Retail Sales
Retail Sales Excluding Automobiles
Business Inventories
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Statement
Nov.
Nov.
Oct.

12-14-058:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
Export Prices
Export Prices - Excluding Agriculture
Import Price
Import Price - Excluding Energy
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov
12-15-058:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
9:15
9:15
12:00
New York Empire State Index
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
CPI Core Rate (excludes food and energy)
Initial Jobless Claims
Industrial Production
Capacity Utilization
Philadelphia Fed Survey
Dec.
Nov.
Nov.
Latest week.
Nov.
Nov.
Dec.
12-16-058:30
Current Account Deficit
3Q

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
12/13/2005MATK
12/13/2005MAXM
12/13/2005LEH
12/13/2005ADCT
12/13/2005ENZ
12/13/2005IDEV
12/14/2005FRE
12/15/2005ADIC
12/15/2005LEN
12/15/2005ORCL
12/15/2005RAD
12/15/2005GS
12/15/2005FCEL
12/15/2005BBY
12/15/2005BSC
12/15/2005KBH
12/15/2005APOL
12/16/2005TTWO
12/16/2005ADBE
12/16/2005CCL
12/16/2005VRTY
12/16/2005COMS
12/16/2005CTAS
12/16/2005ENTG

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
12/13/2005 Meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
12/15/2005 Last day for trading index options with European style settlement for December expiration.
12/16/2005 Last day for trading equity and index options with American style settlement for December expiration.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,778.58 10,801.10 10,556.16 10,512.16
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,255.85 1,250.21 1,220.82 1,206.42
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,260.90 1,235.20 1,217.66 1,206.45
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,685.59 1,678.25 1,617.83 1,550.95
S&P; 100 Index OEX 573.88 574.74 562.93 565.05

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   12/05/2005 - 12/09/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Dec, 2005 27.5 24,177
2   Guidant Corp. 6 GDT Jan, 2006 65 17,690
3   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Jan, 2006 27.5 17,137
4   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Dec, 2005 37.5 16,522
5   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 VYC Jan, 2007 20 15,688
6   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Dec, 2005 25 14,936
7   Sirius Satellite Radio 1 QXO Dec, 2005 7 13,833
8   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Apr, 2006 30 13,176
9   Newmont Mining Corp. 8 NEM Dec, 2005 50 13,003
10   McDonald's Corp. 2 MCD Mar, 2006 30 12,834

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   12/05/2005 - 12/09/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Dec, 2005 37.5 40,125
2   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Dec, 2005 37.5 26,211
3   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Dec, 2005 25 17,409
4   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Dec, 2005 12 14,500
5   Guidant Corp. 6 GDT Jan, 2006 60 13,917
6   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Dec, 2005 27.5 13,653
7   eBay, Inc. 4 XBA Dec, 2005 45 11,977
8   Calpine Corporation 9 OLB Jan, 2007 7.5 10,947
9   Ford Motor Company 1 F Jun, 2006 7.5 10,893
10   Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 8 AMD Dec, 2005 25 10,742
 


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