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December 18, 2006 - December 22, 2006

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   12/11/2006 - 12/15/2006
 Date Index
12/15/2006 136
12/14/2006 139
12/13/2006 132
12/12/2006 141
12/11/2006 158

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
12-18-068:30
8:30
Housing Starts
Current Account Reading
Nov.
3Q
12-19-068:30
8:30
8:30
Building Permits
Producer Price Index (PPI)
PPI Core Rate (excludes food and energy)
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
12-20-06 none
12-21-068:30
8:30
8:30
10:00
12:00
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - Final
GDP Chain Weighted Deflator
Initial Jobless Claims
Index of Leading Economic Indicators
Philadelphia Fed Report
3Q
3Q
Latest week.
Nov.
Dec.
12-22-068:30
8:30
8:30
Personal Income
Personal Consumption
Orders for Durable Goods
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
12/18/2006FCEL
12/18/2006JOYG
12/18/2006ORCL
12/19/2006CC
12/19/2006CHAP
12/19/2006PALM
12/19/2006CTAS
12/19/2006HOV
12/19/2006MS
12/20/2006FDX
12/20/2006KMX
12/20/2006MU
12/20/2006NKE
12/20/2006PAYX
12/20/2006COGN
12/20/2006COMS
12/20/2006JBL
12/20/2006BBBY
12/20/2006BMET
12/21/2006CAG
12/21/2006GIS
12/21/2006CMC
12/21/2006RAD
12/21/2006RIMM
12/21/2006SHFL

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
12/25/2006 Christmas Holiday. All markets will be closed in observance.
1/1/2007 New Year's Day. All markets closed in observance.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 12,445.52 12,291.86 12,149.81 11,464.15
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,427.10 1,405.76 1,386.56 1,312.20
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,410.10 1,401.30 1,384.06 1,314.04
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,808.56 1,795.33 1,754.73 1,642.95
S&P; 100 Index OEX 663.12 652.30 644.13 603.58

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   12/11/2006 - 12/15/2006
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   General Electric Company 10 GE Dec, 2006 35 40,289
2   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Dec, 2006 30 32,113
3   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Dec, 2006 85 30,513
4   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Mar, 2007 95 28,549
5   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Dec, 2006 30 23,167
6   General Electric Company 10 GE Mar, 2007 37.5 21,788
7   General Electric Company 10 GE Dec, 2006 35 20,839
8   Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 8 AMD Jan, 2007 22.5 19,752
9   Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. 1 RIG Feb, 2007 100 19,390
10   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Mar, 2007 90 18,585

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   12/11/2006 - 12/15/2006
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 8 AMD Jan, 2007 20 30,650
2   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Dec, 2006 79 25,670
3   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Feb, 2007 32.5 21,667
4   Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 8 AMD Dec, 2006 20 16,471
5   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Dec, 2006 78 16,341
6   Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund 10 XBT Jan, 2007 59 15,608
7   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Dec, 2006 79 15,255
8   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Jan, 2007 75 12,547
9   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Dec, 2006 79 12,372
10   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Jan, 2007 80 10,296
 


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