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August 08, 2005 - August 12, 2005

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   08/01/2005 - 08/05/2005
 Date Index
8/5/2005 206
8/4/2005 205
8/3/2005 272
8/2/2005 168
8/1/2005 214

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
08-08-05 none
08-09-058:30
10:00
2:15
Productivity Report - Preliminary
Wholesale Inventories
Federal Open Market Committe Policy Statement
2Q
June

08-10-052:00
Treasury Budget Statement
July
08-11-058:30
8:30
8:30
10:00
Retail Sales
Retail Sales - excluding automobiles
Initial Jobless Claims
Business Inventories
July
July
Latest week.
June
08-12-058:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
Export Prices
Import Prices
Import Prices -- excluding oil
Balance of Trade Report
July
July
July
June

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
8/8/2005CVTX
8/8/2005ACF
8/8/2005PXP
8/8/2005DNDN
8/8/2005DYN
8/8/2005PCLN
8/8/2005SONS
8/8/2005AL
8/9/2005DISH
8/9/2005KDE
8/9/2005PLMD
8/9/2005AES
8/9/2005CVC
8/9/2005NTLI
8/9/2005PNRA
8/9/2005CCU
8/9/2005CDE
8/9/2005ISPH
8/9/2005KFX
8/9/2005DIS
8/9/2005CSCO
8/9/2005ONXX
8/9/2005CE
8/9/2005SNDA
8/9/2005NRG
8/10/2005CSC
8/10/2005MAY
8/10/2005LNG
8/10/2005NWS
8/10/2005ANF
8/11/2005WTW
8/11/2005ANN
8/11/2005DELL
8/11/2005FD
8/11/2005KSS
8/11/2005CYBX
8/11/2005DWA
8/11/2005ADI
8/11/2005RMK
8/11/2005CREE
8/11/2005CYD
8/12/2005BEAS
8/12/2005A
8/12/2005ADIC
8/12/2005IMGN
8/12/2005TGT
8/12/2005RGLD
8/12/2005URBN

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
8/9/2005 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Meeting

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,558.30 10,611.10 10,526.75 10,504.84
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,226.40 1,230.51 1,213.41 1,188.57
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,229.80 1,233.82 1,216.34 1,168.67
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,601.60 1,591.19 1,553.52 1,527.89
S&P; 100 Index OEX 570.32 573.36 568.98 564.64

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   08/01/2005 - 08/05/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Time Warner Inc. 7 TWX Sep, 2005 18 27,890
2   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Aug, 2005 27.5 24,911
3   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Oct, 2005 27.5 23,811
4   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Sep, 2005 27.5 22,002
5   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Aug, 2005 27.5 18,212
6   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Aug, 2005 25 14,085
7   Pfizer Inc. 7 PFE Sep, 2005 27.5 13,985
8   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Aug, 2005 20 13,795
9   ChevronTexaco Corp. 10 CVX Aug, 2005 60 12,979
10   Newmont Mining Corp. 8 NEM Aug, 2005 40 12,680

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   08/01/2005 - 08/05/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Guidant Corp. 6 GDT Oct, 2005 65 24,877
2   Guidant Corp. 6 GDT Oct, 2005 70 24,223
3   General Electric Company 10 GE Sep, 2005 32.5 12,856
4   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Nov, 2005 37.5 12,139
5   Pfizer Inc. 7 PFE Sep, 2005 22.5 12,082
6   Liberty Media Corporation 1 YXS Jan, 2006 5 10,000
7   Liberty Media Corporation 1 LKK Jan, 2006 5 9,975
8   Pfizer Inc. 7 PFE Dec, 2005 25 9,706
9   Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 8 AMD Aug, 2005 20 8,166
10   J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 5 JPM Sep, 2005 35 7,676
 


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