Google First Quarter Earnings and More

As I mentioned int he previous post, Next week is probably one of the more important weeks for the market that we have seen in quite a while. Not only is a huge array of data coming out throughout the week, but many of the largest companies, especially in Tech are reporting their earnings. These earnings reports will give the market an idea about just how bad things have been for the 1st quarter of 2009. The following are some of the dates and larger companies reporting earnings this week.

Tuesday April 14th
Intel Corporation - After Market Close - Expected $0.02 per share
Johnson & Johnson - Time not Given - Expected $1.22 per share

Wednesday April 15th
Piper Jaffray - Before Market Opens - Expected -$0.17 per share

Thursday April 16th
JPMorgan Chase & Co. - 6:30am - Expected $0.31 per share
Google - After Market Close - Expected $4.95 per share
Harley Davidson - Before Market Open - Expected $0.51 per share
Nokia - Time Not Given - Expected $0.15 per share

Friday April 17th
General Electric - Before Market Open - Expected $0.21 per share
Citigroup Inc - Before Market Open - Expected -$0.36 per share

The following week may be just as big. I am really curious to see how well Google does, as they seem to be a good barometer for the tech sector in general. Their stock is up 40% from it's lows just 2 months ago.