We  are in the worst economy since the Great Depression with investment banks and bond insurers disappearing, auto dealers suffering, etc.  At a time when the economy stinks and employment is falling and costs are rising, CEOs and board members are selling stock and getting rich.  It is just plain BS.

Track CEO sales at:

http://trackthepros.com/stocks/category/661

SELLERS:

COMPANY NAME INSIDERS NAME TITLE $ VALUE NO. OF SHARES IN TRANS. RANGE OF VALUES TRANSACTIONS DATES J Crew Group J. Coulter D $66,900,000 2,000,000 33.45 Sept. 19, 2008 Vulcan Materials D. James CEO 12,475,740 150,000 79.90-84.90 Sept. 18-19, 2008 Simon Property Group D. Bloom MC 10,002,000...

Monday:Economic Existing Home Sales (4.94M)Earnings China Netcom (CN), CPI Corp (CPY)Tuesday:Economic Consumer Confidence (53.0), New Home Sales (525,000), FOMC MinutesEarnings American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Big Lots (BIG), Borders Group (BGP), Daktronics (DAKT), Dycom (DY), J Crew Group (JCG), Rio Tinto (RTP)Wednesday:Economic Weekly Crude, Durable Goods Orders (0.1%)Earnings Dollar Tree (DLTR), Fuelcell Energy (FCEL), Jo-Ann Stores (JAS), Mens Wearhouse (MW), Talbots (TLB), Tivo (TIVO)Thursday:Economic Weekly Claims (427K), GDP (2.7%)Earnings Aruba Networks (ARUN), Del Monte Foods (DLM), Dell (DELL), Dollar Financial (DLLR), Freds (FRED), Gnensco (GCO), Gerber Scientific (GRB), Kirklands (KIRK), Marvell Tech (MRVL), Novell (NOVL), Petsmart (PETS), Sears (S), Tiffany & Co (TIF), Williams Sonoma (WSM), Wind River Systems (WIND)Friday:Economic Personal Income and Outlays (-0.1%), NAPM-Chicago (49.8), Consumer Sentiment (62.0)http://stockweb.blogspot.com/atom.xml

The final week of August will feature earnings reports from S&P 500 members Big Lots (BIG), Dell (DELL), Novell (NOVL), Sears Holding (SHLD) and Tiffany (TIF). Overall, it will be a quiet week for earnings with 77 companies confirmed to report.

The economic schedule is pretty full, led by the minutes from the August Fed meeting. I don't anticipate any surprises from the notes. Other key data will include: Monday: July existing home sales Tuesday: July new home sales, August Conference Board consumer confidence index, August Fed minutes Wednesday: July durable goods orders, weekly crude inventories Thursday: Preliminary second-quarter GDP, weekly initial jobless claims Thursday: July personal income and spending, August Chicago PMI, revised August University of Michigan consumer confidence

The Federal Reserve's web site does not list any upcoming speeches.

The U.S. financial markets will be closed on Monday, Sep 1, in observance of Labor Day. Ahead of

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