The market volatility of the last few months has produced a tremendous amount of fallout and we believe there is still plenty more to come. Already we have experienced high-profile companies going bankrupt, while others have been put on government-aided life support. And companies seem to be trying every trick they know to reduce costs amid this economic recession. Layoffs have been announced, dividend payments cut, marketing budgets slashed, and even executive compensation is being toned down. For some companies, these actions are going to be too little, too late. What once were considered solid blue-chip companies have become little more than penny stocks. We at eChristianInvesting have been anticipating a shakeup in the Dow Jones index for some time now and believe that changes will be coming in the near future. So who’s in and who’s out? Well, of course no one knows for sure at this point, but here are some potential Dow shakeup scenarios.

Sure Goners

As February ends, we can breathe a sigh of relief as another painful month comes to a close. This month saw the Dow lose over 900 points or 11.7%. The falling stock prices of even the blue chip companies of the Dow Jones index has produced some incredibly high dividend yields. Many of these dividend payments are almost sure to be cut, and many already have (General Motors (GM), JP Morgan (JPM), General Electric (GE)).

So which companies have the safest dividends? For the sake of this analysis, we are only going to consider stocks with dividend yields of 3% or greater. We assume that dividend investors are looking to capitalize on the higher dividend yields and as such would not be as interested in safe, but lower-yielding dividend stocks.

The last trading day of February concluded yet another month of market losses. It’s hard to even remember when the market showed a positive gain for an entire month (last August if anyone can remember back that far). However, even in this bear market it’s important to remember that there are stocks that are performing quite well. In fact, the internet sector alone produced nine different stocks with double-digit gains in the month of February. So who were the biggest winners?

WebMD (WBMD) is scheduled to report its fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Thursday, February 19. Based on our analysis, we at eChristianInvesting are expecting WBMD to report inline results that meet Wall Street's expectations.

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Expedia (EXPE) is scheduled to report its fourth quarter 2008 results before the market opens on Thursday, February 19. Based on our analysis, we at eChristianInvesting are expecting EXPE to report disappointing results that fail to meet Wall Street’s expectations.

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Priceline (PCLN) is scheduled to report its fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Wednesday, February 18. Based on our analysis, we at eChristianInvesting are expecting PCLN to report better than expected results that exceed Wall Street’s expectations.

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Blue Nile (NILE) is scheduled to report its fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Wednesday, February 18. Based on our analysis, we at eChristianInvesting are expecting NILE to report disappointing results that fail to meet Wall Street's expectations.

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The Knot is scheduled to report their fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Thursday, February 12. Based on our analysis, we at eChristianInvesting are expecting KNOT to report inline results that meet Wall Street’s expectations.

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eHealthInsurance (EHTH) is scheduled to report its fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Thursday, February 12. Based on our analysis, we are expecting EHTH to report inline results that meet Wall Street's expectations.

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LoopNet (LOOP) is scheduled to report its fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Wednesday, February 11. Based on our analysis, we are expecting LOOP to report better than expected results that exceed Wall Street's expectations.

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Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) is scheduled to report their fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Wednesday, February 11. Based on our analysis, we at eChristianInvesting.com are expecting BWLD to report disappointing results that fail to meet Wall Street's expectations.

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Bankrate is scheduled to report their fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Thursday, February 5. Based on our analysis, we are expecting RATE to report better than expected results that exceed Wall Street’s expectations.

Yum Brands (YUM) is scheduled to report its fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Tuesday, February 3. Based on our analysis, we at EarningsPreview.com are expecting YUM to report inline results that meet Wall Street’s expectations.

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Travelzoo (TZOO) is scheduled to report fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Tuesday, February 3. Based on our analysis, we at EarningsPreview.com are expecting TZOO to report disappointing results that fail to meet Wall Street’s expectations.

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Vista Print (VPRT) is scheduled to report their fiscal second quarter 2009 results after the market closes on Tuesday, January 27. Based on our analysis, we at EarningsPreview.com are expecting VPRT to report better than expected results that beat Wall Street's expectations.

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Yahoo (YHOO) is scheduled to report fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Tuesday, January 27. Based on our analysis, we at EarningsPreview.com are expecting YHOO to report disappointing results that fail to meet Wall Street's expectations.

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Starbucks (SBUX) is scheduled to report its fiscal first quarter 2009 results after the market closes on Wednesday, January 28. Based on our analysis, we at EarningsPreview.com are expecting SBUX to report disappointing results that fail to meet Wall Street's expectations.

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Amazon (AMZN) is scheduled to report fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Thursday, January 29. Based on our analysis, we at EarningsPreview.com are expecting AMZN to report mixed results that will likely disappoint Wall Street.

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Netflix (NFLX) is scheduled to report fourth quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Monday, January 26. Based on our analysis, we at EarningsPreview.com are expecting NFLX to report better than expected results that beat Wall Street's expectations.

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Microsoft (MSFT) is scheduled to report their fiscal second quarter 2009 results after the market closes on Thursday, January 22. Based on our analysis, we at EarningsPreview.com are expecting MSFT to report disappointing results that fail to meet Wall Street's expectations.

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We are forecasting revenues of $16.8 billion and EPS of $.47. This would represent a 3% increase in revenues from last year's $16.37 billion in the same period. The current analyst consensus calls for revenues of $17.12 billion and $.50 EPS. On October 23, the company provided second quarter guidance for revenues of $17.3 – 17.8 billion and EPS of $.51 - .53.