May 21, 2017 The Week Ahead

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All major stock indices sold off this week. Despite still trading near all-time highs, we saw our first real taste of volatility on Wednesday when the S&P 500 plunged 1.82%.

Market fear erupted when rumors of a Trump impeachment started making the rounds. Some believe the rally in the stock market this year has been driven by expectations that Trump’s economic policies would boost business.

Some media outlets painted the picture that Trump’s administration was in serious trouble, putting additional selling pressure on stocks. That said, the markets did rally on Thursday and Friday.

Interestingly, on Wednesday, the VIX had one of it’s largest percentage gains on record, popping more than 46%, moving from 10.65 to 15.59. The VIX ended up closing at 12.04 on the week.

The coming week is packed with economic data including GDP, FOMC Minutes and the 172nd OPEC Meeting.

Here are how some of the most popular ETF Indices performed: SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) -0.28%, iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) -1.08%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrials Average ETF (DIA) -0.59%, and PowerShares QQQ ETF (QQQ) -0.55%

Oil prices rebounded but are still down more than 10% on the month. Here are how some futures/commodity related ETF’s performed: United States Oil Fund (USO) +5.33%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) +1.91%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) +2.20%.

Below you’ll find what is else is on the schedule:

Key Economic Data:
23 May 2017- New Home Sales 10:00 AM ET
24 May 2017- PMI Composite Flash 10:30 AM ET; Existing Home Sales 10:00 AM ET; EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET; FOMC Minutes 2:00 PM
25 May 2017- International Trade in Goods 8:30 AM ET; Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET
26 May 2017- Durable Goods Orders 8:30 AM ET; GDP 8:30 AM

Key Earnings:
22 May 2017- BAH, A
23 May 2017- AZO, CBRL, DSW, TOL, INTU, TTWO, UVV
24 May 2017- AAP, LOW, TGI, TIF, GES, HPQ, NTAP, PSTG, PVH, UHAL, WSM
25 May 2017- ANF, BBY, BURL, DLTR, SIG, BRCD, COST, GME, MRVL, PDCO, SPLK, VEEV, VNET, ZOES

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