October 29, 2017 The Week Ahead

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Nearly all major indices closed the week higher as earnings thus far have been decent. During the week, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft all hit all-time highs, as all three impressed the street with its quarterly results.

Some earnings worth watching for the week include: Facebook, Apple, Starbucks, Mastercard, and Alibaba.

The “fear index” closed at 9.80 on Friday; however, it did trade as high as 13 during the week. Outside of earnings, traders will be paying attention to the FOMC, and whether or not they will raise the key interest rate or keep it where it currently is.

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Here are how some of the most traded ETFs performed over the week: SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) +0.23%, iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) -0.13%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrials Average ETF (DIA) +0.45%, and PowerShares QQQ ETF (QQQ) +1.70%

Here is how some futures/commodity related ETF’s performed over the week: United States Oil Fund (USO) +3.93%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) -0.60%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) -0.58%

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

Economic Releases:
30 Oct 2017- Personal Income and Outlays 8:30 AM ET

1 Nov 2017- ISM Manufacturing 10:00 AM ET; EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET; FOMC Meeting Announcement 2:00m PM ET

2 Nov 2017- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET

3 Nov 2017- Employment Situation 8:30 AM ET; International Trade 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
30 Oct 2017- AMG, CTB, DO, FDC, HSBC, L, ROP, MDLZ, NLS, RE, SANM, SBAC, VNO

31 Oct 2017- ADM, AET, AKS, AMT, BNP, CG, ETN, FIS, GGP, ECL, ETN, FIS, GGP, GEO, HCA, INCY, K, KBR, MA, SHOP, APC, CXO, DDD, EA, FTR, MOBL, QLYS, VOYA, WFT, X

1 Nov 2017- AGN, APO, BDC, BG, CDW, CEVA, CLX, COMM, CTSH, EAT, FL, FLOW, GRMN, LITE, NYT, ORBK, SBGI, SODA, TAP, TEX, VRSK, WTF, ZBH, CAKE, CAVM, CTRIP, FB, FEYE, FIT, FLT, GLUU, GPRO, HUBS, LPSN, MET, MRO, OXY, QCOM, QRVO, QTWO, RIG, SHAK, TSLA, ULTI, VIAV, XPO, YELP, ZAGG, ZEN

2 Nov 2017- ADP, APRN, AN, BABA, AVP, CYBR, DWDP, GOGO, H, ICE, MLM, MSCI, PAH, AAPL, AIG, ANET, ATVI, CRUS, DATA, EVH, FLR, HDP, HLF, JCOM, RDUS, SBUX, STMP, TIVO, UNIT, VECO, WU

3 Nov 2017- BID, MSG, REV, RLGY

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