July 16, 2016 The Week Ahead

July 16, 2016 tvcuser Education, Trading Bank of America, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Crude Oil, Earnings, Economic Data, Goldman Sachs Group, Microsoft, Netflix, S&P 500, VIX

The S&P 500 broke through record high territory this week as the index moved nearly 1.5% higher. The Dow Jones Industrials also saw record highs during the week as earnings season starts revving up.

The VIX continued to decline during the week, closing on Friday at 12.67.

Crude oil futures gained about 1.5% on the week. On the other hand, gold futures prices dropped about 2%. T-bond futures prices dropped about 3% and falling off their yearly highs.

As mentioned earlier, earnings season starts really pick up now. We’ll be hearing from Microsoft, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Goldman Sachs Group, Bank of America, and Netflix just to name a few.

Here is what is on tap for this upcoming week:

Key Economic Data:
19 July 2016- Housing Starts 8:30 AM ET
20 July 2016- EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET
21 July 2016- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET, Philly Fed Business Survey 8:30 AM ET, Existing Home Sales 10:00 AM ET

Key Earnings:
18 July 2016- BAC, CALM, HAS, HAS, JBHT, MTG, SCHW, EMC, IBM, NFLX, YHOO, VMW
19 July 2016- JNJ, GS, KSU, LMT, NVS, RF, UNH, DFS, MSFT, NAVI, UAL, ISRG, BHP
20 July 2016- ABT, ASML, HAL, MS, SAP, STJ, WBC, TUP, AXP, EBAY, FFIV, GGG, INTC, MAT, MLNX, NEM, PKG, QCOM, TSCO
21 July 2016- ALK, BBT, BIIB, BK, BX, DAN, DHI, DNKN, DPZ, DOV, GM, HBAN, JCI, LUV, PHM, UN, UNP, AMD, CMG, ATHN, COF, FLEX, P, SBUX, SLB, SWKS, SYK, T, V
22 July 2016- GE, HON, SWK, SWN, SYF, TXT, VFC, WHR

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October 19, 2015 The Week Ahead

October 19, 2015 tvcuser Education, Trading Amazon, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Coca-Cola, Crude Oil, Data, Earnings, Ebay, Economic, Procter & Gamble, S&P 500, USO, VIX

The S&P 500 ended the week on an absolute tear. In fact, we’re up 3% on the month.

With that said, the VIX closed around 15, a signal that fear has subsided substantially over the last couple months.

Very impressive despite weakness out of the likes of Wal-Mart and the pharmaceutical companies.

Crude Oil futures closed the week lower after a nice run-up last week. The United States Oil Fund (USO) was down more than 3% on the week.

Earnings season continues to pick up steam this week as we’ve got earnings from Amazon, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and Ebay to name a few.

Key Economic Data:
20 October 2015- Housing Starts 8:30 AM ET
22 October 2015- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET, Existing Home Sales 10:00 AM ET

Key Earnings:
19 October 2015- HAL, HAS, VRX, MS, IBM, RMBS, VALE, STLD, ZION
20 October 2015- CMG, CREE, DFS, ILMN, IRBT, ISRG, NAVI, PKG, VMW, YHOO, HOG, SAP, UTX, VZ
21 October 2015- BA, GM, IPG, KMB, KO, STJ, SVU, TEX, CAKE, CCI, EBAY, MLNX, SNDK, TXN, URI, WFT
22 October 2015- BEN, CAM, CAT, DAN, CY, DGX, DNKN, DOW, DPS, FCX, LLY, JNS, LAZ, LUV, MCD, MJN, MMM, NDAQ, SWK, ALTR, AMZN, ATHN, COF, MSFT, QLIK, SYNA, T
23 October 2015- AAL, PG