April 23, 2017 The Week Ahead

April 23, 2017 tvcuser Education, Trading Amazon, DIA, Exxon, GLD, Google, IWM, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, QQQ, SPY, TLT, USO, VIX

Stocks rebounded across all major indices over the week. On Sunday, the world will shift their attentions to the upcoming French elections. Of course, depending on the outcome, it could create some much needed volatility for traders. However, the markets have proven to be resilient. Recent shocks like Brexit and the Trump presidential victory have only lead to short-lived bursts in volatility.

Outside of the French election, earnings will dominate the headlines, along with the release of the GDP numbers on Friday.

Here are how some of the most popular ETF Indices performed: SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) +0.89%, iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) +2.67%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrials Average ETF (DIA) +0.43%, and PowerShares QQQ ETF (QQQ) +1.66%

With the market posting strong gains, the VIX fell back to below the 15 level, closing Friday’s trading session at 14.63.

Some of the largest publically traded companies in the world will report this week. They include: Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Exxon, and Procter & Gamble.

Here are how some futures/commodity related ETF’s performed: United States Oil Fund (USO) -7.28%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) +0.06%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) -0.24%.

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

Key Economic Data:
25 April 2017- New Home Sales 10:00 AM ET
26 April 2017- EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET
27 April 2017- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET; Durable Goods Orders 8:30 AM; International Trade in Goods 8:30 AM ET
28 April 2017- GDP 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
24 April 2017- HAL, KMB, HLX, AA, ESRX, CDNS, NEM, RMBS, SLCA, SWFT, SANM, WHR, ZION
25 April 2017- AKS, CAT, CIT, CNC, DD, FCX, GLW, KO, LLY, LMT, MCD, MMM, PCAR, PHM, PNR, R, TRU, CB, CMG, COF, CREE, DFS, JNPR, SYK, T, TXN, UHS
26 April 2017- ANTM, BAX, DPS, HES, HSY, NDAQ, NOC, NSC, ROK, PG, SLAB, SONS, STT, STX, TWTR, UTX, X, WM, WRK, WYN, AMGN, CAVM, BWLD, FFIV, NOW, ORLY, PYPL, SAM, TSCO, XLNX
27 April 2017- ABBV, APD, BMY, BSX, BWA, CELG, CMCSA, CME, DOW, F, GRUB, IP, IRM, JCI, LAZ, LLL, LUV, MPC, POT, SIRI, SPG, UAA, UNP, UPS, AIV, AMZN, BIDU, EXPE, GOOGL, GPRO, INTC, MLNX, MAC, MSFT, SBUX, VRTX, WDC
28 April 2017- CL, COG, CVX, GM, GT, HST, LYB, PSX, SYF, VFC, XOM, WY

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October 23, 2016 The Week Ahead

October 23, 2016 tvcuser Uncategorized Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Coca-Cola, Crude Oil, Earnings, Economic Data, Exxon, Gold Futures, Google, S&P 500, T-Bond Futures, Tesla, Time Warner, VIX

The S&P 500 closed the week slightly higher snapping a two week losing streak. About one third of the S&P 500 will be reporting in a heavy earnings week. With that said, we’re not that far off all time highs. Some earnings to watch include Apple, Amazon, Google, Coca-Cola, Exxon, and Tesla.

With earnings thus far not that awful and the likelihood of a Hillary win increasing, we saw volatility come in, closing the week at 13.34.

Crude oil futures prices rose about 1% over the week, closing above $50 and not too far off 52-week highs.

Moving on, gold futures prices rose four out of the five trading days and gained more than 1.2%. In addition, T-bond futures prices rose four out of the last five trading days, gaining nearly 1%.

Over the weekend we got news that AT&T would be buying Time Warner for $107.50 per share, or $85.4 billion dollars. It will be interesting to see if we start to see if regulators have any issues with this deal and what it means for the industry.

Here is what else is on the schedule for the upcoming week:

Key Economic Data:
26 Oct 2016- International Trade in Goods 8:30 AM ET; New Home Sales 10:00 AM ET; EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET
27 Oct 2016- Durable Goods Orders 8:30 AM ET; Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET
28 Oct 2016- GDP 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
24 Oct 2016- BEAV, CYOU, EXP, KMB, PETS, SOHU, TMUS, VFC, AGNC, AVB, CDNS, ISIL, KN, RE, RMBS, SONC, SWFT, V, ZION
25 Oct 2016- AKS, AMTD, BAC, BHI, CAT, CIT, CVLT, EAT, FCX, GLW, GM, JBLU, JNS, KEY, LLY, LMT, MAS, MDSO, MMM, MRK, NLSN, PG, R, S, SHW, TRU, UA, UTX, VLO, WAT, WHR, AAPL, AKAM, CAKE, CB, CHRW, CMG, COF, DFS, ESRX, IRBT, JNPR, NBR, NCR, P, PNRA, T, VRTX
26 Oct 2016- ALLY, BA, BEN, BIIB, BSX, CMCSA, EVER, FCAU, GRMN, GRUB, HBAN, HES, KO, LH, LUV, NOC, OC, PAG, SC, SPG, STT, WM, AXS, BWLD, GRPN, FFIV, INFN, NEM, NXPI, ORLY, SFLY, TSLA, VMW, WDC, TXN, WLL
27 Oct 2016- AET, ALXN, AMT, APD, BMY, BOFI, BWA, BX, CAB, CELG, CL, CLF, CME, COP, DB, DOW, DPS, F, GNC, HACA, IP, LAZ, LLL, MJN, MO, MPC, NOK, NOV, PENN, POT, PX, SIRI,SWK, TMO, TPH, TPX, TROW, UPS, VW, WWE, AIG, AMZN, BIDU, CA, CBI, CRUS, CY, DLR, ELLI, EXPE, FLEX, FTNT, GOOGL, HIG, MCK, PFG, STRZA, SYK, SYNA, TWTR
28 Oct 2016- ABBV, AN, CVX, CBOE, HSY, MA, NWL, PSX, SNY, SHPG, TEN, WY, XOM, XRX, SIMO

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October 25, 2015 The Week Ahead

October 25, 2015 tvcuser Education, Trading Amazon, Apple, Data, Earnings, Economic, education, Exxon, Google, GoPro, Microsoft, Pfizer, S&P 500, Starbucks, trading, Twitter, USO, VIX

The S&P 500 continued its hot streak, closing the week up more than 2%. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) is up more than 7% on the month. Not only that, but we’re about 15% of this year’s lows.

The NASDAQ also got a giant boost after getting good earnings out of the likes of Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.

With that said, the VIX is below 15, a signal that there isn’t much fear in the market at the moment.

The United States Oil Fund (USO) was down more than 6% on the week. We continue to see a dislocation from the equity market and the energy market.

This is an extremely busy week in regards to earnings and economic data. Key economic information that will be released includes GDP and an FOMC meeting announcement.

On the earnings front we’ll see releases out of the likes of Apple, Starbucks, Twitter, GoPro, Exxon, and Pfizer to name a few.

Key Economic Data:
26 October 2015- New Home Sales 10:00 AM ET
27 October 2015- Durable Goods 8:30 AM ET
28 October 2015- FOMC Meeting Announcement 2:00 PM ET
29 October 2015- GDP 8:30 AM ET, Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET
30 October 2015- Personal Income 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
26 October 2015- CHKP, XRX, BRCM, CAKE, HIG, PMCS, PRE
27 October 2015- AKS, AMTD, BEAV, BMY, CMCSA, CNX, COH, DD, F, GLW, GRUB, HUN, KKR, LXK, MAS, MRK, UPS, PFE, WYN, AAPL, AKAM, ESRX, APC, GILD, INFN, MAC, PNRA, SFLY, TER, TWTR, VDSI
28 October 2015- GRMN, HLT, HOT, IMAX, IP, LVLT, MDLZ, NOV, TMUS, VLO, WBA, VW, AMGN, ATML, CRUS, FFIV, GPRO, LOCK, WMB, PYPL, NE, MUR, CAVM
29 October 2015- AET, CLF, COP, ESV, JAH, JCI, KERX, MO, NOK, MTH, TEVA, TWC, VALE, ZBH, BIDU, EA, LNKD, MOBL, SBUX, WU, SCTY
30 October 2015- ABBV, CVS, XOM, MYL, CVX, CL, ETN