October 23, 2018 The Week Ahead
The stock market continues to sell-off on fears of rising rates, trade disputes, and geopolitical tensions. Despite this, earnings have been relatively strong to date. However, we can’t deny the weakness in certain sectors. For example, the homebuilders ETF has sold off 21 out of 23 days.
Going into the week the focus will be on earnings. Outside of the US Markets, traders are following Italy’s budget story as well as the Shanghai index. It was announced earlier that China’s Q3 GDP grew at a slower pace than projected.
The VIX continues to trade above the 20 level as risk off maintains to be a theme in the markets.
Economic Releases:
24 Oct 2018- New Home Sales 10:00 AM ET; EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET
25 Oct 2018- Durable Goods Orders 8:30 AM ET; International Trade In Goods 8:30 AM ET; Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET
26 Oct 2018- GDP 8:30 AM ET
28 Oct 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET; Philly Fed Business Survey 8:30 AM ET
29 Oct 2018- Existing Home Sales 10:00 AM ET
Key Earnings:
25 Oct 2018- BAC, SCHW, RIO
26 Oct 2018- BLAK, DPZ, GS, GWW, JNJ, NS, PGR, UNH, CREE, CSX, IBM, NFLX, UAL
27 Oct 2018- AA, ASML, ABT, BMI, KMI, MTB, USB, WPP, URI, CCI, SLG, STLD, URI
28 Oct 2018- BBT, BK, BX, DHR, DOV, ERIC, GPC, NUE, NVS, PM, POOL, PPG, SON, TRV, TXT, WBC, WBS, AXP, EBAY, ETFC, ISRG, PYPL, OZK, WERN
29 Oct 2018- CLF, HON, PG, SLB, SYF, VFC, STT, CFG
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