March 5, 2018 The Week Ahead

March 5, 2018 tvcuser Education, Trading ALB, DIA, GLD, HD, IWM, LOW, MCD, MNST, QQQ, SPY, SQM, TLT, USO

Uncertainty is back, as markets continue to digest the impact of a potential trade war.

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All major stock market indexes sold off, with the Dow Jones Industrial Averages being the hardest hit. Some of the weakest performers included: ALB, SQM, MNST, LOW, MCD, and HD.

The VIX as its price rise over the week, closing at 19.59 on Friday.

Here are how some of the most widely traded index ETFs performed over the week:
Powershares QQQ ETF (QQQ) -1.30%, SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) -2.05%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) -2.99%, iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) -1.06%

Here is how some futures and commodity ETFs performed over the week: United States Oil Fund (USO) -3.13%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) +0.19%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) -0.59%

Economic Releases:
7 March 2018- International Trade 8:30 AM ET; EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET

8 March 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET

9 March 2018- Employment Situation 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
5 March 2018- ASNA, DAVE, FATE, NX, PQ

6 March 2018- CIEN, TGT, ADSK, HRB, ROST, URBN

7 March 2018- ANF, DLTR, GOLF, COST, CZR, VSLR

8 March 2018- AEO, IGT, KOPN, KR, MRVL, PAY

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February 12, 2017 The Week Ahead

February 12, 2017 tvcuser Education, Trading Earnings, Ecnomic data, GLD, key events, MCD, pep, teva, TLT, TMUS, USO

The markets keep rolling higher… seems like nearly every other day an all-time high is being made. For the S&P 500, that makes 3 straight weeks where it’s gained. Despite the majority of the media hating on the new President, the markets are painting a totally different picture.

President Trump has announced that he has plans to make some major changes to the tax code. Some market participants believe that this will benefit corporations greatly. This might explain some of the recent optimism in the markets.

Earnings continue to pour in. Thus far, they haven’t been especially great nor especially bad. One only needs to look at the VIX to get that picture. The VIX closed the week below 11, at $10.85.

Moving on to gold and oil.

Crude oil futures closed the week slightly higher, gaining the last three days and ending up .10%. In precious metals, gold futures prices finished the week higher, gaining more than 1.1%

Now, here is how some of the other closely followed ETFs did on the week: United States Oil Fund (USO) -0.35%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) +1.48%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) +1.27%.

Some key earnings include: Teva Pharmaceuticals, T-Mobile, McDonald’s, and PepsiCo, Inc.

Here is a list of some events that traders will be following:

Key Economic Data:
14 Feb 2017- PPI 8:30 AM ET
15 Feb 2017- Consumer Price Index 8:30 AM ET, Retail Sales 8:30 AM ET, Industrial Production 9:15 AM ET, EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET
16 Feb 2017- Housing Starts 8:30 AM, Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET, Philly Fed Survey 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
13 Feb 2017- FDC, HCP, ON, TEVA, VSM, AMKR, BRKR, CRX, CSOD, FLO, GPOR, OMF, VNO
14 Feb 2017- AMAG, CS, DBD, DISCA, DPS, GNRC, FLIR, INCY, SALE, TAP, TMUS, TRU, VG, A, AIG, BYD, CALX, CSR, DVN, ENLK, ESRX, FANG, FOSL, HIVE, HUBS, LC, NBIX, VDSI
15 Feb 2017- ANGI, GRPN, HLT, LAD, OZM, PEP, SHOP, SODA, SONS, WIX, WYN, AMAT, CAR, CBS, CC, CF, CSCO, CVA, GDDY, GRPN, HAWK, KHC, MAR, MRO, NLY, NTAP, NTES, PKD, SPWR, TIVO, TRIP, WMB, WPZ
16 Feb 2017- AVP, CAB, CHTR, ALXN, DF, DUK, EPAM, GNC, H, MGM, NCI, RS, TIME, TPX, WEN, ZTS, WM, ANET, BCOV, CUBE, DVA, ED, FLS, KEYS, TRUE, WWAV
17 Feb 2017- AAN, CPB, CTB, DE, FNMA, MCD, VFC, SJM, LPNT, FLR

Key Events:
14 Feb 2017- Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference (runs till 2/16)
15 Feb 2017- Leerink Global Healthcare Conference (runs till 2/16)

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July 24, 2016 The Week Ahead

July 24, 2016 tvcuser Education, Trading AAPL, AMZN, Crude Oil, Earnings, Economic Data, FOMC, KO, MCD, S&P 500, VIX, XOM

The S&P 500 closed the week near record levels, making that the fourth straight week of positive gains. We now set up for one of the busiest earning weeks of the year, along with the FOMC meeting on Wednesday.

The VIX continued to decline during the week, closing on Friday at 12.02.

Crude oil futures prices fell about 4% on the week. On the other hand, gold futures prices dropped about 1%. T-bond futures prices closed relatively flat on the week.

As mentioned earlier, earnings season starts really pick up now. We’ll be hearing from Apple (AAPL), Coca-Cola (KO), Mcdonald’s (MCD), Amazon (AMZN), and ExxonMobil (XOM) just to name a few.

Here is what is on tap for this upcoming week:

Key Economic Data:
26 July 2016- New Home Sales 10:00 AM ET
27 July 2016- Durable Goods Orders 8:30 AM ET, EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET, FOMC Meeting Announcement 2:00 PM ET
28 July 2016- International Trade in Goods 8:30 AM ET, Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET
29 July 2016- GDP 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
25 July 2016- COL, DHR, KMB, S, CR, ESRX, GILD, LVS, TXN
26 July 2016- AKS, ALLY, BAX, BEAV, BP, CAT, CHKP, CVLT, DD, FCX, DD, HOT, JBLU, JNS, KEY, KKR, LLY, MAS, MBLY, MCD, UA, UTX, VLO, VZ, WAT, AAPL, AKAM, APC, ASH, BWLD, CAKE, CAVM, ILMN, IRBT, JNPR, LLTC, PNRA, TWTR, X, ZION
27 July 2016- ARMH, ANTM, CMCSA, DB, DPS, GLW, GRMN, HES, HLT, IR, KO, LVLT, MDLZ, MO, NDAQ, NOC, ROK, SIX, STT, SVU, STM, AF, CA, CAKE, CRUS, GRPN, INFN, LM, MCK, NOW, PXD, ORLY, VRTX, WFM, XLNX
28 July 2016- APD, AZN, BWA, BMY, CAB, CELG, CL, CLF, CME, COMM, COP, DOW, ESV, F, GRUB, HOG, HSY, IP, LEA, LLL, MA, MJN, NOV, PENN, POT, WWE, AMZN, CBS, BIDU, CY, DECK, ES, EXPE, GOOGL, HIG, INVN, N, RSG, STRZA, WDC
29 July 2016- ABBV, AN, BUD, CBOE, CPN, CVX, LYB, MRK, NWL, PSX, SAVE, UPS, WG, XOM

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