January 28, 2018 The Week Ahead

January 28, 2018 tvcuser Education, Trading Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Exxon, McDonalds, Microsoft, Pfizer

The markets continue to steam roll higher as we enter the busiest and most important week of the year. The S&P 500 and Dow are up a stunning 7% ytd, and the NASDAQ is up 8.5%

On Wednesday we’ll get word on whether or not the FOMC is going to raise key interest rates or leave them unchanged. Also, this is a heavy earnings week, with some of the largest publicly traded companies reporting.

Despite the strength in the market, the VIX remained steady, closing at 11.10, just a slight drop from last weeks 11.30 closing.

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Source: TradingView

Here are how some of the most widely traded index ETFs performed over the week:
Powershares QQQ ETF (QQQ): +2.76%; SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY): +2.20%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA): 2.06%; iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.63%

Here is how some futures and commodity ETFs performed over the week: United States Oil Fund (USO): +4.09%; iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT): 0.42%; SPDR Gold Shares (GLD): +1.31%

Below you’ll find what is else is on the schedule for the week: McDonalds, Pfizer, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Alibaba, and Exxon.

Economic Releases:
29 Jan 2018- Personal Income and Outlays 8:30 AM ET

31 Jan 2018- EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET; FOMC Meeting Announcement 2:00 PM ET

1 Feb 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET; ISM Manufacturing Index 10:00 AM ET

2 Feb 2018- Employment Situation 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
29 Jan 2018- D, LMT, STX, SOHU, ARE, CR, IDTI, PFG, RGA

30 Jan 2018- AKS, ALLY, BEN, DHR, DOV, EAT, GLW, HCA, HOG, MCD, NUE, PCAR, PFE, SAP, TROW, ZBH, CA, EA, JNPR, KNX, NATI, SYK, WRB

31 Jan 2018- ADP, BA, ANTM, BA, DHI, IR, IVZ, JCI, LLY, NDAQ, NYCB, SIRI, TMO, TUP, XRX, CTXS, DRE, EBAY, FB, MDLZ, MET, MSFT, PYPL, QCOM, QRVO, SYMC, T, VRTX, X

1 Feb 2018- BABA, APO, BSX, CME, COP, IP, MCK, MA, MO, R, RL, UPS, VLO, AAPL, AMGN, AMZN, DATA, GOOGL, MAT, MSI, RTEC, V, VIAV, VR, WFT, XL

2 Feb 2018- CHTR, CLX, MRK, PSX, ROP, WY, XOM

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October 25, 2015 The Week Ahead

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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