August 6, 2018 The Week Ahead

Despite fears of trade wars escalating, the U.S. stock market continues to march higher, as the S&P 500 has now closed higher for five consecutive weeks.

Apple became the first company to exceed a market cap of more than $1 trillion.

Stocks in play during the week included: AAPL +8.9%, PFE +5.55%, TSLA +17.1%, SHOP -11.4%, TSN -9.1%, and BABA -4.5%

Here are how some of the most widely traded index ETFs performed over the week:
Powershares QQQ ETF (QQQ) +1.38%, SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) +0.77%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) +0.05%, iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) +0.68%

The VIX closed at 11.64 on Friday.

Here are how some futures and commodity ETFs performed over the week: United States Oil Fund (USO) -0.35%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) -0.20%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) -0.79%

Economic Releases:
8 Aug 2018- EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET

9 Aug 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET; PPI-FD 8:30 AM ET

10 Aug 2018- Consumer Price Index 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
6 Aug 2018- BID, CAH, CRNT, CTNB, JEC, SEAS, TSN, TWLO, ZG, WTW, THC, NPTN, FIVN, HTZ, MAR, ETSY

7 Aug 2018- DF, DISCA, EMR, EXPD, KMT, MNK, ODP, RDUS, ZBRA, AAOI, BOOT, ALRM, CYBR, DDD, DIS, HDP, LC, MTCH, NEWR, PXD, SNAP, TWNK, WEN, JAZZ, G, INFN

8 Aug 2018- ADT, CTL, DNB, EQIX, FOX, IAC, MNST, NUAN, ROKU, TIVO, YELP, CARS, CHH, CVS, EXTR, GOGO, KORS, MYL, SINA, TRI, VSI

9 Aug 2018- LNG, PRGO, VIAB, AXCM, AL, DBX, MCHP, OLED, SCOR, SNCR, TRNC, TRUE, TTD8

10 Aug 2018- JCP, AIT, RUTH

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