Week of October 29th Stock Watch

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Stocks continued to sell-off, as the Dow and S&P 500 turned negative for the year. Fears of rising interest rates, trade tensions with China, and economic slowdown are all weighing down on stocks.

Plenty of earnings going into the week including Apple and Facebook. The market was disappointed by earnings from Amazon and Alphabet, putting pressure on tech stocks.

It wasn’t bad news for every stock. For example, Tesla saw its shares rise by more than 27% after a strong earnings report. On the other hand, chipmaker AMD continued to see selling pressure as it dropped by more than 25% on the week.

The VIX closed above 24, as volatility remains elevated.

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

31 Oct 2018- EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET

1 Nov 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET; ISM Manufacturing Index

2 Nov 2018- Employment Situation 8:30 AM ET; International Trade 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
29 Oct 2018- BAH, BLMN, CTB, FDC, HSBC, WFT, YNDX, AKAM, CLR, MDLZ, RMBS, VNO

30 Oct 2018- AET, AMT, CVLT, EAT, GE, HCA, HUN, I, INCY, KO, LL, MA, MAS, MSM, SABR, PFE, UA, VW, WDR, XYL, APC, CAKE, CXO, DDD, EA, EBAY, FB, FEYE, FLT, GNW, H, HLF, MGM, MOBL, MX, YELP, YUMC, ZEN

31 Oct 2018- ADP, APO, BG, CLX, CRTO, GNC, HES, HES, JBT, ICE, HFC, K, S, SAN, TAP, CF, FIT, MUSA, NXPI, QRVO, WMB, XPO, ZNGA

1 Nov 2018- AVP, CI, CS, MSG, OSK, SFM, SSYS, TEVA, UFS, W, ZTS, AAPL, CATM, CBS, CRUS, EQIX, GPRO, KHC, MELI, OLED, PBYI, SBUX, SHAK, VIAV, WTW, WU, X

2 Nov 2018- ABBV, AXL, BABA, CBOE, CVX, NWL, OZM, STX, XOM

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October 1, 2018 The Week Ahead

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Stocks closed mixed on Friday; however, it was an end to a strong quarter as the S&P 500 gained more than 7%, one of its largest gains over the last 5 years. Trade negotiations between the U.S. and China continue to be a big story as the threat of more tariffs could hurt the market.

Individual stock stories that dominated the headlines included Tesla -11.48%, Intel +1.35%, Tilray +16.7%, and Square +16%

Here are how some of the most widely traded index ETFs performed over the week:
Powershares QQQ ETF (QQQ) +1.13%, SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) -0.43%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) -1.02%, iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) -1.09%

The VIX closed at 12.12 on Friday, a small rise from last week.

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Here are how some futures and commodity ETFs performed over the week: United States Oil Fund (USO) +3.74%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) +0.15%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) -0.64%

Economic Releases:
1 Oct 2018- ISM Mfg Index 10:00 AM ET

3 Oct 2018- EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET

4 Oct 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET

5 Oct 2018- Employment Situation 8:30 AM ET; International Trade 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
1 Oct 2018- SFIX, CALM

2 Oct 2018- LW, PAYX, PEP

3 Oct 2018- AYI, LEN, RPM, PIR

4 Oct 2018- STZ, COST, SGH

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February 4, 2018 The Week Ahead

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The markets saw their first true taste of volatility under the Trump Presidency, as the Dow Jones Industrials fell by more than 665 points on Friday. The catalyst appears to be inflation concerns. Some Fed officials believe we’ll have multiple interest rate hikes this year.

The VIX closed at its highest level of the year, 17.21, on Friday.

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Over 100 S&P 500 stocks reported earnings on Friday, that said, there are plenty to look out for this coming week, some of them include: Nvidia, General Motors, Disney, and Tesla.

Here are how some of the most widely traded index ETFs performed over the week:
Powershares QQQ ETF (QQQ): -3.7%; SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY): -3.88%; SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA): -4.13%; iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) -3.62%

Here is how some futures and commodity ETFs performed over the week: United States Oil Fund (USO) -1.51%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) -3.24%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) -1.31%.

Economic Releases:
5 Feb 2018- ISM Manufacturing Index 10:00 AM ET

6 Feb 2018- International Trade 8:30 AM ET

7 Feb 2018- EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET

8 Feb 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
5 Feb 2018- ARNC, BMY, CHD, HES, ON, SYY, CRUS, FN, NOV, OCLR, RE, SWKS

6 Feb 2018- ABC, ADM, ARW, AXTA, BDX, CNC, DNKN, EMR, FLOW, GM, SAVE, AKAM, APC, BZH, CMG, DIS, EXTR, GILD, MCHP, MTSI, NEWR, NTGR, SNAP, PXD

7 Feb 2018- CDW, CTSH, BILL, HAIN, HAS, HUM, ICE, KORS, TRVG, XEL, ALL, CCK, FISV, FORM, IAC, INFN, IRBT, NTES, NXPI, PRI, PRU, TSLA, TTWO, YELP, ZAYO, ZNGA

8 Feb 2018- BR, BWA, CAH, COTY, CVS, GRUB, K, KKR, MANU, MAS, NLSN, PM, SEE, TEVA, TSN, TWTR, VIAB, WLTW, WWE, YUM, AIG, ATVI, AIZ, DXC, EXPE, FEYE, IMPV, MOBL, MTW, NCR, NUAN, NVDA, NWSA, PCTY, UIS, VRSN, WEB, ZG

9 Feb 2018- CBOE, MCO, PCG

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October 23, 2016 The Week Ahead

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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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