July 29, 2018 The Week Ahead

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Stocks were mixed as earnings continue to roll on. On Friday, we posted one of the highest quarterly GDP number in four years, at 4.1%

Going into next week, market participants will be watching what comes out of the FOMC announcement, as well as another busy earnings week.

Stocks in play during the week included: TWTR -21.4%, GRUB +17.03%, and FB -16.7%

Here are how some of the most widely traded index ETFs performed over the week:
Powershares QQQ ETF (QQQ) -0.77%, SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) +0.62%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) +1.53%, iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) -1.91%

The VIX closed at 13.03 on Friday.

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Here are how some futures and commodity ETFs performed over the week: United States Oil Fund (USO) +1.20%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) -1.08%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) -0.63%.

Economic Releases:
31 July 2018- Personal Income and Outlays 8:30 AM ET

1 Aug 2018- ISM Mfg Index 10:0 AM ET; EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET; FOMC Meeting Announcement 2:00 PM ET

2 Aug 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET

3 Aug 2018- Employment Situation 8:30 AM ET; International Trade 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
30 July 2018- CAT, BAH, BLMN, CRCM, FDC, KBR, L, STX, AKS, AVB, KLAC, UDR, SBAC, SPWR, TNET, UDR, VNO

31 July 2018- ARNC, BP, CHTR, CS, FIS, HRS, HUN, MAS, PFE, SHOP, VNTR, XYL

1 Aug 2018- FLOW, BNP, ENR, FLOW, GRMN, HUM, SODA, SSYS, TAP, TEX, CENX, FEYE, FIT, MET, YUMC, WYNN, ZNGA, WMB, HLF, TSLA, ADP, TRIP, FEYE, CRUS, CONE, CF

2 Aug 2018- AET, AVP, CI, CTSH, DWDP, HFC, ICE, K, MGM, SFM, TEVA, W, WLTW, YUM, ZTS, BMRN, CARB, CBS, CERN, DATA, NUS, SHAK, TTWO, WU

3 Aug 2018- CBOE, KHC, LYB, AXL

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