September 4, 2018 The Week Ahead

The U.S. stock market remains strong, despite fears of a trade war and troubles in emerging markets like Turkey and Argentina. With summer now over, expect to see trading volumes to start to pick up again.

Stocks in play over the week included: AMZN +5.63%, SQ +13.38%, LULU +11.65%, DLTR -13.86%, and EA -12.06%

Here are how some of the most widely traded index ETFs performed over the week:
Powershares QQQ ETF (QQQ) +2.29%, SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) +0.97%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) +0.78%, iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) +0.83%.

The VIX closed at 12.86 on Friday.

Here are how some futures and commodity ETFs performed over the week: United States Oil Fund (USO) +1.94%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) -1.06%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) -0.57%.

Economic Releases:
4 Sep 2018- ISM Manufacturing Index 10:00 AM ET

5 Sep 2018- International Trade 8:30 AM ET

6 Sep 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET; EIA Petroleum Status Report 8:30 AM ET

7 Sep 2018- Employment Situation

Key Earnings:
4 Sep 2018- CONN, COUP, RH, SMAR, WDAY

5 Sep 2018- CBK, AVA, CLDR, DOCU, GWRE, MDB, REVG, VRNT, ZS

6 Sep 2018- DVMT, GII, LE, NAV, AVGO, FIVE, FNSR, GME, MRVL, PANW, ZUMZ

7 Sep 2018- GCO

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