March 5, 2018 The Week Ahead

March 5, 2018 tvcuser Education, Trading ALB, DIA, GLD, HD, IWM, LOW, MCD, MNST, QQQ, SPY, SQM, TLT, USO

Uncertainty is back, as markets continue to digest the impact of a potential trade war.

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All major stock market indexes sold off, with the Dow Jones Industrial Averages being the hardest hit. Some of the weakest performers included: ALB, SQM, MNST, LOW, MCD, and HD.

The VIX as its price rise over the week, closing at 19.59 on Friday.

Here are how some of the most widely traded index ETFs performed over the week:
Powershares QQQ ETF (QQQ) -1.30%, SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) -2.05%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) -2.99%, iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) -1.06%

Here is how some futures and commodity ETFs performed over the week: United States Oil Fund (USO) -3.13%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) +0.19%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) -0.59%

Economic Releases:
7 March 2018- International Trade 8:30 AM ET; EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET

8 March 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET

9 March 2018- Employment Situation 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
5 March 2018- ASNA, DAVE, FATE, NX, PQ

6 March 2018- CIEN, TGT, ADSK, HRB, ROST, URBN

7 March 2018- ANF, DLTR, GOLF, COST, CZR, VSLR

8 March 2018- AEO, IGT, KOPN, KR, MRVL, PAY

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August 14, 2016 The Week Ahead

August 14, 2016 tvcuser Education, Trading Conferences, Crude Oil, DKS, Earnings, Economic Data, Gold Futures, HD, LOW, S&P 500, T-Bond Futures, TGT, VIX, WMT

The S&P 500 closed the week nearly unchanged, holding on to record high levels. Earnings have been fairly decent across the board as we head into next week. Despite the market being near all-time highs, it hasn’t really been met with too much excitement as witnessed by the below average trading volume.

The VIX didn’t really change much from the previous Friday’s close, still trading below 12 at 11.55.

Crude oil futures prices gained more than 6% on the week. OPEC is set to meet next month, earlier in the week, the Saudi Oil Minister made comments that they’d be willing to work with other OPEC nations to stabilize prices.

Moving on, gold futures prices were relatively unchanged. In addition, T-bond futures prices gained nearly 1%, and are now about 2.5% off their 52-week highs.

Earnings season is slowing down, but we’ll be hearing from big retailers like Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS), Home Depot (HD), Lowe’s (LOW), Target (TGT), and WalMart (WMT) just to name a few.

Here is what else is on the schedule for the upcoming week:

Key Economic Data:
16 Aug 2016- Consumer Price Index 8:30 AM ET, Housing Starts 8:30 AM ET, Industrial Production 9:15 AM ET
17 Aug 2016- EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET, FOMC Minutes 2:00 PM ET
18 Aug 2016- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET, Philly Fed Survey 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
15 Aug 2016- SYY
16 Aug 2016- AAP, COTY, DKS, HD, TJX, CREE, URBN
17 Aug 2016- AEO, LOW, SPLS, TGT, A, CSCO, NTAP
18 Aug 2016- BONT, WMT, AMAT, GPS, ROST, DV
19 Aug 2016- DE, EL, FL, MSG

Key Conferences:
15 Aug 2016- Enercom Energy Conference (runs till 8/18)

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