October 20, 2019

Looking Forward to the Week Ahead!

Markets will likely be volatile as the week begins.

After a week that saw the DOW relatively unchanged and the S&P 500 Index toy with 3,000 again, we should expect volatility at the beginning of the week as optimism over the prospect of a Brexit deal between the UK and EU—touted by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson late last week as a virtual certainty, faded.  

Last week, the U.S.’s third quarter earnings season kicked off, with major banks reporting mostly solid earnings. This week we will see 122 S&P 500 companies release results.

10/21
AMTD – TD Ameritrade
HAL – Haliburton
 
10/22
SNAP – Snap Inc
IRBT – iRobot Corp
SKX – Skechers USA
CMG – Chipotle 
WHR – Whirlpool Corp
TXN – Texas Instruments
HOG – Harley Davidson
HAS – Hasbro
BIIB – Biogen Inc
PG – Procter & Gamble
UPS – United Parcel Service
LMT – Lockheed Martin
MCD – McDonalds
KMB – Kimberly Clark
UTX – United Technologies
 
10/23
NOW – ServiceNow, Inc
TSLA – Tesla
FFIV – F5 Networks
EBAY – eBay, Inc
PYPL – PayPal
XLNX – Xilinx, Inc
MSFT – Microsoft
LRCX – Lam Research
BA – Boeing Co
ANTM – Anthem, Inc
CAT – Caterpillar, Inc
 
10/24
AMZN – Amazon
JNPR – Juniper Network
GILD – Gilead Sciences
COF – Capital One Financial
INTC – Intel Corp
V – Visa, Inc
TWTR – Twitter, Inc
RCL – Royal Caribbean
TSCO – Tractor Supply
LUV – Southwest Airlines
AAL – American Airlines
MMM – 3M Co
 
10/25
BUD – Anheuser-Busch
VZ – Verizon

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about the author:

Scott Bauer

A respected market commentator seen on Bloomberg, Fox Business, CNBC and other major financial networks, Scott Bauer has 30+ years of professional equity and index options experience at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and as a Vice-President/trader for Goldman Sachs. Scott graduated with Honors from the University of Illinois Business School and has taught classes both at his alma mater and at the CBOE.

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