Market Strategy

Markets are closed on Monday, Jan. 15, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Monday is also the start of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland—a gathering of global business and political leaders. Markets reopen on Tuesday to another round of bank earnings, with Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS) kicking off the week. Several housing-market indicators are scheduled to be released, including housing starts and existing home sales. 

Heading into the first full trading week of the year, investors can look forward to the latest inflation data and reports from big banks to kick off earnings season. The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index will be released on Thursday, followed by the Producer Price Index tracking wholesale inflation on Friday. The end of the week will also bring earnings reports […]

Markets are closed on Monday for New Year's Day. Following the holiday, investors will open 2024 with a slate of economic data, while corporate earnings will resume. The week will start with the latest projection of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) from the Atlanta Federal Reserve, with data also coming on construction spending and factory orders.

The week to come will be a short one for investors with markets closed on Monday, Dec. 25 for the Christmas holiday. However, it could still bring plenty of action, with many investors likely hoping for a “Santa Claus rally”

Stock markets, which have gained ground for seven consecutive weeks, are open this week on a normal operating schedule ahead of the coming two holiday-shortened weeks. Market watchers will be focused on Friday’s Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index to gauge if inflation is continuing its downward trend. The latest trends in the housing market will come into view […]

Following the latest jobs and unemployment numbers last week, the market will prepare this week for a Federal Reserve interest rate decision on Wednesday. It is believed that the central bank will keep rates at their current level.

Market watchers will get a better look at the labor market this week, starting with reports on job openings on Tuesday, the private payroll report from ADP on Wednesday, weekly initial jobless claims on Thursday, and the U.S. unemployment report on Friday. Investors will also get other economic updates, including the latest factory order figures, revisions to U.S. third-quarter productivity, October U.S. trade deficit data, and wholesale inventories. More […]

Coming back from the Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday sales, U.S. markets will resume a full schedule this week, as market watchers will see the latest inflation print, while a handful of notable firms will report earnings. 

This is a holiday-shortened trading week, with U.S. markets closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Markets will also close early the next day, which coincides with Black Friday in the U.S. Many of America's biggest retailers are launching Black Friday sales events next week, with deals, discounts, and promotions on thousands of products.

This week, investors can expect reports from big-box retailers including Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and Macy’s, along with Census Bureau data on national retail sales for October. We’ll also get the latest updates on consumer inflation and the housing market, with the October Consumer Price Index, last month’s housing starts, and the NAHB’s Housing Market Index for November. Another looming threat to the economy […]

We’ll get more earnings reports this week, including those from Uber Technologies (UBER), UBS (UBS), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), The Walt Disney Company (DIS), Honda Motor Company (HMC), and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), among others.

This week will be an eventful one, with earnings reports due from Apple, McDonald’s, Pfizer, AMD, Caterpillar, Stellantis, Qualcomm, PayPal, Airbnb, and Starbucks, among others. Central banks around the world, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, Bank of England (BoE), and Bank of Japan (BoJ) will also meet to discuss and set interest rates.