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Monday

U.S.

Economic Lookahead

Durable Goods Orders (Jan.)

Pending Home Sales Index (Jan.)

Featured Earnings

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: BCRX) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of 25 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.

Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of 46 cents, compared to a loss of 43 cents to the prior-year quarter.

Horizon Pharma plc (NASDAQ: HZNP) (Q4) EPS estimates of 52 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Featured Earnings

Vermilion Energy Inc. (T.VET) (Q4) EPS estimates for the company to break even, after a $1.28 loss in the prior-year quarter.

U.S.

Tuesday

Economic lookahead

Redbook (Weekly)

Gross Domestic Product (Q4-preliminary)

International Trade in Goods (Jan.)

Chicago Purchasing Managers Index (Feb.)

Consumer Confidence (Feb.)

Farm Prices (Feb.)

Featured Earnings

3D Systems Corporation (NYSE: DDD) (Q4) EPS estimates of four cents, compared to 16 cents in the prior-year quarter.

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (NYSE: AMC) (Q4) EPS estimates of four cents, compared to 16 cents in the prior-year quarter. In early February, AMC announced that it priced its upsized public offering of 19.048 million shares at $31.50 per share.

Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ: CHDN) (Q4) EPS estimates of 55 cents, compared to 43 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic lookahead

Industrial Product Price Index (Jan.) The index rose 0.4% in December

Raw Materials Price Index (Jan.) The Raw Materials Price Index increased 6.5% in December

Featured Earnings

Bank of Montreal (T.BMO) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.88, compared to $1.75 in the prior-year quarter

Bank of Nova Scotia (T.BNS) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.57, compared to $1.44 in the prior-year quarter

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (T.VRX) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.21, compared to $2.50 in the prior-year quarter. In mid-February, Valeant and EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. entered into an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement through which EyeGate has granted a subsidiary of Valeant exclusive, worldwide commercial and manufacturing rights to the EyeGate® II Delivery System and EGP-437 combination product candidate for the treatment of post-operative pain and inflammation in ocular surgery patients.

Wednesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Motor Vehicle Sales (Feb.)

Personal Income and Outlays (Jan.)

PMI Manufacturing Index (Feb.)

Institute for Supply Management (Feb.)

Construction Spending (Jan.)

EIA Petroleum Report (Feb. 21-27)

Beige Book

Featured Earnings

Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.66, compared to $1.53 in the prior-year quarter. This week, the company announced it had presented more than $18.2 million to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and to have finished as the largest St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign donor this holiday season.

Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ: MNST) (Q4) EPS estimates of 30 cents, compared to 22 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Omega Protein Corporation (NYSE: OME) (Q4) EPS estimates of 43 cents, compared to 29 cents in the prior-year quarter. Omega announced this week that the board is reviewing strategic alternatives for the human nutrition business segment.

Canada

Featured Earnings

National Bank of Canada (T.NA) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.26, compared to $1.17 in the prior-year quarter.

WSP Global Inc. (T.WSP) (Q4) EPS estimates of 65 cents, compared to 33 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Secure Energy Services Inc. (T.SES) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of one cent, compared to a loss of 12 cents in the prior-year quarter.



Thursday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Jobless Claims (Feb. 20-26)

Federal Balance Sheet

Money Supply

Featured Earnings

NN Inc. (NASDAQ: NNBR) (Q4) EPS estimates of 35 cents, compared to 25 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Abercrombie & Fitch Company (NYSE: ANF) (Q4) EPS estimates of 75 cents, compared to $1.08 in the prior-year quarter.

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (NYSE: BUD) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.03, compared to $1.56 in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic lookahead

Gross Domestic Product (Dec.) Real GDP rose for the fifth time in six months, up 0.4% in November

Featured Earnings

Toronto-Dominion Bank (T.TD) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.27, compared to $1.18 in the prior-year quarter

Canadian Western Bank (T.CWB) (Q1) EPS estimates of 59 cents, compared to 66 cents in the prior-year quarter

Endeavour Mining Corporation (T.EDV) (Q4) EPS estimates for gain of 30 cents, compared to loss of 12 cents in the prior-year quarter. This week, the company revealed it was extending Karma mine life to +10 years as its North Kao infill drilling added 262k oz of reserves

Canadian Natural Resources Limited (T.CNQ) (Q4) EPS estimates for gain of 12 cents, compared to loss of four cents in the prior-year quarter. In mid-February, Canadian Natural Resources' Baobab and Espoir oil and gas fields in Ivory Coast ended their strike launched the week before.

George Weston Limited (T.WN) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.72, compared to $1.43 in the prior-year quarter.

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (T.SNC) (Q4) EPS estimates of 47 cents, compared to 44 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (T.AQN) (Q4) EPS estimates of 12 cents, compared to 15 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Parkland Fuel Corporation (T.PKI) (Q4) EPS estimates of 20 cents, compared to 17 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Friday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

PMI Services Index (Feb.)

ISM Non-Manufacturing Index (Feb.)


Featured Earnings

Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE: ABR) (Q4) EPS estimates of 16 cents, compared to 14 cents in the prior-year quarter.

BioScrip Inc. (BIOS) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of eight cents, compared to a low of 15 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Featured Earnings

Canadian Utilities Limited (T.CU) (Q4) EPS estimates of 50 cents, compared to 58 cents in the prior-year quarter.

ATCO Ltd. (T.ACO.X) (Q4) EPS estimates of 71 cents, compared to 92 cents in the prior-year quarter.

ShawCor Ltd. (T.SCL) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of six cents, compared to gain of 49 cents in the prior-year quarter.

TransAlta Corporation (T.TA) (Q4) EPS estimates of 15 cents, compared to one cent in the prior-year quarter.