Glenn Wilkins - Friday, January 19, 2018 Cdn. Inflation Due Next Friday Monday U.S. Featured Earnings Brown & Brown Inc. (NYSE: BRO) (Q4) EPS estimates of 42 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter. First Defiance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: FDEF) (Q4) EPS estimates of 89 cents, compared to 81 cents in the prior-year quarter. Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) (Q4) EPS estimates of 46 cents, compared to four cents in the prior-year quarter. Canada Economic lookahead Wholesale Trade (Nov.) Wholesale sales increased 1.5% to $63.0 billion in October, more than offsetting the 1.1% decline in September.Tuesday U.S. Economic lookahead Redbook (Weekly) Featured Earnings Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.85, compared to $1.45 in the prior-year quarter. Chemical Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: CHFC) (Q4) EPS estimates of 82 cents, compared to 70 cents in the prior-year quarter.F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB) (Q4) EPS estimates of 24 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.Canada Featured Earnings Canadian National Railway Company (T.CNR) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.24, compared to $1.23 in the prior-year quarter. AGF Management Limited (T.AGF.B) (Q4) EPS estimates of 14 cents, compared to 13 cents in the prior-year quarter. Wednesday U.S. Economic lookahead EIA Petroleum Status Report (Jan. 17-23) FHFA House Price Index (Nov.) Purchasing Managers Index Composite Flash (Jan.) Existing Home Sales (Dec.) Featured Earnings Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) (Q4) EPS estimates of 47 cents, compared to 44 cents in the prior-year quarter.Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.53, compared to $1.40 in the prior-year quarter.Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.56, compared to $1.42 in the prior-year quarter.Thursday U.S. Economic lookahead International Trade in Goods (Dec.) Retail Inventories (Advance) (Dec.) Wholesale Inventories (Advance) (Dec.) New Home Sales (Dec.) Leading Indicators (Dec.)Jobless Claims (Jan. 17-23) Balance SheetMoney Supply Featured Earnings 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) (Q4) EPS estimates of $2.02, compared to $1.85 in the prior-year quarter. American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) (Q4) EPS estimates of 83 cents, compared to 92 cents in the prior-year quarter. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.73, compared to 83 cents in the prior-year quarter. Canada Economic lookahead Retail Sales (Nov.) Retail sales rose 1.5% to $49.9 billion in October. Higher sales at new car dealers were the main contributor to the gain.Average Weekly Earnings (Nov.) Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $983 in October, virtually unchanged from the previous month.Featured Earnings Rogers Communications Inc. (T.RCI.B) (Q4) EPS estimates of 85 cents, compared to 74 cents in the prior-year quarter. NovaGold Resources Inc. (T.NG) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of three cents, identical to the prior-year quarter. Friday U.S. Economic lookahead Durable Goods Orders (Dec.) Gross Domestic Product (Q4) Featured Earnings Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) (Q4) EPS estimates of 75 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter. Lear Corporation (NYSE: LEA) (Q4) EPS estimates of $4.25, compared to $3.80 in the prior-year quarter. Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.84, compared to $1.74 in the prior-year quarter. Canada Economic lookaheadConsumer Price Index (Dec.) CPI rose 2.1% on a year-over-year basis in November, following a 1.4% increase in October. On a seasonally-adjusted monthly basis, inflation was up 0.5% in November.
