Monday

U.S.

Featured Earnings

AZZ Inc. (NYSE: AZZ) (Q3) EPS projected at 58 cents, compared to 84 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) (Q1) EPS projected at 56 cents, compared to 73 cents in the prior-year quarter.

SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX) (Q4) EPS projected at $3.83, compared to $4.26 in the prior-year quarter.

Tuesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

NFIB small-business index (Dec.)

Job openings (Nov.)

Featured Earnings

Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBCP) (Q4) EPS projected at five cents, compared to breakeven in the prior-year quarter.

KB Home (NYSE: KBH) (Q4) EPS projected at 87 cents, compared to $1.31 in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Featured Earnings

Corus Entertainment Inc. (T.CJR.B) (Q1) EPS projected at 29 cents, compared to 16 cents in the prior-year quarter.

EXFO Inc. (T.EXF) (Q1) EPS projected at four cents, compared to one cent in the prior-year quarter.

Organigram Holdings Inc. (T.OGI) (Q1) EPS projected for a loss of 3.6 cents, compared to a loss of 20 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Wednesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Consumer price index (Dec.)

Federal budget (Dec.)

Beige Book

Featured Earnings

IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO) (Q4) EPS projected at 57 cents, compared to 59 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Infosys Limited (NYSE:INFY) (Q3) EPS projected at 15 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Featured Earnings

Aritzia Inc. (T.ATZ) EPS projected of 22.7 cents, compared to one cent in the prior-year quarter.

Goodfood Market Corp. (T.FOOD) (Q1) EPS projected for a loss of 1.2 cents, compared to a gain of three cents in the prior-year quarter.

Shaw Communications Inc. (T.SJR.B) (Q1) EPS projected of 31.5 cents, compared to a 34 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Thursday

U.S.

Economic Lookahead

Initial Jobless Claims (Jan.14)

Import price index (Dec.)

Featured Earnings

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) (Q4) EPS projected at $8.61, compared to $8.34 in the prior-year quarter.

First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) (Q4) EPS projected at $1.52, compared to $1.39 in the prior-year quarter.

Progress Software (NASDAQ: PRGS) (Q4) EPS projected at 67 cents, compared to 69 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) (Q4) EPS projected at 92 cents, compared to 73 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Featured Earnings

Aphria Inc. (T.APHA) (Q2) EPS projected for loss of three cents, compared to loss of two cents in the prior-year quarter.

Cogeco Inc. (TSX: CGO) (Q1) EPS projected of $2.09, compared to $1.92 in the prior-year quarter.

Score Media and Gaming Inc. (T.SCR) (Q1) EPS projected for loss of one cent, compared to a loss of four cents in the prior-year quarter.

Uranium Participation Corporation (T.U) (Q3) EPS projected for gain of 85 cents, compared to a loss of 84 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Friday

Economic lookahead

Retail Sales (Dec.)

Producer Price Index (Dec.)

Industrial Production (Dec.)

Consumer Sentiment Index (Jan.)

Business Inventories (Nov.)

Featured Earnings

Citigroup (NYSE:C) (Q4) EPS projected at $1.27, compared to $1.90 in the prior-year quarter.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) (Q4) EPS projected at $2.45, compared to $2.57 in the prior-year quarter.

PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) (Q4) EPS projected at $2.59, compared to $2.97 in the prior-year quarter.

Wells Fargo (NYSE;WFC) (Q3) EPS projected at 60 cents, compared to 93 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic lookahead

Housing Starts (Dec.) Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reported the trend in housing starts was 231,491 units in November, up from 222,989 units in October. This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts.

Canada's International Transactions in Securities (Nov.) Non-residents added $6.9 billion of Canadian securities to their portfolios in October, with the bulk of the investment in government bonds. Meanwhile, Canadian investors acquired $8.0 billion of foreign securities, largely foreign government bonds.

CREAstats - MLS Sales (Dec.) Home sales recorded over Canadian MLS Systems edged back by 1.6% between October and November. Small declines in October and November notwithstanding, monthly activity is still running well above most of history.

Featured Earnings

Cogeco Communications Inc. (T.CCA) (Q1) EPS projected of $1.92, compared to $1.88 in the prior-year quarter.

Corvus Gold Inc. (T.KOR) EPS projected for loss of five cents, compared to a loss of four cents in the prior-year quarter.