Monday
U.S
Economic lookahead
PMI Manufacturing Index, ISM Mfg. Index (both for November) Prior strength in new orders boosted to current conditions for ISM's non-manufacturing sample last month, where composite growth rose to 55.4 in October versus an already solid 54.4 in September.
Construction Spending (October)
Featured Earnings (Est. per share)
Krispy Kreme (NYSE: KKD) EPS forecast of $0.16/share
Canada
Featured Earnings
Biox Corp. (T.BX) EPS forecast of $0.04
Premier Gold Mines (T.PG) EPS forecast calls for a loss of $0.02
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
-Motor Vehicle Sales (November)
Featured Earnings
Bob Evans Farms (NASDAQ: BOBE) EPS forecast of $0.56
Cooper Tire & Rubber (NYSE: CTB) EPS forecast of $0.54
Canada
Featured Earnings
Evertz Technologies (T.ET) EPS forecast of $0.21
Reitmans Canada (T.RET.A) EPS forecast of $0.04
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
-ADP Employment Report (November)
International Trade (October) Last month, came news that the trade gap worsened more than expected in September, coming in at $41.8 billion versus $38.7 billion in August. Exports slipped 0.2% after no change in August. Imports jumped 1.2%in September
-New Home Sales (September)
-EIA Petroleum Status Report (Nov. 25-Dec. 1)
-Fed Beige Book
Featured Earnings
Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO) EPS forecast calls for a loss of $0.25
Brown Forman (NYSE: BF.B) EPS forecast of $0.92
Guess? Inc. (NYSE: GES) EPS forecast of $0.39
Canada
Economic lookahead
International merchandise trade (October). Statistics Canada reported last month that exports grew 1.8% in September, while imports edged up 0.2% in September. As a result, this country's trade deficit with the world narrowed from $1.1 billion in August to $435 million in September.
Featured Earnings
National Bank of Canada (T.NA) EPS forecast of $2.10
Major Drilling Group (T.MDI) EPS forecast of $0.06
Descartes Systems Group (T.DSG) EPS forecast of $0.04
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
GDP (Q3 preliminary) Early last month, advance reports showed GDP growth for the third quarter surprised on the high side but inventories played a big role. Real GDP grew 2.8% in the third quarter, following a 2.5% rise the quarter before.
-Jobless claims (Nov.24- Dec. 1)
Factory orders (October) Last month, Washington reported that factory orders for September jumped an as-expected 1.7% as aircraft orders swung higher in the month.
Featured Earnings
Conn’s Inc. (NASDAQ: CONN) EPS forecast of $0.63
Jos A. Bank (NASDAQ: JOSB) EPS forecast of $0.50
Mitel Networks (NASDAQ: MITL) EPS forecast of $0.19
Canada
Economic lookahead
Building permits (October) Last month, StatsCan posted the figure for September at $6.5 billion, up 1.7% from August. The total value of residential building permits rose in September by 3.3% to $4.1 billion, following a 4.8% decline in August.
Featured Earnings
Bank of Montreal (T.BMO) EPS forecast of $1.58
Toronto Dominion (T.TD) EPS forecast of $1.99
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (T.CM) EPS forecast of $2.15
Royal Bank of Canada (T.RY) EPS forecast of $1.38
Dollarama (T.DOL) EPS forecast of $0.88
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Non-farm payroll numbers (November). Last month, the U.S. government reported that total payroll jobs in October increased 204,000, following a revised increase of 163,000 for September, and the jobless rate in the U.S. firmed at 7.3% from 7.2%.
Consumer Sentiment (December) Last month, Consumer sentiment turned lower, to 72.0 for the early November reading versus 73.2 for the final October and versus 75.2 in the early October reading.
Featured Earnings
Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) EPS forecast calls for a loss of $0.08
Hi-Tech Pharmacal (NASDAQ: MITK) EPS forecast of $0.47
Canada
Economic lookahead
Labour Force Survey (November) Last month, the nation’s number crunchers listed the unemployment rate at 6.9% in October, after the number of new jobs came in virtually unchanged. Compared with October 2012, employment increased by 1.2% or 214,000, with gains in full-time and part-time work.
Featured Earnings
Bank of Nova Scotia (T.BNS) EPS forecast of $1.32
ADF Group Inc. (T.DRX) EPS forecast of $0.07
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