Monday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
PMI Manufacturing Index (Jan.)
ISM Manufacturing Index (Jan.)
Construction Spending (Dec.)
Featured Earnings
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $2.85
Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) (Dec.) EPS estimate of 80 cents. The conglomerate has such companies as Pepsi, KFC and Pizza Hut under its umbrella, and last month, Pizza Hut announced new “concept stores” – selling pizza by the slice in Nebraska and Rhode Island.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Industrial product and raw materials price indexes (both for Dec.) The IPP Index edged up 0.1% in November, mainly because of higher prices for motorized and recreational vehicles. Meantime, the Raw Materials Price Index fell 4.1%, led by crude energy products.
Featured Earnings
Suncor Energy (T.SU) (Q4 2013) EPS estimate of 82 cents, in contrast with 65 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canadian Oil Sands (T.COS) (Q4 2013) EPS estimate of 49 cents, in contrast with 46 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Tuesday
U.S.
Factory Orders (Dec.)
Featured Earnings
AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) (Dec.and Q4 2013) December EPS estimate of $1.40. The corporation known for its ads with the cute duck, announced a line of new whole life and term life products last week.
Centene Products (NYSE: CNC) (Dec.) EPS estimate of 82 cents.
International Paper (NYSE: IP) (Dec.) EPS estimate of 87 cents
Michael Kors Holdings (NYSE: KORS) (Dec.) EPS estimate of 87 cents
Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ: SIRI) (Dec.) EPS estimate of two cents
Canada
Featured Earnings
Bell Aliant Inc. (T.BA) (Q4 and full-year 2013) Q4 EPS estimates of 35 cents, compared to 37 in the prior-year quarter, on Q4 revenues of $691 million.
Domtar Corporation (T.UFS) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.42 compared with $1.31 in the prior-year quarter, based on revenues of $1.3 billion.
Genworth MI Canada Inc. (T.MIC) (Q4) EPS estimates of 89 cents, compared with 90 cents in the prior-year quarter. Genworth recently held its Meaning of Home Contest, which received a record number of entries, raising over $120,000 for Habitat for Humanity Canada
WestJet Airlines Ltd. (T.WJA) (Q4) EPS estimates of 52 cents, compared with 46 cents in the prior-year quarter, on revenues of $929 million.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
EIA Petroleum Report (Jan. 27-31)
ADP Employment Report (Jan.)
ISM Non-Manufacturing Index (Jan.)
Featured Earnings
Coca Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE) (Dec.) EPS estimate of 52 cents.
Elizabeth Arden (NASDAQ: RDEN) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $1.47. The cosmetics giant announced last week that it priced its previously announced private offering of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2021.
Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) (Dec.) EPS estimate of 75 cents. Marathon last week declared a dividend of 19 cents per share on Marathon Oil Corporation common stock, payable March 10 to stockholders or record on February 19.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Building Permits (Dec.) Statistics Canada reported that contractors took out $6.8 billion worth of building permits in November, down 6.7% from October.
Featured Earnings
Intact Financial Corporation (T.IFC) (Q4 and full-year 2013) Q4 EPS estimate of $1.33, in comparison with $1.42 in the prior-year quarter on revenues of $1.8 billion
ARC Resources Ltd. (T.ARX) (Q4) EPS estimate of 21 cents, in comparison with 27 cents in the prior-year quarter on revenues of $395 million
TMX Group Limited (T.X) Q4) EPS estimate of 84 cents, in comparison with 79 cents in the prior-year quarter on revenues of $173 million.
ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (T.ATA) (Q3) EPS estimate of 14 cents, in comparison with 12 cents in the prior-year quarter on revenues of $172.5 million.
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (T.CF) (Q4) EPS estimate of 15 cents, in comparison with 17 cents in the prior-year quarter on revenues of $208 million. The company announced last week that it purchased 112,400 of its common shares through the facilities of the TSX and alternative trading systems pursuant to the normal course issuer bid (NCIB)/buy-back programme announced
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Weekly Jobless Claims (Jan. 27-31)
International Trade (Dec.)
Featured Earnings
Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) (Dec.) EPS estimates of $1.37
Bally Technological (NYSE: BYI) (Dec.) EPS estimates of 97 cents
General Motors (NYSE: GM) (Dec.) EPS estimates of 88 cents
Canada
Economic lookahead
Canadian International Merchandise Trade (Dec.) Canada's trade deficit with the world went from $908 million in October to $940 million in November, what with imports growing and exports flat.
Featured Earnings
BCE Inc. (T.BCE) (Q4) EPS estimate of 70 cents, in comparison with 65 cents in the prior-year quarter on revenues of $5.4 billion. The company also announced a record-smashing numbers of messages last week on its Let’s Talk Day, to address mental health concerns across the nation.
Saputo Inc. (T.SAP) (Q3) EPS estimate of 75 cents, in comparison with 65 cents in the prior-year quarter on revenues of $2.3 billion. Last week, the cheese giant boosted its interest in Australian cheese maker Warrnambool to about 75%.
Fortis Inc. (T.FTS) (Q4) EPS estimate of 47 cents, in comparison with 45 cents in the prior-year quarter on revenues of $1.3 billion.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Employment situation (Jan.)
Featured Earnings
NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) (Dec.) EPS estimate at 80 cents
Canada
Economic lookahead
Labour Force Survey (Jan.) In December, employment fell by 46,000, the result of declines in full-time work. The jobless rate rose 0.3 percentage points to 7.2%
Featured earnings
Cameco Corporation (T.CCO) (Q4) EPS estimate of 54 cents, in comparison with 60 cents in the prior-year quarter on revenues of $938 million.
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