Monday
U.S.
Featured Earnings
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.30, compared to $1.18 in the prior-year quarter. Apple announced this week that iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history, will arrive in 36 additional countries and territories across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa by the end of October.
Brown & Brown Inc. (NYSE: BRO) (Q3) EPS estimates of 47 cents, compared to 39 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) Q3) EPS estimates of $1.11, compared to 83 cents in the prior-year quarter. Last week, the oil giant signed long-term contracts with Petroamazonas, Ecuador’s state-run oil company, to provide field development and project management, as well as drilling and completions services
Canada
Economic lookahead
Wholesale Trade (Aug.) Following three consecutive monthly gains, wholesale sales decreased 0.3% to $52.9 billion in July.
Featured Earnings
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (T.VRX) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.99, compared to $1.43 in the prior-year quarter.
Novadaq Technologies Inc. (T.NDQ) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of seven cents, compared to loss of two cents in the prior-year quarter. Earlier this month, Novadaq announced that final results from the PILLAR™II study, Perfusion Assessment in Laparoscopic Left Anterior Resection, were published ahead of print online by the Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
ICSC-Goldman Store Sales (Weekly)
Redbook (Weekly)
Existing Home Sales (Sept.)
Featured Earnings
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) (Q3) EPS estimates of 22 cents, compared to 16 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG) (Q3) EPS estimates of 60 cents, compared to 73 cents in the prior-year quarter.
McDonalds Corp (NYSE: MCD) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.37, compared to $1.52 in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Canadian National Railway Company (T.CNR) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.05, compared to 86 cents in the prior-year quarter. This week, CN officially opened its new employee training centre in suburban Chicago, a 55,000-square-foot facility that will host up to 250 CN students from across the United States every week, with hands-on training for all key railway jobs.
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (T.CP) (Q3) EPS estimates of $2.38, compared to $1.88 in the prior-year quarter.
Celestica Inc. (T.CLS) (Q3) EPS estimates of 24 cents, compared to 22 cents in the prior-year quarter. This week, Celestica was honoured with the 2014 Supplier of the Year award from EMC
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Consumer Price Index (Sept.)
EIA Petroleum Status Report (Oct. 13-19)
Featured Earnings
AT&T (NYSE:T) (Q3) EPS estimates of 64 cents, compared to 66 cents in the prior-year quarter. AT&T confirmed this week that it will add the Nexus 6 by Motorola, to its industry-leading device portfolio. Pricing and availability will be announced at a later date.
Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) (Q3) EPS estimates of 67 cents, compared to 50 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Xerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX) (Q3) EPS estimates of 26 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter. This week, Xerox’s board declared a quarterly cash dividend of 6.25 cents per share on Xerox common stock.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Bank of Canada Rate announcement. The central bank has maintained its target for the overnight rate at 1% for several years now.
Retail trade (Aug.) Following six consecutive monthly gains, retail sales paused in July, edging down 0.1% to $42.5 billion.
Featured Earnings
Open Text Corporation (T.OTC) (Q3) EPS estimates of 85 cents, compared to 69 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Mullen Group Ltd. (T.MTL) (Q3) EPS estimates of 45 cents, compared to 56 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Weekly jobless claims (Oct. 13-19)
FHFA Housing Price Index (August)
PMI Mfg. Index (Oct.)
Leading Indicators (Sept.)
Featured Earnings
3M Co. (MMM) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.96, compared to $1.78 in the prior-year quarter.
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of 73 cents, compared to a loss of nine cents in the prior-year quarter.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.33, compared to $1.45 in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Unemployment insurance (Aug.) Those of us on the pogey in July totaled 499,300, little changed from the previous month.
Featured Earnings
Husky Energy Inc. (T.HSE) (Q3) EPS estimates of 61 cents, compared to 55 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Rogers Communications Inc. (T.RCI.B) (Q3) EPS estimates of 89 cents, compared to 97 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
New Home Sales (Sept.)
Featured Earnings
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE: BMY) (Q3) EPS estimates of 42 cents, compared to 46 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Colgate-Palmolive Co. (NYSE: CL) (Q3) EPS estimates of 75 cents, compared to 73 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) (Q3) EPS estimates of 20 cents, compared to 45 cents in the prior-year quarter
Canada
Featured Earnings
Encana Corporation (T.ECA) (Q3) EPS estimates of 57 cents, compared to 20 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Capital Power Corporation (T.CPX) (Q3) EPS estimates of 36 cents, compared to 63 cents in the prior-year quarter.
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