Monday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Consumer Spending (Nov.) Gallup's self-reported Consumer Spending measure is a real-time indicator of Americans' discretionary spending.
Consumer Credit (Oct.)
Featured Earnings
Casey's General Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: CASY) (Q2) EPS estimates of $1.47, compared to $1.28 in the prior-year quarter.
HealthEquity Inc (NASDAQ: HQY) (Q3) EPS estimates of seven cents, compared to five cents in the prior-year quarter.
Ocean Rig UDW Inc (NASDAQ: ORIG) (Q3) EPS estimates of 44 cents, compared to 96 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
JOLTS (Oct.) The JOLTS report is the U.S. Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. The headline number is job openings.
Redbook (Weekly)
Featured Earnings
AutoZone Inc. (NYSE: AZO) (Q1) EPS estimates of $8.21, compared to $7.27 in the prior-year quarter. The company announced organizational changes last month, with Rick Smith, Vice President Store Operations, being promoted to Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Customer Satisfaction in January.
Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.17, compared to $1.12 in the prior-year quarter.
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) (Q2) EPS estimates of 20 cents, compared to nine cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Building Permits (Oct.) Municipalities issued $7.1 billion worth of building permits in September, down 6.7% from the previous month.
Housing Starts (Nov.) The trend measure of housing starts in Canada was 206,089 units in October compared to 202,793 in September, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Featured Earnings
Transcontinental Inc. (T.TCL.A) (Q4) EPS estimates of 76 cents, compared to 87 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Merus Labs International Inc. (T.MSL) (Q4) EPS estimates for gain of one cent, compared to loss of one cent in the prior-year quarter.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Wholesale Trade (Oct.) Wholesale trade measures the dollar value of sales made and inventories held by merchant wholesalers.
EIA Petroleum Status Report (Dec. 2-8)
Featured Earnings
Ferrellgas Partners (NYSE: FGP) (Q1) EPS estimates for loss of eight cents, compared to loss of four cents in the prior-year quarter.
Men's Wearhouse Inc. (NYSE: MW) (Q3) EPS estimates of 50 cents, compared to 83 cents in the prior-year quarter. Early in November, Moores Clothing for Men, a subsidiary of The Men's Wearhouse, Inc,, and Kenneth Cole Productions have collaborated to launch the "AWEARNESS Kenneth Cole" collection, available exclusively at Moores stores across Canada.
Vera Bradley Inc. (NASDAQ: VRA) (Q3) EPS estimates of 20 cents, compared to 21 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Dollarama Inc. (T.DOL) (Q3) EPS estimates of 70 cents, compared to 55 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Empire Company Limited (T.EMP.A) (Q2) EPS estimates of 43 cents, compared to 46 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Laurentian Bank of Canada (T.LB) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.46, compared to $1.39 in the prior-year quarter.
Cortex Business Solutions Inc. (T.CBX) (Q1) EPS estimates for loss of nine cents, compared to a loss of 27 cents in the prior-year quarter.
ViXS Systems Inc. (T.VXS) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of seven cents, compared to a loss of six cents in the prior-year quarter. Last month, ViXS announced it is not aware of any undisclosed material change to the Company's business or operations, as it informed the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, on behalf of the TSX Exchange.
Thursday
U.S.
Featured Earnings
Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) (Q3) EPS estimates of 45 cents, compared to 22 cents in the prior-year quarter. Adobe revealed that between November 1 and November 24, nearly $27 billion were spent online, 8.5% more than in the same period of 2014.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) (Q1) EPS estimates of nine cents, compared to 23 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) (Q2) EPS estimates of 13 cents, compared to 12 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Economic lookahead
Import, Export Prices (Nov.) Changes in import and export prices are a valuable gauge of inflation here and abroad.
Weekly jobless claims (Dec. 2-8)
Treasury Budget (Oct.)
Federal Balance Sheet
Canada
Economic lookahead
New Housing Price Index (Oct.) The New Housing Price Index edged up 0.1% in September, following a 0.3% increase in August.
Featured Earnings
Hudson's Bay Company (T.HBC) (Q3) EPS estimates of two cents, identical to prior-year quarter. Last week, HBC’s Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH and Ivanhoé Cambridge announced an agreement to bring four new Saks OFF 5TH locations to Canada.
The North West Company Inc. (T.NWC) (Q3) EPS estimates of 43 cents, compared to 37 cents in the prior-year quarter. In mid-November, North West launched Healthy Horizons Foundation, a non-profit organization aimed at funding programs which promote the well-being of youth through education, nutrition and active lifestyles.
Dominion Diamond Corporation (T.DDC) (Q3) EPS estimates of six cents, compared to 30 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Lumenpulse Inc. (T.LMP) (Q2) EPS estimates of nine cents, compared to three cents in the prior-year quarter.
Transat A.T. Inc. (T.TRZ) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.26, compared to $1.27 in the prior-year quarter.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Producer Price Index – Final Demand (Nov.) The PPI measures prices at the producer level before they are passed along to final consumers.
Retail Sales (Nov.)
Business Inventories (Oct.) Rising inventories can be an indication of business optimism that sales will be growing in the coming months.
Consumer Sentiment (Dec.—prelim.) The University of Michigan's Consumer Survey Center questions 500 households each month on their financial conditions and attitudes about the economy. Consumer sentiment is directly related to the strength of consumer spending.
Canada
Featured Earnings
BRP Inc. (T.DOO) (Q3) EPS estimates of 49 cents, compared to 60 cents in the prior-year quarter.
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