Monday
U.S.
Featured Earnings
Crossroads Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CRDS) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of 13 cents, compared to a loss of 14 cents in prior-year quarter. Early in December, Crossroads released StrongBox VM, the company's virtual machine (VM) version of its award-winning StrongBox storage gateway. Organizations using StrongBox VM can now transform their existing resources into simple-to-use, yet powerful network-attached storage.
FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ: FCEL) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of 24 cents, identical to prior-year quarter.
VeriFone Systems (PAY) (Q4) EPS estimates of 40 cents, compared to 36 cents in prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. (T.WB) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of 13 cents, compared to a loss of 16 cents in prior-year quarter. While many areas of Canada have experienced unseasonably mild winters so far, Whistler took the bold step of opening its ski season as early as November 19. The early opening was made possible thanks to favourable early season conditions, including natural snowfall and prime temperatures for snowmaking. Blackcomb Mountain will open as scheduled on November 26.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Consumer Price Index (Nov.)
Housing Market Index (Dec.) The U.S. National Association of Home Builders produces a housing market index based on a survey in which respondents from this organization are asked to rate the general economy and housing market conditions.
Redbook (Weekly)
Featured Earnings
FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE: FDS) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.46, compared to $1.32 in prior-year quarter. Last month, FactSet declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.44 per share, to be paid out on December 15 to shareholders as of November 30.
Heico Corp. (NYSE: HEI) (Q3) EPS estimates of 53 cents, compared to 45 cents in prior-year quarter.
Hoegh LNG Partners LP (NYSE: HMLP) (Q3) EPS estimates of 28 cents, compared to 26 cents in prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Monthly Survey of Manufacturing (Oct.) Statistics Canada reported that manufacturing sales declined 1.5% to $51.1 billion in September.
CREA MLS Listing (Nov.) The Canadian Real Estate Association said national home sales rose by 1.8% from September to October. The number of newly listed homes was up 0.9% from September to October.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Housing Starts (Nov.)
EIA Petroleum Status Report (Dec. 9-15)
Industrial Production (Nov.)
PMI Manufacturing Index – Flash (Dec.)
FOMC Meeting Announcement (Likely to announce the first interest rate hike by the Fed in nearly nine years).
Featured Earnings
FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX) (Q3) EPS estimates of $2.53, compared to $2.14 in prior-year quarter.
Herman Miller Inc (NASDAQ: MLHR) (Q2) EPS estimates of 54 cents, compared to 51 cents in prior-year quarter.
Pier 1 Imports Inc (NYSE: PIR) (Q3) EPS estimates of 12 cents, compared to 20 cents in prior-year quarter. In early November, Certona, the leader in real-time omnichannel personalization for the world's largest brands and retailers, announced that it has partnered with Pier 1, to deliver a hyper-personalized omnichannel experience to Pier 1 Imports' customers.
Canada
Economic lookahead
International Transactions in Securities (Oct.) Canadian investors reduced their holdings of foreign securities by $6.2 billion in September, all non-U.S. foreign instruments. At the same time, foreign investors purchased $3.3 billion of Canadian securities, largely equities.
Thursday
Economic lookahead
Current Account (Q3 2015)
Weekly jobless claims (Dec. 9-15)
Leading Indicators (Nov.)
Featured Earnings
Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.31, compared to $1.29 in prior-year quarter.
General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS) (Q2) EPS estimates of 82 cents, compared to 80 cents in prior-year quarter.
Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) (Q3) EPS estimates of five cents, compared to 10 cents in prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Employment Insurance (Oct.) In September, 6,100 more Canadians received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits compared with August, up 1.1% to 543,800. On a year-over-year basis, the number of EI beneficiaries rose by 41,600 or 8.3%.
Featured Earnings
Enghouse Systems Limited (T.ESL) (Q4) EPS estimates of 39 cents, compared to 36 cents in the prior-year quarter. Last week, Enghouse announced through its wholly-owned subsidiary, New Acquisitions Corporation, that it has successfully completed its acquisition of U.K.-based CTI Group (Holdings) Inc.
TIO Networks Corp. (T.TNC) (Q1) EPS estimates of one cent, compared to breakeven in the prior-year quarter. TIO was recognized this fall as one of Canada's 20 hottest and most innovative public tech companies by the Canadian Innovation Exchange
BSM Technologies Inc. (T.GPS) (Q4) EPS estimates of breakeven, compared to a loss of one cent in the prior-year quarter.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
PMI Services Flash (Dec.) The Markit Services PMI Flash provides advance insight into the services sector, which gives investors a better understanding of business conditions and valuable information about the economic backdrop of various markets.
Featured Earnings
CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) (Q3) EPS estimates of 69 cents, compared to 60 cents in prior-year quarter
Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: DRI) (Q2) EPS estimates of 41 cents, compared to 28 cents in prior-year quarter.
Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.12, compared to $1.07 in prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Wholesale Trade (Oct.) Wholesale sales edged down 0.1% to $55.2 billion in September.
Consumer Price Index (Nov.) Inflation rose 1.0% in the 12 months to October, matching the increase in September. On a seasonally-adjusted monthly basis, CPI rose 0.2% in October, following a 0.2% decrease in September.
Featured Earnings
BlackBerry Limited (T.BB) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of 14 cents, compared to a gain of one cent in prior-year quarter.
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