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Monday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Purchasing Managers Manufacturing Index (Jan.)

ISM Mfg. Index (Jan.)

Construction Spending (Dec.)

Featured Earnings

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (Q4) EPS estimates for $6.65, compared to $5.50 in the prior-year quarter.

Fabrinet (NYSE: FN) (Q2) EPS estimates for 41 cents, compared to 35 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Mattel Inc (NASDAQ: MAT) (Q4) EPS estimates for 60 cents, compared to 52 cents in the prior-year quarter. Mattel announced last week a renewed relationship with Disney Consumer Products for the Cars franchise, and the upcoming Disney*Pixar film Cars 3. The agreement gives Mattel continued worldwide rights to manufacture, market and distribute toys and products based on the award-winning Cars franchise across multiple categories, including vehicles and playsets.

Canada

Tuesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Redbook (Weekly)

Motor Vehicle Sales (Jan.)

Featured Earnings

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) (Q4) EPS estimates for 73 cents, compared to $1.00 in the prior-year quarter.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) (Q4) EPS estimates for $1.84, compared to $3.84 in the prior-year quarter.

Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) (Q4) EPS estimates for 51 cents, compared to 54 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Featured Earnings

Imperial Oil Limited (T.IMO) (Q4) EPS estimates for 28 cents, compared to 76 cents in the prior-year quarter.

WestJet Airlines Ltd. (T.WJA) (Q4) EPS estimates for 64 cents, compared to 77 cents in the prior-year quarter. Last week, it announced that WestJet Encore flights arrived at their destinations on schedule more than 90% of the time in 2015 – the best among North American regional airlines – according to FlightStats.com's seventh annual global on-time performance awards.

Absolute Software Corporation (T.ABT) (Q2) EPS estimates for two cents, compared to five cents in the prior-year quarter. Last week, Absolute announced its attendance at this year's RSA® Conference at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, from February 29 to March 4.

Wednesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

EIA Petroleum Status Report (Jan. 20-27)

ADP Employment Report (Jan.)

PMI Services Index (Jan.)

ISM Non-Mfg. Index (Jan.)

Featured Earnings

Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) (Q4) EPS estimates for $1.34, compared to $1.72 in the prior-year quarter. Most recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed an $8.6-million judgment in favor of Allstate against a former Las Vegas chiropractor. Obteen Nassiri began defrauding Allstate in 2003 by exaggerating clinical findings, submitting improbable diagnoses, billing for services not rendered, providing unnecessary and excessive treatment, misrepresenting billing, making inappropriate referrals and exhibiting a general pattern of illegal and fraudulent conduct

International Paper Co (NYSE: IP) (Q4) EPS estimates for 84 cents, compared to 53 cents in the prior-year quarter. In mid-January, IP declared a quarterly dividend of $0.44 per share for the calendar year’s first quarter, on its common stock, par value $1.00. This dividend is payable on March 15, to holders of record at the close of business on February 16.

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc (NYSE: JLL) (Q4) EPS estimates for $4.85 compared to $4.30 in the prior-year quarter.



Canada

Featured Earnings

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (T.CF) (Q3) EPS estimates for five cents, compared to a loss of 19 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Suncor Energy Inc. (T.SU) (Q4) EPS estimates for seven cents, compared to 27 cents in the prior-year quarter. Late this month, Suncor announced the filing and mailing of a notice of variation and change to Suncor's offer for Canadian Oil Sands. The Amended Offer provides for, among other things, an extension of the expiration time for the offer to 4:00 p.m. (MT) on Friday, February 5

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (T.ATA) (Q3) EPS estimates for 19 cents, compared to 18 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Thursday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Weekly jobless claims (Jan. 20-27)

Factory Orders (Dec.)

Federal Balance Sheet

Money Supply

Featured Earnings

Coty (NYSE: COTY) (Q2) EPS estimates of 34 cents, compared to 45 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (NYSE: DECK) (Q3) EPS estimates of $4.86, compared to $4.50 in the prior-year quarter.

Elizabeth Arden Inc. (NASDAQ: RDEN) (Q2) EPS estimates of 60 cents, compared to 28 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Featured Earnings

MEG Energy Corp. (T.MEG) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of 54 cents, compared to a gain of four cents in the prior-year quarter.

BCE Inc. (T.BCE) (Q4) EPS estimates of 73 cents, compared to 72 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Saputo Inc. (T.SAP) (Q3) EPS estimates of 40 cents, compared to 38 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Friday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Employment Situation (Jan.)

International Trade (Dec.)

Consumer Credit (Dec.)

Featured Earnings

Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. (NYSE: EL) (Q2) EPS estimates of $1.10, compared to $1.13 in the prior-year quarter.

MSGN (NYSE: MSGN) (Q2) EPS estimates of 48 cents, compared to 78 cents in the prior-year quarter.

USG Corp. (USG) (Q4) EPS estimates of 34 cents, compared to 24 cents in the prior-year quarter.



Canada

Economic lookahead

Labour Force Survey (Jan.) Employment edged up 23,000, or 0.1%, in December and the unemployment rate was 7.1%, unchanged from the previous month.

Canadian international merchandise trade (Dec.) Imports decreased 0.7% in November and exports increased 0.4%. Import volumes declined 1.6% while prices increased 0.9%.

For exports, volumes were up 0.7% while prices declined 0.4%. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $2.5 billion in October to $2 billion in November.


Featured Earnings

Emera Incorporated (T.EMA) (Q4) EPS estimates of 59 cents, compared to 54 cents in the prior-year quarter.