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Monday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

PMI Manufacturing Index (Oct.)

ISM Mfg. Index (Oct.)

Construction Spending (Sept.)

Featured Earnings

Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. (NYSE: EL) (Q1) EPS estimates of 69 cents, compared to 80 cents in the prior-year quarter. Last week, the company signed an agreement to purchase an interest in Have & Be Co. Ltd., the South Korean company behind skin care brands Dr. Jart+ and Do The Right Thing.

Loews Corp. (NYSE: L) (Q3) EPS estimates of 60 cents, compared to 63 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Sysco Corp. (NYSE: SYY) (Q1) EPS estimates of 52 cents, identical to prior-year quarter.


Tuesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Redbook (Weekly)

Factory Orders (Sept.)


Featured Earnings

1-800 FLOWERS.COM Inc. (NASDAQ: FLWS) (Q1) EPS estimates for loss of 25 cents, compared to loss of six cents in the prior-year quarter.

Kellogg Co (NYSE: K) (Q3) EPS estimates of 83 cents, compared to 94 cents in the prior-year quarter. Last week, Kellogg announced its plans to build on its commitment to animal welfare by sourcing only cage-free eggs for its foods and eliminating gestation stalls from its pork supply chain by the end of 2025.

Office Depot Inc. (NASDAQ: ODP) (Q3) EPS estimates of 83 cents, compared to 94 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Featured Earnings

TransCanada Corporation (T.TRP) (Q3) EPS estimates of 60 cents, compared to 63 cents in the prior-year quarter. In the last week of October, the company announced that its Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project has signed a project agreement with the Blueberry River First Nations, a Treaty 8 First Nation.

Silver Wheaton Corp. (T.SLW) (Q3) EPS estimates of 13 cents, compared to one cent in the prior-year quarter.


Wednesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

ADP Employment Report (Oct.)

EIA Petroleum Status Report (Oct. 29-Nov. 3)

International Trade (Sept.)

PMI Services Index (Oct.)

ISM Non-Mfg. Index (Oct.)


Featured Earnings

Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: CNAT) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of 37 cents, compared to loss of 42 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Michael Kors Holdings (KORS) (Q1) EPS estimates of 89 cents, compared to $1.00 in the prior-year quarter.

Rosetta Stone (NYSE: RST) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of 61 cents, compared to loss of 76 cents in the prior-year quarter.



Canada

Economic lookahead

Canadian international merchandise trade (Sept.) Canada's exports declined 3.6% in August while imports edged up 0.2%. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world widened from $817 million in July to $2.5 billion in August.

Featured Earnings

Keyera Corp. (T.KEY) (Q3) EPS estimates of 44 cents, compared to 49 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Sun Life Financial Inc. (T.SLF) (Q3) EPS estimates of 88 cents, compared to 84 cents in the prior-year quarter. In mid-October, Sun Life’s U.S. arm launched the Stop-Loss Benchmark nationwide. The Stop-Loss Benchmark leverages extensive data to provide employers with customized demographic and financial information that can help them make decisions about self-insurance and stop-loss coverage options.

Intact Financial Corporation (T.IFC) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.63, compared to $1.37 in the prior-year quarter.



Thursday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Productivity and Costs (Q3)

Weekly jobless claims (Oct. 29-Nov.4)


Featured Earnings

Blue Nile Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE) (Q3) EPS estimates of 16 cents, compared to 14 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Coty (NYSE: COTY) (Q1) EPS estimates of 30 cents, compared to 28 cents in the prior-year quarter. Last week, Coty purchased Beamly, a cutting-edge digital marketing firm based in New York and London.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company (NASDAQ: HMHC) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.09, compared to 90 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Featured Earnings

Pembina Pipeline Corporation (T.PPL) (Q3) EPS estimates of 29 cents, compared to 20 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Royal Gold Inc (T.RGL) (Q1) EPS estimates of 34 cents, compared to 29 cents in the prior-year quarter.

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (T.SNC) (Q3) EPS estimates of 53 cents, compared to 45 cents in the prior-year quarter. Early in October, the company reached a settlement with the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) regarding allegations of sanctionable practices by SNC-Lavalin International Inc., a subsidiary of the company, in connection with certain AfDB-financed contracts in Mozambique and Uganda.

Agrium Inc. (T.AGU) (Q3) EPS estimates of 66 cents, compared to 20 cents in the prior-year quarter.

BCE Inc. (T.BCE) (Q3) EPS estimates of 85 cents, compared to 83 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Enbridge Inc. (T.ENB) (Q3) EPS estimates of 49 cents, compared to 41 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Great-West Lifeco Inc. (T.GWO) (Q3) EPS estimates of 68 cents, compared to 70 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Saputo Inc. (T.SAP) (Q2) EPS estimates of 37 cents, compared to 39 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Friday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Employment Situation (Oct.)

Consumer Credit (Sept.)

Featured Earnings

ArcelorMittal (NASDAQ: MT) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of two cents, compared to gain of one cent in the prior-year quarter.

Cigna Corp (NYSE: CI) (Q3) EPS estimates of $2.17, compared to $1.95 in the prior-year quarter.

PharMerica (PMC) (Q3) EPS estimates of 29 cents, compared to 42 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Economic lookahead

Labour Force Survey (Oct.) Employment was little changed in September, gaining but 0.1%. The unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 7.1% as more people participated in the labour market.

Building permits (Sept.) The total value of building permits decreased 3.7% to $7.5 billion in August, following increases of 15.5% in June and 0.7% in July.

Featured Earnings

Fortis Inc. (T.FTS) (Q3) EPS estimates of 46 cents, compared to six cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canadian Natural Resources Limited (T.CNQ) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of nine cents, compared to gain of 89 cents in the prior-year quarter.