Monday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
New Home Sales (December)
Featured Earnings
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $14.02.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $1.29. Caterpillar official Stu Levenick urged Congress last week to develop federal surface transportation reauthorization legislation to boost U.S. infrastructure, thus enabling companies like Caterpillar to compete globally.
U.S. Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) (Dec.) EPS estimates are for a loss of 24 cents.
Canada
Featured Earnings
AGF Management Ltd. (T.AGF.B) (Q4 and full-year 2013) EPS estimate for the quarter of 13 cents. The “AGF Tiger” roared ahead last year, reporting total fee-earning assets under management of $35.5 billion, or a 3.2% increase from November 30, 2013.
Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (T.RCH) (Q4 2013) EPS estimate of 64 cents. In December, Richelieu announced a bid to purchase up to a million of its common shares, or 5% of its 20,046,061 outstanding common shares.
Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. (T.WB) (Q1 2013) EPS estimates call for a loss of five cents, based on revenues of $51.6 million.
Tuesday
U.S.
Durable Goods Orders (Dec.)
Consumer Confidence (Jan.)
Featured Earnings
American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) (December) EPS estimate of 68 cents. Last week, American Airlines and US Airways began to offer their customers improved access to the combined company's global network through the first phase of a codeshare, enabling customers to book flights on both airlines' networks through the codeshare.
Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) (December) EPS estimate of 68 cents.
DuPont (NYSE: DD) (December) EPS estimate of 54 cents.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Methanex Corporation (T.MX) (Q4 2013-14) EPS estimate of $1.53. In December, Methanex completed its sale of an approximate 10% equity share in its Egyptian arm to Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) for $110 million.
Metro Inc. (T.MRU) (Q4 2013-14) EPS estimate of $1.15.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
EIA Petroleum Status Report (Jan. 21-24)
FOMC Meeting Announcement (2 p.m. ET)
Featured Earnings
Boeing (NYSE: BA) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $1.55
Chrysler Group (Dec.) No EPS estimate was available and the company’s listing on the NYSE is pending.
Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $0.43. The Connecticut-based Dow announced in mid-January a partnership with KODA Distribution Group (KDG) to form an alliance in the U.S. for the supply of Isocyanates and Polyols to the Polyurethane market.
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $0.20.
JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $0.11
Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $0.99
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $1.09.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Canadian Pacific Railways (T.CP) (Q4 2013) EPS estimate of $1.94.
Exco Technologies Limited (T.XTC) (Q1 2013-14) EPS estimate of $0.16
Potash Corporation (T.POT) (Q4 2013) EPS estimate of $0.31. Late last year, the company announced cuts to its workforce in Canada, the United States andTrinidad by approximately 18%.
Canadian Pacific Railways (T.CP) (Q4 2013) EPS estimate of $1.94.
CGI Group Inc. (T.GIB.A) (Q1 2013-4) EPS estimate of $0.71. CGI found out early this month it has been chosen to deliver business critical IT services to the Swedish Health and Social Care Inspectorate, a new government authority established last June to monitor health and medical care
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
GDP (Q4 2013: Advance)
Pending Home Sales (Dec.)
Jobless claims (Jan. 21-24)
Featured Earnings
3M (NYSE: MMM) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $1.61.
Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $0.71
Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $1.35
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $0.74.
Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $1.95.
JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $0.09
Canada
Featured Earnings
Imperial Oil (T.IMO) (Q4) EPS estimate of $0.89.
Canadian Oil Sands Limited (T.COS) (Q4 2013) EPS estimate of $0.49
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Personal Income and Outlays (Dec.)
Featured Earnings
Chevron (NYSE: CVX) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $2.90
Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) (Dec.) EPS estimate of $0.65
Canada
Economic lookahead
GDP (November) Real gross domestic product rose 0.3% in October, up for a fourth consecutive month.
Featured earnings
Birchcliff Energy Ltd. (T.BIR) (Q4 2013) EPS estimates of $0.07. Birchcliff Energy announced record production volumes and updates during 2013, with estimated daily production during the last two weeks of December exceeding 30,000 barrels of oil equivalent.
