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Heavy earnings season in U.S.

Monday

U.S.

Featured Earnings

Citigroup (NYSE: C) (Q2) EPS estimate of $1.12, compared to $1.25 in the prior-year quarter

Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE: SAR) (Q1) EPS estimate of 36 cents, compared to 52 cents in the prior-year quarter


Canada

Featured Earnings

Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (T.PTM) (Q3) EPS estimate of breakeven, compared to a loss of three cents in the prior-year quarter. In June, the company announced an increase in the estimated Inferred Mineral Resource at the Waterberg Joint Venture and adjacent Waterberg Extension to 29 Million ounces of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold,

Virginia Mines Inc. (T.VGQ) (Q1) EPS estimates for a loss of three cents, compared to a loss of four cents in the prior-year quarter.

Colabor Group Inc. (T.GCL) (Q2) EPS estimates of nine cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.


Tuesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Retail Sales (June)

Import/Export Prices (June)

Business Inventories (May) Business inventories are the dollar amount of inventories held by manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers.

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales

Redbook. A weekly measure of comparable store sales at chain stores, discounters, and department stores.

Featured Earnings

Comerica Inc. (NYSE: CMA) (Q2) EPS estimate of 77 cents, compared to 76 cents in the prior-year quarter

CSX Corp. (CSX) (Q2) EPS estimate of 51 cents, compared to 52 cents in the prior-year quarter. Late in June, the Jacksonville, Fla-based CSX unveiled its Corporate Social Responsibility Report, showing continued progress in 2013 on the company's safety, environmental and community engagement initiatives.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) (Q2) EPS estimate of $3.18, compared to $3.70 in the prior-year quarter.

Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) (Q2) EPS estimate of 52 cents, compared to 39 cents in the prior-year quarter.

JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) (Q2) EPS estimate of $1.30, compared to $1.60 in the prior-year quarter. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon continues to helm the financial giant, despite being recently diagnosed with throat cancer.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) (Q2) EPS estimate of 79 cents, compared to 73 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (Q2) EPS estimate of $1.54, compared to $1.48 in the prior-year quarter.

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) (Q2) EPS estimate of 30 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.

Wednesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

EIA Petroleum Status Report (July 7-11)

Producer Price Index (June) A family of indexes that measure the average change over time in the prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.

Industrial Production (June) The Federal Reserve's monthly index of industrial production and the related capacity indexes and capacity utilization rates cover manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities.

Housing Market Index (July) The 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.


Featured Earnings

Adtran Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) (Q2) EPS estimate of 25 cents, compared to 18 cents in the prior-year quarter

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) (Q2) EPS estimate of 51 cents, compared to 46 cents in the prior-year quarter

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) (Q2) EPS estimate of 30 cents, compared to 32 cents in the prior-year quarter

eBay Inc. (EBAY) (Q2) EPS estimate of 58 cents, compared to 54 cents in the prior-year quarter

SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) (Q2) EPS estimate of $1.28, compared to $1.14 in the prior-year quarter. In June, SanDisk announced the availability of ZetaScale software which optimizes applications to use flash technology

Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW) (Q2) EPS estimate of 22 cents, compared to 18 cents in the prior-year quarter

Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) (Q2) EPS estimate of 73 cents, compared to 56 cents in the prior-year quarter

Canada

Economic lookahead

Bank of Canada rate announcement. Last month, the central bank maintained its target for the overnight rate at 1%.

Monthly Survey of Manufacturing (May) Manufacturing sales edged down 0.1% in April to $50.9 billion, the first decrease in four months.

CREA Stats (June) The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), said national home sales activity posted a sizable month-over-month increase in May 2014. National home sales rose 5.9% from April to May.

Featured Earnings

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (T.WFT) (Q2) EPS estimate of $1.03, compared to $1.25 in the prior-year quarter. In June, the company joined with Minnesota-based Biogenic Reagents, a leading producer of high-value biocarbon products from renewable biomass, to develop renewable biocarbon products.

Thursday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Weekly jobless claims (July 7-11)

Housing Starts (June)

Featured Earnings

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) (Q2) EPS estimate of two cents, compared to a loss of nine cents in the prior-year quarter

Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) (Q2) EPS estimate of 89 cents, compared to 61 cents in the prior-year quarter

CEPHEID (NASDAQ: CPHD) (Q2) EPS estimate for a loss of 13 cents, compared to a loss of eight cents in the prior-year quarter

Home BancShares Inc. (NASDAQ: HOMB) (Q2) EPS estimate of 44 cents, compared to 31 cents in the prior-year quarter

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) (Q2) EPS estimate of 57 cents, compared to 45 cents in the prior-year quarter

Canada

Economic lookahead

International Transactions in Securities (May) Foreign investment in Canadian securities resumed in April as non-residents added $10.1 billion to their holdings, marking the highest such acquisition in a year. Meanwhile, Canadian investment in foreign securities slowed to $2.5 billion.

Featured Earnings

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (T.CP) (Q2) EPS estimate of $2.15, compared to $1.43 in the prior-year quarter.

Friday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Consumer Sentiment (July) Consumer sentiment is directly related to the strength of consumer spending.

Leading Indicators (June) A composite index of 10 economic indicators that should lead overall economic activity.


Featured Earnings

Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE: BK) (Q2) EPS estimate of 56 cents, compared to 62 cents in the prior-year quarter.

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) (Q2) EPS estimate of 39 cents, compared to 35 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) (Q2) EPS estimate of $1.35, compared to $1.28 in the prior-year quarter.

Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI) (Q3) EPS estimate of 82 cents, compared to 78 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Knoll (NYSE: KNL) (Q2) EPS estimate of 22 cents, compared to 17 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic lookahead

Wholesale Sales (May) Wholesale sales rose 1.2% to $51.2 billion in April following a decline in March.

Consumer Price Index (June) Consumer prices rose 2.3% in the 12 months to May, following a 2.0% increase in April.

Featured Earnings

Prism Medical Ltd. (T.PM) (Q2) EPS estimate of 12 cents, compared to 15 cents in the prior-year quarter. Prism Medical is one of the largest providers and manufacturers of durable medical equipment and related services to the mobility challenged in North America with more than 110,000 installations and 200,000 product solutions sold.