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Monday

U.S.

Featured Earnings

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) (Q2) EPS projected for $5.73, compared to $3.62 in the prior-year quarter.

Coupa Software Incorporated (NASDAQ: COUP) (Q4) EPS projected for loss of 75 cents, compared to loss of 82 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Whole Earth Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: FREE) (Q4) EPS projected for a gain of 25 cents, compared to loss of 13 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Featured Earnings

Hardwoods Distribution Inc. (T.HDI) EPS projected for $1.56, compared to $2.09 in the prior-year quarter.

Pollard Banknote Limited (T.PBL) (Q4) EPS projected for 27 cents, compared to five cents in the prior-year quarter.

Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (T.WPRT) EPS projected for loss of 1.5 cents, compared to loss of three cents in the prior-year quarter.

Tuesday

Economic Lookahead

U.S.

Producer Price Index -- Final Demand (Feb.)

Featured Earnings

Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN) (Q1) EPS projected for $2.60, compared to $2.04 in the prior-year quarter.

Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL) (Q2) EPS projected for $1.26, compared to 99 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Smartsheet Inc. (NYSE: SMAR) (Q4) EPS projected for loss of 43 cents, compared to loss of 21 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic Lookahead

CREA Stats (Feb.) Home sales, recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems, edged up 1% between December 2021 and January 2022. Actual (not seasonally-adjusted) monthly activity came in 10.7% below the record January in 2021.

Housing Starts (Feb.) Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says housing starts was 254,133 units in January, down from 261,352 units in December.

Monthly Survey of Manufacturing (Jan.) Manufacturing sales rose 0.7% in December, mostly attributable to higher sales of plastic and rubber products, as well as motor vehicles.

Featured Earnings

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (T.ATD.B) (Q3) EPS projected for 73 cents, compared to 82 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Bonterra Energy Corp. (T.BNE) (Q4) EPS projected for 35 cents, compared to 83 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Information Services Corporation (T.ISV) (Q4) EPS projected for 45 cents, compared to 53 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Wednesday

U.S.

Economic Lookahead

Retail Sales (Feb.)

NAHB Home Builders Index (March)

FOMC announcement on Fed Funds Rate

Featured Earnings

Pinduoduo Inc. (NASDAQ: PDD) (Q4) EPS projected for gain of 20 cents, compared to loss of 17 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Exelon Corporation(NASDAQ:EXC) (Q4) EPS projected of 85 cents, compared to 76 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) (Q1) EPS projected of $2.46, compared to $2.37 in the prior-year quarter.

EPS

Economic Lookahead

Wholesale Trade (Jan.) Wholesale sales rose 0.6% in December to $76.2 billion.

Consumer Price Index (Feb.) CPI rose 5.1% on a year-over-year basis in January 2022, up from a 4.8% gain in December 2021. On a seasonally-adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.6% in January 2022.

Featured Earnings

Calfrac Well Services Ltd. (T.CFW) (Q4) EPS projected for loss of 14 cents, compared to a loss of four in the prior-year quarter.

Largo Inc. (T.LGO) (Q4) EPS projected for 18 cents, compared to 14 cents in the prior-year quarter.

STEP Energy Services Ltd. (T.STEP) (Q4) EPS projected for loss of four cents, compared to loss of five cents in the prior-year quarter.

Thursday

Economic Lookahead

U.S.

Initial Jobless Claims

Building Permits (Feb.)

Housing Starts (Feb.)

Featured Earnings

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) (Q2) EPS projected for $2.36, compared to $2.03 in the prior-year quarter.

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) (Q3) EPS projected for $4.70, compared to $3.47 in the prior-year quarter.

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) (Q4) EPS projected for $2.56, compared to $2.62 in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Featured Earnings

Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd. (T.BDGI) (Q4) EPS projected for 16 cents, compared to 36 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Chesswood Group Limited (T.CHW) (Q4) EPS projected for 33 cents, compared to 49 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Power Corporation of Canada (T.POW) (Q4) EPS projected for $1.02, compared to $1.10 in the prior-year quarter.

Friday

U.S.

Economic Lookahead

Existing home sales (Feb.)

Index of leading economic indicators (Feb.)

Featured Earnings

Embraer S.A. (NYSE: ERJ) (Q4) EPS projected for gain of nine cents, compared to a loss of seven cents in the prior-year quarter.

The ONE Group Hospitality (NASDAQ:STKS) (Q1) EPS projected for 21 cents, compared to two cents in the prior-year quarter.

Celsion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLSN) (Q4) EPS projected for loss of 90 cents, compared to a loss of 75 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic Lookahead

International Transactions in Securities (Jan.) Foreign investment in Canadian securities totalled $37.6 billion in December, the largest investment since April 2020. At the same time, Canadian investors increased their holdings of foreign securities by $21.3 billion, led by purchases of U.S. instruments.

New Housing Price Index (Feb.) In January, new home prices for Canada grew by 0.9% compared with December 2021, slightly up after the market had a brief slowdown in December.

Featured Earnings

Big Rock Brewery Inc. (T.BR) (Q4) EPS projected for loss of 12 cents, compared to a gain of four cents in the prior-year quarter.