Monday
U.S.
Featured Earnings
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) (Q4) EPS estimates at 25 cents, compared to four cents in the prior-year quarter.
Limoneira Co. (NASDAQ: LMNR) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of seven cents, compared to a gain of eight cents in the prior-year quarter. Limoneira, a leading agribusiness with prime agricultural land and operations, real estate and water rights in California and Arizona, announced that two of its senior officials will be presenting at the 17th Annual ICR XChange Conference this upcoming week in Orlando, Florida.
SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE:SNX) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.70, compared to $1.25 in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Shaw Communications Inc. (T.SJR.B) (Q1) EPS estimates at 53 cents, compared to 51 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Corus Entertainment Inc. (T.CJR.B) (Q1) EPS estimates at 64 cents, compared to 65 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Performance Sports Group Ltd. (T.PSG) (Q2) EPS estimates at 20 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.
Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc. (T.XSR) (Q1) EPS estimates at four cents, compared to three cents in the prior-year quarter.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
ICSC-Goldman Store Sales (Weekly)
Redbook (Weekly)
JOLTS (Nov.) The JOLTS report is the U.S. Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. The headline number is job openings.
Featured Earnings
CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) (Q4) EPS estimates at 48 cents, compared to 40 cents in the prior-year quarter.
DragonWave Inc (DRWI) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of six cents, compared to a loss of 17 cents in the prior-year quarter.
IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) (Q4) EPS estimates at 99 cents, compared to $1.02 in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Cogeco Cable Inc. (T.CCA) (Q1) EPS estimates at $1.12, compared to $1.05 in the prior-year quarter.
Cogeco Inc. (T.CGO) (Q1) EPS estimates at $1.72, compared to $1.37 in the prior-year quarter.
DragonWave Inc. (T.DWI) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of five cents, compared to loss of 20 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Retail Sales (Dec.)
Import, Export Prices (Dec.)
Business Inventories (Nov.)
EIA Petroleum Status Report (Jan. 5-11)
Beige Book, produced roughly two weeks before the monetary policy meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee.
Featured Earnings
JP Morgan Chase (JPM) (Q4) EPS estimates at $1.37, compared to $1.40 in the prior-year quarter. According to some experts, Morgan took significant de-risking activity in 2014 to reduce its risk profile while growing its asset management business.
Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE: SAR)) (Q3) EPS estimates at 42 cents, compared to 60 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) (Q4) EPS estimates at $1.02, compared to $1.00 in the prior-year quarter. Experts say an improving economy and easing of the regulatory burden will be keys for a big move higher in the big banks this year. Those experts foresee double-digit percentage gains for a number of the big banks, most notably Wells Fargo
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Producer Price Index—Final Demand (Dec.) PPIs measure price change from the perspective of the seller.
Weekly jobless claims (Jan. 5-11)
Featured Earnings
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) (Q4) EPS estimates at 33 cents, compared to 29 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) (Q3) EPS estimates at 14 cents, compared to 76 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) (Q4) EPS estimates at 66 cents, compared to 51 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) (Q4) EPS estimates at 97 cents, compared to 73 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Sandvine Corporation (T.SVC) (Q4) EPS estimates at four cents, identical to prior-year quarter. In December, Sandvine received an expansion order for more than $5 million for its Policy Traffic Switch 32000 hardware from a tier-1 North American cable operator.
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. (T.NTB) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of nine cents, compared to a loss of 14 cents in the prior-year quarter. The Laval, Quebec-based Neptune is a life sciences company whose primary operations of the company include the research and development of value added natural products and the manufacturing of Neptune Krill Oil.
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Consumer Price Index (Dec.)
Industrial Production (Dec.) 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.
Consumer Sentiment (Jan.) The University of Michigan's Consumer Survey Center questions 500 households each month on their financial conditions and attitudes about the economy.
Featured Earnings
Comerica (NYSE: CMA) (Q4) EPS estimates of 77 cents, compared to 62 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) (Q4) EPS estimates of $4.72, compared to $4.60 in the prior-year quarter.
SunTrust Banks Inc. (NYSE: STI) (Q4) EPS estimates of 81 cents, compared to 77 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Virginia Mines Inc. (T.VGQ) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of three cents, compared to a loss of one cent in the prior-year quarter. A vote is to be held among Virginia shareholders on Monday, Jan. 12 for a business combination with Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd., a combination a number of experts are advising Virginia shareholders accept.
