Monday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
PMI Services Flash (January) The Markit Services PMI Flash provides advance insight into the services sector, which gives investors a better understanding of business conditions and valuable information about the economic backdrop of various markets.
Featured Earnings
Brown & Brown Inc. (NYSE: BRO) (Q4) EPS estimates of 28 cents, compared to 32 cents in the prior-year quarter. Early in January, a Brown & Brown subsidiary acquired Hall-Wright by Texas Security General Insurance Agency, a a managing general agency with annual revenues of approximately $1.6 million.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) (Q4) EPS estimates of 69 cents, compared to 78 cents in the prior-year quarter. Early this week, Microsoft’s Open Technologies subsidiary announced integration between Moodle and Microsoft Office 365, bringing a more productive experience to teachers and students.
Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN) Q4) EPS estimates of 69 cents, compared to 49 cents in the prior-year quarter. In mid-January, Texas Instruments declared a 34-cent dividend for the quarter, in line with expectations.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (T.RCH) (Q4) EPS estimates of 77 cents, compared to 64 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Durable Goods Orders (Dec.) Durable goods orders reflect the new orders placed with domestic manufacturers for immediate and future delivery of factory hard goods.
Redbook (Weekly)
S&P Case-Shiller HPI (Nov.) The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index tracks monthly changes in the value of residential real estate in 20 metropolitan regions across the U.S.
New Home Sales (Dec.)
Consumer Confidence (Jan.) The headline Consumer Confidence Index is based on consumers' perceptions of current business and employment conditions, as well as their expectations for six months hence regarding business conditions, employment, and income.
Featured Earnings
3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.80, compared to $1.62 in the prior-year quarter.
American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.50, compared to $1.51 in the prior-year quarter.
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) (Q4) EPS estimates of $2.56, compared to $2.07 in the prior-year quarter.
AT&T (NYSE: T) (Q4) EPS estimates of 56 cents, compared to 53 cents in the prior-year quarter. The telephone giant said last week in an SEC filing that it will record $10B in non-cash charges for Q4, with $7.9B related to changes in its pension and retiree benefit plans and the remaining $2.1 billion because certain copper assets are no longer needed as customer demand declines for older voice and data products.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.55, compared to $1.54 in the prior-year quarter.
Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.15, compared to $1.21 in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Canadian National Railway Company (T.CNR) (Q4) EPS estimates of 97 cents, compared to 76 cents in the prior-year quarter. The carrier was in the news this month when it hammered out a tentative deal with the Teamsters. The four-year agreement would provide wage increases and benefit improvements to about 180 employees.
Open Text Corporation (T.OTC) (Q2) EPS estimates of 98 cents, compared to 79 cents in the prior-year quarter. Earlier this month, Open Text completed its acquisition of Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: BIRT), the leader in personalized analytics and insights.
Metro Inc. (T. MRU) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.30, compared to $1.11 in the prior-year quarter.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
EIA Petroleum Status Report (Jan. 18-24)
FOMC Meeting Announcement
Featured Earnings
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) (Q4) EPS estimates of $2.07, compared to $1.88 in the prior-year quarter.
Canon Inc. ADS (NYSE: CAJ) (Q4) EPS estimates of 53 cents, compared to 44 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
CGI Group Inc. (T.GIB.A) (Q1) EPS estimates of 75 cents, compared to 65 cents in the prior-year quarter. In mid-January, CGI’s wholly-owned subsidiary CGI Federal was awarded a $2.5-billion U.S., contract for delivery of management and enterprise IT services in a single, integrated network for U.S. Navy ships.
Methanex Corporation (T.MX) (Q4) EPS estimates of 98 cents, compared to $1.72 in the prior-year quarter.
Canadian Oil Sands Limited (T.COS) (Q4) EPS estimates of 23 cents, compared to 40 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Norbord Inc. (T.NBD) (Q4) EPS estimates of three cents, compared to 17 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Weekly jobless claims (Jan. 18-24)
Pending Home Sales (Dec.) A pending sale is one in which a contract was signed, but not yet closed. It usually takes four to six weeks to close a contracted sale.
Featured Earnings
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) (Q4) EPS estimates of 23 cents, compared to 51 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) (Q2) EPS estimates of $1.11, compared to 90 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (Q4) EPS estimates of $5.86, compared to $4.96 in the prior-year quarter.
Stanley Works (NYSE: SWK) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.53, compared to $1.32 in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Rogers Communications Inc. (T.RCI.B) (Q4) EPS estimates of 65 cents, compared to 69 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (T.POT) (Q4) EPS estimates of 46 cents, compared to 31 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Royal Gold, Inc. (T.RGL) (Q2) EPS estimates of 30 cents, compared to 16 cents in the prior-year quarter. Early this month, Contango ORE completed the formation of a joint venture with Royal Gold’s Royal Alaska, to advance exploration and development on the Tetlin properties in Alaska.
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Gross Domestic Product (Q4 advance: 2014)
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
Chevron (NYSE: CVX) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.67, compared to $2.57 in the prior-year quarter.
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) (Q4) EPS estimates of 74 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.
Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) (Q1) EPS estimates of 73 cents, compared to 72 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Gross domestic Product (Nov.) Real gross domestic product grew 0.3% in October, following a 0.4% increase in September.
Featured Earnings
AGF Management Limited (T.AGF.B) (Q4) EPS estimates of 16 cents, compared to 11 cents in the prior-year quarter.
