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Monday

U.S.

Featured Earnings

CNA Financial Corp. (NYSE: CNA) (Q4) EPS estimates of 78 cents, compared to $1.24 in the prior-year quarter.

Loews Corp. (NYSE: L) (Q4) EPS estimates of 53 cents, compared to 92 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Primerica (NYSE: PRI) (Q4) EPS estimates of 85 cents, compared to 84 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Featured Earnings

Husky Energy Inc. (T.HSE) (Q4) EPS estimates of 26 cents, compared to 42 cents in the prior-year quarter. Last month, Husky experienced a fire at the Lima, Ohio refinery, in the isocracker unit. The site was soon secured and there were no injuries
Tuesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

JOLTS (Dec.) The JOLTS report is the U.S. Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. The headline number is job openings.

Wholesale Trade (Dec.)


Redbook (Weekly)

Featured Earnings

AECOM (NYSE: ACM) (Q1) EPS estimates of 61 cents, compared to 37 cents in the prior-year quarter. The world’s number-one-ranked engineering design firm announced this week that its Tishman Construction operation is serving as construction manager for Silverstein Properties’ 175 Greenwich Street project, also known as 3 World Trade Center.

Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) (Q1) EPS estimates of 42 cents, compared to 46 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) (Q4) EPS estimates of 87 cents, compared to 88 cents in the prior-year quarter. Late in January, shareholders of Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO) voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposal regarding Lorillard's combination with Reynolds American Inc.


Canada

Featured Earnings

Talisman Energy Inc. (T.TLM) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of three cents, compared to loss of 11 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Wednesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

EIA Petroleum Status Report (Feb. 9-15)

Treasury Budget (Dec.) The U.S. Treasury releases a monthly account of the surplus or deficit of the federal government.

Featured Earnings

AOL (NYSE: AOL) (Q4) EPS estimates of 55 cents, compared to 53 cents in the prior-year quarter. Last month, AOL Canada announced an extensive investment in video with the plans to launch a full-service in-house video studio.

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) (Q4) EPS estimates of 45 cents, compared to 42 cents in the prior-year quarter.

MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.38, compared to $1.37 in the prior-year quarter


Canada

Featured Earnings

Thomson Reuters Corporation (T.TRI) (Q4) EPS estimates of 47 cents, compared to 49 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Sun Life Financial Inc. (T.SLF) (Q4) EPS estimates of 78 cents, compared to 99 cents in the prior-year quarter. Late last month, Sun Life boosted its third-party business in the states by buying Ryan Labs Asset Management, a company which specializes in liability driven investing and total return fixed income strategies.

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (T.AEM) (Q4) EPS estimates of five cents, compared to 25 cents in the prior-year quarter.

ARC Resources Ltd. (T.ARX) (Q4) EPS estimates of 20 cents, compared to four cents in the prior-year quarter.


Thursday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Retail sales (Jan.) Retail sales are a major indicator of consumer spending trends because they account for nearly one-half of total consumer spending and approximately one-third of aggregate economic activity.

Weekly jobless claims (Feb. 9-15)

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

Featured Earnings

American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.08, compared to $1.15 in the prior-year quarter.

CBS (NYSE: CBS) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.08, compared to $1.15 in the prior-year quarter. The “eye” network signed a new contract with the National Football League last month, covering the rights to Thursday night football games.

Kellogg Co. (NYSE: K) (Q4) EPS estimates of 92 cents, compared to 83 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Kraft Foods Group Inc (NASDAQ: KRFT) (Q4) EPS estimates of 73 cents, compared to 45 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic lookahead

New Housing Price Index (Dec.) This index rose 0.1% in November.

Featured Earnings

Manulife Financial Corporation (T.MFC) (Q4) EPS estimates of 41 cents, compared to 35 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Great-West Lifeco Inc. (T.GWO) (Q4) EPS estimates of 65 cents, compared to 74 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Teck Resources Limited (T.TCK.B) (Q4) EPS estimates of 22 cents, compared to 40 cents in the prior-year quarter. Last month, Teck was recognized as one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations for the third con


Friday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Import, Export Prices (Jan.)

Consumer Sentiment (Feb.) The University of Michigan's Consumer Survey Center questions 500 households each month on their financial conditions and attitudes about the economy.


Featured Earnings

Calpine (NYSE: CPN) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of 11 cents, compared to a gain of one cent in the prior-year quarter.

ITT (NYSE: ITT) (Q4) EPS estimates of 57 cents, compared to 49 cents in the prior-year quarter.

J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.50, compared to $1.66 in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic lookahead

Monthly Survey of Mfg. (Dec.) Manufacturing sales declined 1.4% in November, reflecting lower sales of motor vehicles and chemicals.

Featured Earnings

IGM Financial Inc. (T.IGM) (Q4) EPS estimates of 85 cents, compared to 79 cents in the prior-year quarter.

TransCanada Corporation (T.TRP) (Q4) EPS estimates of 61 cents, compared to 58 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Goldcorp Inc. (T.G) (Q4) EPS estimates of 15 cents, compared to nine cents in the prior-year quarter.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (T.FFH) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of $3.35, compared to loss of 98 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Encana Corporation (T.ECA) (Q4) EPS estimates of 27 cents, compared to 31 cents in the prior-year quarter.