Monday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Housing Market Index (Aug.)
Featured Earnings
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) (Q3) EPS estimates of 41 cents, compared to 78 cents in prior-year quarter. Agilent recently introduced a new product to help food-safety labs more accurately test high-fat samples. The new product, Agilent Bond Elut Enhanced Matrix Removal-Lipid, uses an innovative sorbent technology that gives food-safety labs a better way to address what has been one of their most challenging tasks.
Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. (NYSE: EL) (Q4) EPS estimates of 34 cents, compared to 45 cents in prior-year quarter.
Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) (Q3) EPS estimates of 49 cents, identical to prior-year quarter. The company is under investigation by a law firm, over allegations of false and misleading public statements made by the Company’s senior officers and directors regarding the Company's financial performance and future prospects.
Canada
Economic lookahead
International Transactions in Securities (June) Foreign investors reduced their holdings of Canadian securities by $5.4 billion in May. Meanwhile, Canadian investors added $5.6 billion of foreign securities to their portfolios, mainly corporate securities.
CREA Stats (July) The Canadian Real Estate Association said sales activity was down 0.8% last month from May. CREA also said actual sales for June, not seasonally adjusted, surged 11% from June 2014.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Housing Starts (July)
Redbook (Weekly)
Featured Earnings
Dicks Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS) (Q2) EPS estimates of 75 cents, compared to 67 cents in prior-year quarter.
Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) (Q2) EPS estimates of $1.70, compared to $1.52 in prior-year quarter.
La-Z-Boy Inc. (LZB) (Q1) EPS estimates of 21 cents, compared to 20 cents in prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Input Capital Corp. (T.INP) (Q1) EPS estimates of breakeven, compared to loss of two cents in prior-year quarter.
Grenville Strategic Royalty Corp. (T.GRC) (Q2) EPS estimates for gain of one cent, compared to loss of one cent in prior-year quarter.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Consumer Price Index (July)
EIA Petroleum Status Report (Aug.11-17)
FOMC Minutes
Featured Earnings
Hormel Foods Corp. (NYSE: HRL) (Q3) EPS estimates of 55 cents, compared to 51 cents in prior-year quarter.
Lowes Cos. (NYSE: LOW) (Q2) EPS estimates of $1.24, compared to $1.20 in prior-year quarter.
Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.11, compared to 78 cents in prior-year quarter. Target, an early adopter of beacon technology, announced in early August it will test beacons at 50 stores in the U.S
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Weekly jobless claims (Aug. 11-17)
Existing Home Sales (July)
Leading Indicators (July)
Federal Balance Sheet
Featured Earnings
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) (Q3) EPS estimates of 64 cents, compared to 70 cents in prior-year quarter.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) (Q3) EPS estimates of 64 cents, compared to 70 cents in prior-year quarter.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) (Q2) EPS estimates of five cents, compared to 29 cents in prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Employment Insurance (June) There were 527,100 people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits in May, edging up 0.9% or 4,800 from April.
Wholesale Trade (June) Wholesale sales decreased 1.0% to $54.5 billion in May, following two consecutive increases. Lower sales in four subsectors, which together represented 65% of wholesale sales, accounted for the decline. Excluding the motor vehicle and parts subsector, wholesale sales declined 0.6%.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
PMI Manufacturing Index – Flash (August)
Featured Earnings
Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) (Q2) EPS estimates of $1.43, compared to $2.33 in prior-year quarter.
Foot Locker Inc. (FL) (Q2) EPS estimates of 69 cents, compared to 64 cents in prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Consumer Price Index (July) Inflation rose 1.0% in the 12 months to June, after increasing 0.9% in May. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% in June, matching the increase in May.
Retail Sales (June) Retail sales rose 1.0% to $43.0 billion in May.
