UPCOMING WEEK

 
 Who knows what normal is?

Talk on the Street about Federal Reserve's two-day meeting next week when it's expected the Quantitative Easing training wheels come off ranges the gamut. Expected on Wednesday is the announcement that says the party's over.

But to be sure, next week brings a bunch of important data like third quarter GDP, durable goods and some heavy corporate earnings announcements. Exxon, Merck, Pfizer, BP and Facebook, to name a few.

The recent outbreak in what many apparently took for granted, the prolonged absence of volatility, jangled many investor nerves in the face of the expected ending of QE.

For some, earnings are now more important than the Fed. The S&P 500 rallied this week, settling at 1,964 fewer than 5o points off its all-time high in September.

For many investors the Fed stayed too long and imbibed too much at the big QE party. So a certain uncertainty lurks over the market. And all of this is suppose to lead to what is normal after six years of some very abnormal stuff.

Best of wishes with that one, too.

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Monday, October 27

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

10:00 Pending Home Sales MoM (Sep) - expected 0.8%, prior
 -1.0%
10:30 Dallas Fed - exp 11.0, prior 10.8
11:00 Fed to purchase $850m-$1.05b notes in 23 to 30-year range
 (last purchase)
11:30 Treasury to sell $24b 3-month bills and $30b 6-month bills

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

Brazil election results to be released Sunday evening
ECB Asset Quality Review (AQR) results to be released at 5pm ET
09:00 EUR German IFO - Current, Future Expectations

Earnings

Before:
Allergan (AGN)
Merck (MRK)

After:
Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD)
Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF)
Masco (MAS)
Amgen (AMGN)
American Capital Agency Corp (AGNC)
Twitter (TWTR)
T-Mobile (TMUS)

Tuesday, October 28

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

08:30 Durable Goods Orders (Sep) - expected 0.5%, prior -18.2%
08:30 Durable Goods ex Transports - exp 0.5%, prior 0.7%
08:30 Cap Goods Shipments Nondef Ex Air - prior 0.1%
08:30 Cap Goods Orders Nondef Ex Air - exp 0.5%, prior 0.6%
09:00 S&P/Case Shiller 20 City MoM (Aug) - exp 0.13%, prior -0.5%
09:00 S&P/CS YoY - exp 5.70%, prior 6.75%
10:00 Consumer Confidence Index (Oct) - exp 87.0, prior 86.0
10:00 Richmond Fed - exp 10, prior 14
11:30 Treasury to sell 4-week bills
1:00 Treasury selling $29b 2-year notes

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

JPY Retail Sales
01:30 CNY Industrial Profits
05:00 JPY Small Business Confidence

Earnings

Before:
Corning (GLW)
Cummins (CMI)
DuPont (DD)
Noble Energy (NE)
Parker-Hannafin (PH)
Pfizer (PFE)
AGCO (AGCO)
Arch Coal (ACI)
Spirit Airlines (SAVE)
CIT Group (CIT)
HCA Holdings (HCA)
Whirlpool (WHR)
Aetna (AET)
Sirius XM (SIRI)

After:
McKesson (MCK)
Gilead Sciences (GILD)
Invensense (INVN)
Marriott International (MAR)
Aflac (AFL)
Anadarko Petroleum (APC)
US Steel (X)
Western Digitial Corp (WDC)
Panera Bread (PNRA)
Electronic Arts (EA)
Express Scripts (EXPR)
Vertex Pharma (VRTX)
Newfield Exploration (NFX)
Eagle Materials (EXP)
Wynn Resorts (WYNN)
Facebook (FB)
Freeport-McMoran (FCX)
TD Ameritrade (AMTD)

Coach (COH)
Burger King Worldwide (BKW)

Wednesday, October 29

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

07:00 MBA Mortgage Apps
2:00 FOMC Rate Decision
11:30 Treasury selling $15b 2-year FRN
1:00 Treasury selling $35b 5-year notes (probably moved to
11:30am)

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

JPY Industrial Production (Sep prelim)
01:45 CNY Consumer Sentiment
09:30 GBP Net Consumer Credit, Mortgage Approvals

Earnings

Before:
Hess (HES)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
Eaton (ETN)
Hershey (HSY)
Penske Automotive (PAG)
Carlyle Group (CG)
Sunpower (SPWR)
WellPoint (WLP)
McGraw Hill Financial (MHFI)
Southern Co (SO)
Ally Financial (ALLY)
Ralph Lauren (RL)
Phillips 66 (PSX)

After:
Cavium (CVM)
Kraft Foods (KRFT) 

F5 Networks (FFIV)
Avis Budget (CAR)
Williams (WMB)
Atmel (ATML)
Range Resources (RRC)
Allstate (ALL)
JDS Uniphase (JDSU)
Shutterfly (SFLY)
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH)
Weight Watchers International (WTW)
Metlife (MET)
Whiting Petroleum (WLL)
Dreamworks (DWA)
Williams Partners (WPZ)
Visa (V)

Exelon (EXE)
Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT)
Akamai (AKAM)
 

Thursday, October 30

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

08:30 Initial Jobless Claims, expected 281k, prior 283k
08:30 Continuing Claims - exp 2355K, prior 2351k
08:30 GDP Annualized QoQ (3Q advance) - exp 3.0%, prior 4.6%
08:30 GDP Price Index - exp 1.9%, prior 2.5%
08:30 Core PCE QoQ - exp 1.4%, prior 2.0%
1:00 Treasuty selling $29b 7-year notes

Fedspeak

9:00am Yellen (dove, chair) gives opening remarks to Fed Board's
National Summit on Diversity of Economic Profession

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

Japan Investors Purchases of Foreign Stocks/Bonds
03:00 GBP Home Prices
07:00 CHF UBS Consumption Indicator
08:55 EUR German Unemployment Change
13:00 EUR German CPI (Oct prelim)

Friday, October 31

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

08:30 Employment Cost Index (3Q) - expected 0.5%, prior 0.7%
08:30 Personal Income (Sep) - exp 0.3%, prior 0.3%
08:30 Personal Spending - exp 0.1%, prior 0.5%
08:30 PCE Deflator YoY - exp 1.5%, prior 1.5%
08:30 PCE Core YoY - exp 1.5%, prior 1.5%
09:00 ISM Milwaukee (Oct) - prior 63.18
09:45 Chicago PMI (Oct) - exp 60.0, prior 60.5
09:55 University of Michigan Consumer Confidence (Oct final)

Fedspeak

3:00am Williams (dove, nonvoter) speaks at South African Reserve
 Bank

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

JPY BoJ Rate decision
JPY National CPI (Sep), Tokyo CPI (Oct)
JPY Household Consumption, Jobless Rate
00:30 AUD PPI
05:00 JPY Housing Starts
10:00 EUR Eurozone CPI
12:30 CAD GDP (Aug)

Earnings

Chevron (CVX)
Clorox (CL)
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
Weyerhaeuser (WY)
Madison Square Garden (MSG)
Abbvie (ABBV)
Hilton Worldwide (HLT)
Legg Mason (LM)
Charter Communications (CHTR)

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