Monday
U.S.
Economic Lookahead
Home builder confidence index (Dec.)
Featured Earnings
Heico Corp (NYSE:HEI) (Q2) Reported EPS for 69 cents, compared to 70 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Quipt Home Medical Corp. (NASDAQ: QIPT) (Q4) Reported EPS of two cents, compared to five cents in the prior-year quarter.
Actinium Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NYSE:ATNM) (Q4) Reported EPS for loss of 54 cents, compared to loss of 38 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic Lookahead
Housing starts (Nov.)
Building Permits (Nov.)
Featured Earnings
Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) (Q1) Reported EPS of $3.14, compared to $3.09 in the prior-year quarter.
FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) (Q2) Reported EPS for $4.13, compared to $3.18 to the prior-year quarter.
FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) (Q1) Reported EPS of $4.10, compared to $3.99 in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic Lookahead
Industrial Product Price Index (Nov.) The index fell 1.0% month over month in October and was 2.7% lower than in October 2022.
Raw Materials Price Index (Nov.) The index declined 2.5% on a monthly basis in October 2023 and fell 0.8% year over year.
Consumer Price Index (Nov.) CPI rose 3.1% on a year-over-year basis in October, following a 3.8% increase in September. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI fell 0.1% in October.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic Lookahead
Existing Home Sales (Nov.)
Featured Earnings
Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) (Q4) Reported EPS for loss of $1.14, compared to loss of 15 cents in the prior-year quarter.
General Mills Inc. (NYSE:GIS) (Q2) Reported EPS of $1.16, compared to $1.10 in the prior-year quarter.
Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) (Q4) Reported EPS for loss of 14 cents, compared to loss of 85 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Bombardier Inc. (T.BBD.B) (Q3) Reported EPS for loss of five cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.
Cognetivity Neurosciences Ltd (C.CGN) (Q3) Reported EPS for loss of two cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.
Thursday
U.S.
Economic Lookahead
Weekly jobless claims (Week of Dec. 16)
GDP (revision) (Q3)
U.S. leading economic indicators (Nob.)
Featured Earnings
Nike Inc. (NYSE:NKE) (Q2) Reported EPS of 84 cents, compared to 85 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) (Q2) Reported EPS of $3.48, compared to $3.12 in the prior-year quarter.
Paychex Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) (Q2) Reported EPS of $1.07 compared to 99 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic Lookahead
Payroll Employment, Earnings and Hours (Oct.) The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer—measured as "payroll employment" in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—increased by 22,100 (+0.1%) in September, following a decline of 16,500 in August and little change in July.
Retail Trade (Oct.) Retail sales increased 0.6% to $66.5 billion in September.
New Housing Price Index (Oct.) The national index was unchanged month over month in October. Prices were down or unchanged in 22 of the 27 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) surveyed and up in the remaining five.
Featured Earnings
Premier Health of America Inc. (T.PHA) (Q4) Reported EPS of one cent, identical to the prior-year quarter.
Friday
U.S.
Economic Lookahead Durable-goods orders (Nov.) Personal income (Nov.) Personal Spending (Nov.) PCE index (Nov.) S&P flash U.S. services PMI (Dec) S&P flash U.S. manufacturing PMI (Dec.) New home sales (Nov.) Consumer sentiment (final) (Dec.) |
Canada
Economic Lookahead
GDP (Oct.) Real gross domestic product declined 0.3% in the third quarter, following a 0.3% increase in the second quarter. Real GDP edged up 0.1% in September on the strength of the increase in goods-producing industries.
Featured Earnings
Microbix Biosystems Inc. (T.MBX) (Q4) Reported EPS of $0.001, compared to $0.006 in the prior-year quarter.
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