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Monday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Labour Market Conditions Index (Jan.)

Featured Earnings

CM Finance Inc (NASDAQ: CMFN) (Q2) EPS estimates of 38 cents, compared to 34 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Hasbro Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.30, compared to $1.22 in the prior-year quarter. Early in January, Piper Jaffray projected upside for Hasbro with Star Wars revenue expected to track higher than expectations and the launch of a new Disney Princess product seen as a catalyst.

Owens-Illinois Inc. (NYSE: OI) (Q4) EPS estimates of 40 cents, compared to 46 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic lookahead

Building Permits (Dec.) The value of building permits issued by municipalities was down 19.6% from October to $6.2 billion in November, falling below the $7-billion mark for first time since May 2015.

Housing Starts (Jan.) Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp showed the seasonally-adjusted annualized rate of housing starts fell to 172,965 units in December from an upwardly revised 212,028 units in November. Forecasters had expected 200,000 starts.

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

HCP Inc. (NYSE: HCP) (Q4) EPS estimates of 78 cents, compared to 79 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Ingersoll-Rand Plc (NYSE: IR) (Q4) EPS estimates of 93 cents, compared to 82 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Rand Logistics Inc. (NASDAQ: RLOG) (Q3) EPS estimates of 15 cents, compared to 29 cents in the prior-year quarter. This week, the company announced a 32-cent quarterly dividend, or 10% better than its previous 29-cent dividend.


Canada

Featured Earnings

Agrium Inc. (T.AGU) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.40, compared to 77 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Open Text Corporation (T.OTC) (Q2) EPS estimates of 90 cents, compared to 97 cents in the prior-year quarter. This week, OpenText announced Election Tracker '16, which allows users to visually monitor, compare, and analyze media coverage surrounding the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election coverage from the world's top online news publications and agencies.

Cineplex Inc. (T.CGX) (Q4) EPS estimates of 62 cents, compared to 51 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Wednesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

EIA Petroleum Status Report (Jan. 27-Feb.3)

Treasury Budget (Jan.)

Featured Earnings

Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW) (Q4) EPS estimates of 95 cents, compared to 70 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Hortonworks Inc (NASDAQ: HDP) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of $1.10, compared to $1.98 in the prior-year quarter.

LifeLock (NYSE: LOCK) (Q4) EPS estimates of 21 cents, compared to 23 cents in the prior-year quarter.



Canada

Featured Earnings

CAE Inc. (T.CAE) (Q3) EPS estimates of 21 cents, compared to 20 cents in the prior-year quarter. This week, the airplane maker revealed a series of contracts, totaling more than $350 million, including the sale of nine full-flight simulators to airlines globally, as well as commercial and business aviation training programs with more than 10 operators.

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

ARC Resources Ltd. (T.ARX) (Q4) EPS estimates of five cents, compared to 36 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Sun Life Financial Inc. (T.SLF) (Q4) EPS estimates of 87 cents, compared to 59 cents in the prior-year quarter. In late January, Sun Life announced a $530-million group annuity deal - largest in Canadian history

Intact Financial Corporation (T.IFC) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.64, compared to $1.84 in the prior-year quarter.

Thursday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Weekly jobless claims (Jan. 28-Feb.3)

Federal Balance Sheet

Money Supply

Featured Earnings

FireEye Inc (NASDAQ: FEYE) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of 76 cents, compared to loss of 64 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Groupon Inc. (GRPN) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of five cents, compared to a gain of two cents in the prior-year quarter.

Kellogg Co (NYSE: K) (Q4) EPS estimates of 75 cents, compared to 86 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Economic lookahead

New Housing Price Index (Dec.) The New Housing Price Index rose 0.2% in November, following a 0.3% increase in October.

Featured Earnings

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (T.FFH) (Q4) EPS estimates of $6.99, compared to 49 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Keyera Corp. (T.KEY) (Q4) EPS estimates of 43 cents, compared to 50 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Great-West Lifeco Inc. (T.GWO) (Q4) EPS estimates of 70 cents, compared to 67 cents in the prior-year quarter.

TELUS Corporation (T.T) (Q4) EPS estimates of 47 cents, compared to 51 cents in the prior-year quarter.



Friday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Retail Sales (Jan.)

Import, Export Prices (Jan.)

Business Inventories (Dec.)

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

Featured Earnings

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (NYSE: IPG) (Q4) EPS estimates of 62 cents, compared to 57 cents in the prior-year quarter. In late January, the company made headlines by firing its CEO after the embarrassment of a racist e-mail from one of the agency's creative directors spread widely in the trade.

LifePoint Health Inc (LPNT) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.08, identical to the prior-year quarter.

Zayo Group Holdings Inc (NYSE: ZAYO) (Q4) EPS estimates of five cents, compared to two cents in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Featured Earnings

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (T.BAM.A) (Q4) EPS estimates of 30 cents, compared to $1.06 in the prior-year quarter.