2015-01-30 Weekend Market Update (Stocks Suffer Worst Two Month Performance Since 2012)
Weekend Market Update
Stocks Suffer Worst Two Month Performance Since 2012
Weekly S&P Sectors ETF Performance: Materials (XLB) -1.16%, Consumer Discretionary (XLY) -1.33%, Energy (XLE) -1.45%, Utilities (XLU) -1.67%, Healthcare (XLV) -2.35%, Industrials (XLI) -2.53%, Financials (XLF) -3.20%, Consumer Staples (XLP) -3.28%, Technology (XLK) -3.74%
Various Asset Classes: Spot Volatility Index (VIX) +25.87%, Oil (USO) +4.82%, Bonds (TLT) +2.60%, U.S. Dollar (UUP) -0.32%, Gold (GLD) -0.63%, Agriculture (DBA) -1.45%, S&P 500 (SPX) -2.77%, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) -2.87%, Nasdaq-100 (NDX) -3.03%, Silver (SLV) -5.54%, Natural Gas (UNG) -8.68%
Economic Data (2/2-2/6)
Monday: 8:30 A.M. EST- Dec Personal Spending (+0.3%), Dec Personal Income (-0.2%), Dec PCE Prices-Core (+0.0%); 10:00 A.M.- Jan ISM Index (54.7), Dec Construction Spending (+0.8%)
Tuesday: 10:00 A.M.- Dec Factory Orders (-2.0%); 2:00 P.M.- Jan Auto and Truck Sales
Wednesday: 7:00 A.M.- Weekly MBA Mortgage Index; 8:15 A.M.- Jan ADP Employment Change (+230K); 10:00 A.M.- Jan ISM Services (56.5); 10:30 A.M.- Weekly Crude Inventories
Thursday: 7:30 A.M.- Jan Challenger Job Cuts; 8:30 A.M.- Initial Weekly Jobless Claims (290K), Continuing Claims (2375K), Dec Trade Balance (-$38.0B), Q4 Productivity-Prel (+0.2%), Q4 Unit Labor Costs (+1.2%); 10:30 A.M.- Weekly Natural Gas Inventories
Friday: 8:30 A.M.- Jan Non-Farm Payrolls (+235K), Jan Private Non-Farm Private Payrolls (+225K), Jan Unemployment Rate (5.6%), Jan Hourly Earnings (+0.3%), Jan Average Workweek (34.6); 3:00 P.M.- Dec Consumer Credit ($15.0B)
Earnings Reports (2/2-2/6)
Monday: Before the bell- (FLWS), (AVY), (XOM), (LII), (NMM), (NKA), (ONB), (PBI), (SYY), (TEN); After the bell- (AEIS), (ADVS), (ARE), (AGNC), (AFG), (APC), (APAM), (BKH), (CLF), (EGP), (FN), (GLAD), (HIG), (HEOP), (IDTI), (LLNW), (LMNX), (MTSI), (MTSC), (NANO), (OI), (RGA), (RCII), (RTEC), (TNAV), (TMK), (UDR), (XL)
Tuesday: Before the bell- (ACTS), (AET), (AGCO), (ARG), (AXE), (ACI), (ADM), (ARRY), (AN), (BHE), (BP), (BIP), (CARB), (CNC), (CEVA), (CHD), (CBR), (CME), (CNX), (CRVL), (ETN), (EMR), (GLPI), (GCI), (BSMX), (HCA), (HW), (HCLP), (HRC), (IMS), (IRWD), (JLL), (LPT), (LYB), (MHO), (MNK), (MHFI), (MDU), (NOV), (NYT), (PNR), (RDCM), (ROLL), (R), (SC), (ST), (SPR), (THR), (TWIN), (UPS), (WDR); After the bell- (AFL), (AOSL), (AJG), (AEC), (ATO), (ATW), (AXS), (CHRW), (CALX), (CBL), (CMG), (EXP), (EW), (ENTR), (EQR), (FISV), (GILD), (IACI), (JKHY), (LSCC), (MANH), (MWA), (MYGN), (NSR), (OCLR), (PACB), (PLNR), (QNST), (RSYS), (RNR), (RNG), (SLGN), (SPA), (STLY), (TTWO), (ULTI), (UVV), (UNM), (VASC), (VTSS), (WNC), (DIS), (WRB)
Wednesday: Before the bell- (AGYS), (AGN), (ARMK), (ARCB), (ABG), (ADP), (BSX), (CKSW), (CLX), (CTSH), (CRRC), (EVR), (GM), (GWPH), (HUM), (KNL), (LVLT), (LFUS), (MPC), (MRK), (MOD), (MSI), (MPLX), (NJR), (OIIM), (RL), (SMG), (SLAB), (SNE), (SO), (SE), (STE), (TMHC), (LG), (TM), (VGGL), (WHR); After the bell- (FOXA), (ACXM), (ADEP), (AFFX), (AFOP), (AWH), (ALL), (MTGE), (APU), (ATML), (BSAC), (BMR), (BOOT), (BDN), (CDNS), (CATM), (CBG), (CINF), (CLW), (CNW), (CEB), (CSGS), (ENS), (ESS), (RE), (EPM), (EXAR), (EXPO), (FEIC), (FGL), (FMC), (FORM), (FBHS), (BGC), (G), (GEOS), (GIL), (GAIN), (GLUU), (GBDC), (GPRE), (HAIN), (THG), (HI), (HUBG), (IBA), (ININ), (IVAC), (IRBT), (GMCR), (LCI), (LFVN), (LNC), (LAC), (MN), (MUSA), (MAA), (MPWR), (NE), (NXPI), (ORLY), (OSUR), (PRE), (PNNT), (PRCP), (PAA), (PAGP), (POWI), (PRU), (QUIK), (RXN), (RRTS), (SFLY), (SPB), (SU), (SYA), (DATA), (TTMI), (TWO), (TYL), (UGI), (UA), (VRTU), (WFT), (WSTL), (WGL), (YUM)
Thursday: Before the bell- (ABB), (WMS), (ADS), (APO), (AINV), (ARW), (AZN), (BLL), (BCE), (BECN), (BDX), (BDC), (BNCL), (BR), (CSL), (CHTR), (CI), (COTY), (CMI), (DLPH), (DNKN), (DFT), (ETR), (EQM), (EQT), (EL), (FIS), (IT), (GLT), (GPK), (GPI), (ICE), (INUV), (IVC), (IRMD), (LAZ), (LQDT), (MMP), (MBUU), (MMS), (MDSO), (KORS), (NGD), (NUS), (OZM), (ODFL), (PTEN), (PRGO), (PM), (PJC), (PBH), (PRLB), (RLOG), (RFP), (RSTI), (SBH), (SQNS), (SIAL), (SIRI), (SNN), (SNA), (SPH), (S), (TE), (TDC), (TEVA), (BCO), (TW), (UTEK), (USG), (VLP), (VSH), (VMC), (GRA), (XYL); After the bell- (ATVI), (ASEI), (AIV), (ATR), (AHL), (ATHN), (ADNC), (ACLS), (BMI), (BEBE), (BCOV), (BRS), (BVSN), (BRKS), (BWLD), (CALD), (CPST), (CRDC), (ECOM), (CTRL), (CTS), (CUTR), (DV), (ECHO), (EGAN), (LOCO), (RDEN), (LONG), (ENH), (EXPE), (FWM), (FFG), (FLDM), (GPRO), (HME), (IMPV), (KMPR), (KIM), (LF), (LPTH), (LNKD), (LGF), (LRAD), (MRIN), (MC), (MXWL), (MCK), (MTD), (MRH), (MFLX), (UEPS), (NTGR), (NWSA), (EGOV), (NUAN), (OLN), (ONNN), (OUTR), (P), (PCTY), (PDFS), (PDM), (PXLM), (POST), (PPS), (QTWO), (RENT), (SQI), (SWIR), (SIMG), (SMPL), (SSD), (SOFO), (SPSC), (SPF), (SRCL), (SYMC), (SNCR), (TSYS), (TPX), (TBI), (TWTR), (UBNT), (UTI), (VRSN), (WAIR), (YELP), (YRCW)
Friday: Before the bell- (AAN), (ASX), (ALU), (AXL), (AON), (BPL), (CAE), (CBOE), (UFS), (FLIR), (FELP), (GRC), (HRS), (HRG), (SNOW), (MSG), (MMC), (MCO), (SXT), (SIRO), (STO), (STRA), (VVI), (WETF)
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