This week
The S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones indices finished trading on Friday with declines of -0.72%, -1.23% and -0.68%, having lost -1.58%, -1.76% and -1.9% last week respectively. Shares in sectors such as energy, telecom services and financials performed the worst.
Markets continued to be negatively influenced by expectations of Fed policy tightening amid record inflation, as well as worries about the unstable geopolitical situation around the events in Ukraine.
Wall Street analysts expect it to be another volatile week for the markets.
Monday
Report from Williams Companies, Sun Communities, IonQ inc., Masonite International, Permian Basin Royalty Trust, MoneyLion and others.
Michelle Bowman, member of the Board of Governors of the Fed, will give a speech.
There will also be a stock market holiday on Monday due to Presidents' Day.
Tuesday
Tuesday will see the release of reports by companies such as: Home Depot, Public Storage, Palo Alto Networks, Agilent Technologies, Realty Income, CoStar Group, Caesars Entertainment, Teladoc Health, KBR, Inc., National Storage Affiliates Trust and others.
Conference Board will release the consumer confidence index for February.
Wednesday
Reports: Extra Space Storage, Entergy Corp., NetApp Inc., Heico Corp., VICI Properties, NiSource, Booking Holdings, eBay, Bath and Body Works, Lowe's Companies and others.
Thursday
Reports from Intuit, American Tower Corp., Dell Technologies, Moderna, Zscaler, CBRE Group, Teleflex, Carvana, Gaming and Leisure Properties, Vmware and others.
Several Fed speakers, including Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester and Fed Governor Christopher J. Waller will speak on Thursday.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will report its second estimate of US GDP for the fourth quarter of 2021.
Friday
Reports from Icahn Enterprises, Foot Locker, PNM Resources, Carter's, Cinemark Holdings, Gray Television, LendingTree, Berkshire Hathaway and others.
On Friday, important personal consumption expenditure inflation data for January 2022 will be released, which the Fed will take into account when making decisions.
Other important reports include Durable Goods Orders data as well as the University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index.
