≈ Earnings Season is Here! ≈

Earnings season is here and as the markets are approaching all-time highs, its likely earnings season will serve as the catalyst to either send the market to unprecedented heights or awaken the bears and keep those historical highs intact. 

Earnings season started on a positive note for the bulls with bank earnings on Friday and bulls will certainly hope that trend continues this week. Here are some key companies reporting this week:

Monday

• Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW)
• Citigroup (C)
• Goldman Sacs (GS)

Tuesday

• Bank of America (BAC)
• Blackrock (BLK)
• Progressive (PGR)
• United Continental (UAL)
• United Health Group (UNH)
• Netflix (NFLX)
• Prologis (PLD)
• Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Wednesday

• Alcoa (AA)
• Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
• U.S. Bancorp (USB)
• Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
• ETRADE (ETFC)
• Kansas City Southern (KSU)
• Las Vegas Sands (LVS)
• Kinder Morgan (KMI)
• United Rentals (URI)
• PepsiCo (PEP)
• Morgan Stanley (MS)

Thursday

• American Express (AXP)
• Blackstone Group (BX)
• Union Pacific (UNP)
• Honeywell (HON)
• Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
• Phillip Morris (PM)
• KeyCorp (KEY)
• Schlumberger (SLB)

Chart of the Day

All-time Highs

To use a crude country term, all-time highs are within spitting distance. With the large number of companies reporting earnings this week there certainly could be the catalyst to send the market soaring past these all-time marks. Naturally we will be with you throughout the week to keep you updated with market and technical analysis on the Coaches Lounge, the Halftime Report and our nightly shows.

Video of the day

When is the Start of Earnings Season

Coaches Matt and Tim discuss when they consider the start of earnings season.

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