Coming Next Week: More Earnings, Housing Data
Earnings come thicker next week, especially in the financial sector, and dreaded housing data comes due. Here are the highlights:
Earnings:
Telcos: AT&T, Verizon
Rails: CSX, Union Pacific
Financials: Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, U.S. Bancorp., State Street, KeyCorp, BB&T
Newspapers: Gannett, New York Times
Economics:
March housing starts (Tuesday) and existing home sales (Wednesday).
Geopolitics
Libya is still happening and Nigeria is holding a Presidential election Saturday. President Goodluck Jonathan is running for re-election of the oil-rich African country.
Negotiations between Portugal, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund are expected to begin next week about the terms of an estimated three-year EUR80 billion bailout package. Talks with European authorities and the IMF over terms of the package are expected to extend into mid-May.
Have a good weekend!
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