Walmart, Alibaba, Medtronic To Reports Earnings During Holiday-Shortened Week

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In a holiday- and data-light week, investors will be looking at January housing data for the U.S., including housing starts on Wednesday and existing home sales on Friday. Also Friday, there will be a purchasing manager’s preliminary print by S&P Global for February and the consumer sentiment purchasing index from the University of Michigan.

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Walmart (WMT), Alibaba Group Holdings (BABA), Medtronic (MDT), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and Analog Devices (ADI) will report earnings next week.

Earnings spotlight: Monday, February 17 – UFP Industries, Noble (NE), and Transocean (RIG). See the full earnings calendar.

Earnings spotlight: Tuesday, February 18 – Arista Networks (ANET), Medtronic (MDT), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Occidental Petroleum, and Vulcan Materials (VMC). See the full earnings calendar.

Earnings spotlight: Wednesday, February 19 – HSBC Holdings (HSBC), Analog Devices (ADI), Carvana (CVNA), and Garmin (GRMN). See the full earnings calendar.

Earnings spotlight: Thursday, February 20 – Walmart, Alibaba Group Holdings, Booking Holdings (BKNG), Copart (CPRT), MercadoLibre (MELI), and Southern (SO). See the full earnings calendar.

Volatility watch: MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO) and Faraday Future Intelligent Electric have a high level of implied volatility based on options trading. Medical Properties Trust (MPW) and Kohl’s (KSS) head into the new week with a high level of short interest outstanding on them. The most overbought stocks per their 14-day relative strength index include Firefly Neuroscience (AIFF), Anteris Technologies Global (AVR), and Triumph Group (TGI). The most oversold stocks per their 14-day Relative Strength Index include Venture Global (VG), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), and Brazil Potash (GRO).

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