The Week Ahead: Coindesk Conference, Walmart And Retailers Close Out Earnings Season

Below is a list of notable corporate events for the week beginning May 14. Note, this list is not comprehensive and all dates are subject to change. All times are ET.

Monday

Conferences

• Coindesk Consensus 2018 Blockchain Tech Summit, May 14-16
• Piper Jaffray Financial Institutions Conference 2018, May 14-16

Notable Earnings

• Agilent Technologies, Inc A Q2 after hours

Investor Events

• Spotify Technology SPOT IPO quiet period expiration
• IPO/ offering lockup expiration for SendGrid, Inc SEND
• Herbalife Nutrition Ltd HLF 2-for-1 stock split goes into effect

Tuesday
Economic

• U.S. retail sales 8:30 a.m.

Conferences

• Needham Emerging Technology Conference 2018, May 15-16
• Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Conference, May 15

Notable Earnings

• Home Depot, Inc HD Q1 premarket

IPOs

• Vectoiq Acquisition Corp (VTIQU)

Investor Events

• Pivotal Software, Inc PVTL analyst quiet period expiration
• Starbucks Corporation SBUX analyst/investor day

Wednesday
Economic

• U.S. Housing starts 8:30 .a.m
• EIA crude oil inventories 10:30 a.m.

Conferences

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• The Blockchain Event, May 16-17

Notable Earnings

• Macy’s, Inc M Q1 premarket
• Cisco Systems, Inc CSCO Q3 after hours

Investor Events

• IPO/offering lockup expirations for SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc SAIL and Stitch Fix, Inc SFIX
• Starbucks China investor day
• Wyndham Worldwide Corporation WYN investor meeting

Thursday
Economic

• U.S. initial jobless claims 8:30am
• EIA natural gas inventories 10:30am

Notable Earnings

• Walmart, Inc WMT Q1 premarket
• J. C. Penney JCP Q1 premarket
• Nordstrom, Inc JWN Q1 after hours
• Applied Materials, Inc AMAT Q2 after hours

IPOs

• Pluralsight (PS)

FDA/Biotech

• Novartis NVS PDUFA date for Erenumab

Investor Events

• Zendesk, Inc ZEN analyst/investor day

Friday

Economic

• U.S. charge-off and delinquency rates on loans and leases due to be released
• Baker Hughes oil rig counts 1 p.m.

Notable Earnings

• Deere & Company DE Q2 premarket
• Campbell Soup Company CPB Q3 premarket
• AstraZeneca PLC AZN Q1 premarket

Investor Events

CBS Corporation CBS annual shareholder meeting