Market Action For Last Week
- SPY — Prior Fri: 647.24 → This Fri: 657.41 | +10.17 (+1.57%). Yahoo Finance
- QQQ — Prior Fri: 576.06 → This Fri: 586.66 | +10.60 (+1.84%). StockAnalysis
- IWM — Prior Fri: 237.77 → This Fri: 238.34 | +0.57 (+0.24%). StockAnalysis
Upcoming Major Economic Reports and Potential Market Moving Events (Week of Sept 15–19)
Monday (9/15)
- NAHB Homebuilder Index (10:00a). Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
Tuesday (9/16)
- Retail Sales (8:30a); Industrial Production (9:15a); FOMC meeting begins (Day 1). Federal Home Loan Bank of New York+1
Wednesday (9/17)
- Housing Starts & Building Permits (8:30a). Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
- FOMC rate decision (2:00p) & Chair press conference (≈2:30p). Federal Reserve+1
Thursday (9/18)
- Initial Jobless Claims (8:30a); Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing (8:30a). Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
Friday (9/19)
- Monthly options expiration (“OPEX”) for U.S. equities (third Friday). Equals Money
Upcoming Major Stock Earnings Reports (Week of Sept 15–19)
Tuesday (9/16)
- Ferguson (FERG) — Premarket (company calendar). Federal Reserve
Wednesday (9/17)
- General Mills (GIS) — results on Sept 17; company schedules Q&A at 9:00a ET (8:00a CT). Typically premarket release. General Mills+1
Thursday (9/18)
- Darden Restaurants (DRI) — Premarket (widely tracked on calendars). Darden Investor Relations
- FactSet (FDS) — Premarket (company investor calendar). MarketBeat
- FedEx (FDX) — After Market Close; earnings call 5:30p ET/4:30p CT. Nasdaq+1
30-Day Outlook: Neutral (with a tactical upside bias). Indices posted broad weekly gains, and next week’s FOMC(highly anticipated at 2:00p Wed) plus Retail Sales and housing data will likely dominate flows. If the Fed delivers a modest cut as many expect, equities could get a knee-jerk lift, but positioning is already optimistic and options OPEX on Fri (9/19) can add noise. Net: I’m neutral overall—leaning modestly bullish into/through the Fed—while watching for post-decision volatility and any disappointment vs. rate-cut expectations. Equals Money+3The Wall Street Journal+3Reuters+3