The financial markets are affected by many different events.
Events such as a Central Bank’s decision on interest rates, government releasing
different type of numbers such as unemployment rate, major companies reporting
earnings, events that affects large countries such as a recession in China, and
events that affect specific sectors such as OPEC’s decision to cut oil supply.
In addition to the specific news stories that come out
throughout the day, the markets are affected by specific events. See below for
some examples and places to keep track of events.
This Bloomberg Calendar below tracks different US Government
statistics. The nice thing about this calendar is if you click on an event it
has an explanation of the statistic/event.
The NASDAQ earnings calendar shows the list of all the
companies reporting earnings for a specific day. You can sort by the company
size. Usually the larger a company, the larger its earnings effect may be on
the overall economy.
The TMX earnings calendar gives you the ability to sort by different exchange.
The scheduled events, and the news stories should help determine
the trading strategy for the week, as well as help understand what might happen
to the markets during the day or during the week.