Welcome back to another edition of the Weekend Discussion Thread. Sixteenth trading week of the year has finished.
Shortened trading week due to Good Friday holiday tomorrow.
As a new tradition that started three Fridays ago, the first three commenters in each Weekend Discussion Thread will get a flair if they don't already have one.
Very heavy earnings week coming up! See image for details. Outline of notables for each day of the week:
Monday has Whirlpool and Cadence Design Systems, then these puppies the rest of the week:
Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Twitter, Verizon, Coca Cola, Proctor and Gamble, Lockheed Martin, Jet Blue, Harley Davidson, Snapchat, iRobot, Texas Instruments, eBay, TD Ameritrade, Six Flags | Boeing, ATT, Caterpillar, Biogen, Domino's, STMicroelectronics, Northrop Grumman, Facebook, Microsoft, Tesla, Visa, Paypal, Chipotle, Lam Research, Align Technologies | Nokia, UPS, Altria, Southwest, 3M, Comcast, Amazon, Ford, Intel, Starbucks, Alaska Air, GrubHub, Cypress Semiconductor, Columbia Sportswear, Capital One | American Airlines, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Sony, AstraZeneca |
Index | Dec 31, 2018 close | Apr 18, 2019 close | YTD gain/loss | YTD percentage change |
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DJIA | 23,327.46 | 26,559.54 | +3,232.08 | +13.855% |
SPX | 2,506.85 | 2,905.03 | +398.18 | +15.884% |
NDX | 6,329.96 | 7,689.72 | +1,359.76 | +21.481% |
RUT | 1,348.56 | 1,565.75 | +217.19 | +16.105% |