The week ahead

By Prieur du Plessis, on November 21st, 2010 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

The video clips below provide a handy summary of the reports expected on the economic, financial and corporate front around the globe during the week ahead.

US: No holiday for H-P
The PC giant will report fourth-quarter earnings and shed light on its new CEO, who has gone dark because of a legal spat with Oracle. There is also a raft of economic data, including home sales, jobless claims and consumer spending.

Europe: German economic data
German economic data will be in focus next week, with third-quarter gross domestic product and the Ifo business-climate index on tap. Greece’s Alpha Bank and Chilean copper miner Antofagasta are also scheduled to release results.

Asia: Production and trade reports
Japan will release its October trade report this week, while Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines will all release third-quarter GDP data.

Source: MarketWatch (here, here and here), November 19, 2010.

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