Calendar

The calendar lays out the market’s schedule: who reports earnings when, which economic numbers are due, which companies are reverse-splitting or going public, and which days the market is closed or closes early.

The five event types

• Earnings — companies reporting results — before the open, after the close, or time not yet confirmed.
• US economy — inflation, jobs, interest-rate decisions and other numbers that can move the whole market at a set time.
• Reverse splits — a company combining shares (say 1-for-10). In small companies it often comes before a share sale — worth knowing the date.
• IPOs — new stocks starting to trade.
• Market days — holidays, early closes and options-expiration Fridays, when trading can behave differently.

Getting around

The calendar opens on this week; switch to Month for the bigger picture. Click a day to see its agenda in the order things happen — before the open, at the open, during the session, after the close. Click an event for its details (an earnings estimate, a split’s ratio, an economic forecast) and a small chart. This week on the right sums up what moves the tape, and Looking ahead previews next week.