BNN Bloomberg sets up the week ahead with what investors need to know.

Monday, October 22

- Notable earnings: West Fraser Timber, Halliburton, Kimberly-Clark

- Notable data: Canadian wholesale trade

- Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission begins week-long hearing on telecom sales practices

 

Tuesday, October 23

- Notable earnings: Canadian National Railway, Caterpillar, McDonald's, United Technologies, 3M, Verizon, Harley-Davidson, Texas Instruments

- Bank of England Governor Mark Carney among speakers at Rotman School of Management conference on machine learning (8:30 a.m. ET)

- Aurora Cannabis shares to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange

- Three-day Future Investment Initiative begins in Riyadh

 

Wednesday, October 24

- Notable earnings: Barrick Gold, Goldcorp, Agnico Eagle Mines, Restaurant Brands International, Canfor, Detour Gold, Ford, Boeing, Visa, Microsoft, AT&T, UPS

- Notable data: U.S. new home sales

- Bank of Canada releases interest rate decision and monetary policy report (10 a.m. ET;,news conference at 11:15 a.m. ET)

- U.S. Federal Reserve releases Beige Book (2 p.m. ET)

- Two-day Capitalize for Kids conference begins in Toronto

- Two-day ministerial meeting on WTO reform begins in Ottawa

 

Thursday, October 25

- Notable earnings: Husky Energy, Precision Drilling, Crescent Point Energy, Vermilion Energy, Teck Resources, Newmont Mining, Shaw Communications, Shopify, Aecon, Maple Leaf Foods, Postmedia, Amazon.com, Alphabet, Intel, Snap, ConocoPhillips, Twitter, Merck, Altria, Anheuser-Busch

- Turkey’s central bank releases interest rate decision (7 a.m. ET)

- European Central Bank releases interest rate decision (7:45 a.m. ET; news conference at 8:30 a.m. ET)

- International Energy Agency releases special report on the outlook for producer economies

- Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa

 

Friday, October 26

- Notable data: U.S. GDP, University of Michigan consumer sentiment index

- RBC CEO Dave McKay delivers speech at Calgary Chamber of Commerce event (1 p.m. ET)

- Apple iPhone XR goes on sale in Canada