What to Expect in the Markets This Week

🔑 Main Points

• Tesla, Google, and other big tech companies will share their financial results this week.

• Other companies reporting include Coca-Cola, Verizon, General Motors, and HCA Healthcare.

• We’ll also see important housing market data, jobless claims, and manufacturing numbers.

📊 Big Week for Company Earnings

This week, many large U.S. companies will share how they’ve been doing financially. These reports often affect the stock market.

Companies reporting earnings include:

• Tesla (Wednesday)

• Google (Alphabet) (Wednesday)

• Intel (Thursday)

• Verizon (Monday)

• Coca-Cola (Tuesday)

• General Motors (Tuesday)

• HCA Healthcare (Friday)

Last week, the S&P 500 went up slightly, and the Nasdaq hit new highs for five days in a row.

🚗 Tesla in the Spotlight

Tesla’s earnings will get a lot of attention. Why?

• Sales are falling, especially in Europe.

• Several top employees have left.

• Some experts, like UBS, say the stock is too expensive.

• CEO Elon Musk recently showed off a new robotaxi and has been making headlines for his political comments.

🧠 Google (Alphabet) and Intel

• Google will report earnings on Wednesday. Investors want to hear about its AI projects.

• Intel reports Thursday. The chipmaker is struggling and may change its business direction under the new CEO.

Other tech and industrial companies like IBM, GE Vernova, and T-Mobile will also report midweek.

📞 Verizon and AT&T

• Verizon reports Monday. Investors will check if it’s gaining more mobile customers.

• AT&T will also report this week.

🥤🚗 Coca-Cola and GM: How Are Consumers Doing?

• Coca-Cola and General Motors may show how inflation and tariffs are affecting U.S. companies.

🏥 HCA Healthcare

• HCA reports Friday. The hospital chain is dealing with a cyberattack that may affect its operations.

🏡 Housing Market Updates

Two reports this week will show how the housing market is doing:

• Wednesday: Data on existing home sales in June.

• Thursday: New home sales data.

So far, high mortgage rates and home prices have made it hard for people to buy homes.

🧾 Other Economic Reports

• Thursday: Weekly jobless claims – a sign of how the job market is doing.

• Friday: Durable goods orders – shows how factories and manufacturers are doing.

• Tuesday: Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Gov. Michelle Bowman will speak at a banking event, though they probably won’t talk about interest rates.

📅 This Week’s Important Dates

Monday, July 21

• Economic data: Leading economic indicators

• Earnings: Verizon, Domino’s Pizza, NXP Semiconductors

Tuesday, July 22

• Fed Chair Powell and Gov. Bowman speak

• Earnings: Coca-Cola, General Motors, SAP, Philip Morris, Lockheed Martin

Wednesday, July 23

• Economic data: Existing home sales

• Earnings: Tesla, Alphabet (Google), IBM, AT&T, GE Vernova

Thursday, July 24

• Economic data: New home sales, jobless claims, U.S. PMI

• Earnings: Intel, Honeywell, Blackstone, Union Pacific

Friday, July 25

• Economic data: Durable goods orders

• Earnings: HCA Healthcare, Charter Communications, Phillips 66