What’s on the calendar this week?
A handful of scheduled events, such as inflation and jobs reports, Fed decisions and big companies’ earnings, move the whole market. Knowing when they land explains sudden swings and helps avoid being surprised.
Updated Oct 6, 2026
Average week
The next seven days bring 4 US economic releases, led by Fed minutes on Wednesday, and earnings from 9 S&P 500 companies, including JPMorgan Chase, Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth. The next Fed decision is on Oct 28, 2026. On past Fed minutes days the S&P 500 moved 0.8% on average, against 0.8% on a typical day.
Which releases move the market
The average size of the S&P 500’s move on each kind of release day over the past five years, against a typical day.
The next seven days
Economic releases, the 30 largest companies reporting earnings and the 12 highest-yielding S&P 500 stocks going ex-dividend, in order. Select a column to sort.
| Day | Time | Type | Event | Typical S&P move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed Oct 7 | – | Dividend | EIX · Edison International Goes ex-dividend: $0.88 a share, 6.5% a year | – |
| Wed Oct 7 | – | Dividend | CMCSA · Comcast Goes ex-dividend: $0.33 a share, 6.1% a year | – |
| Wed Oct 7 | – | Dividend | LEN · Lennar Goes ex-dividend: $0.50 a share, 2.6% a year | – |
| Wed Oct 7 | 2 pm | Fed | Fed meeting minutes FOMC Minutes | 0.8% |
| Thu Oct 8 | 8:30 am | Economy | Jobless claims Initial Jobless Claims: expected 200K, last 197K | 0.8% |
| Thu Oct 8 | – | Dividend | INTU · Intuit Goes ex-dividend: $1.38 a share, 1.7% a year | – |
| Thu Oct 8 | – | Earnings | PEP · PepsiCo Earnings: expected 2.29 a share | – |
| Fri Oct 9 | – | Dividend | VZ · Verizon Goes ex-dividend: $0.71 a share, 6.2% a year | – |
| Fri Oct 9 | – | Dividend | T · AT&T Goes ex-dividend: $0.28 a share, 4.5% a year | – |
| Fri Oct 9 | – | Dividend | DRI · Darden Restaurants Goes ex-dividend: $1.62 a share, 3.1% a year | – |
| Fri Oct 9 | – | Dividend | GD · General Dynamics Goes ex-dividend: $1.59 a share, 1.9% a year | – |
| Fri Oct 9 | 10 am | Economy | Consumer sentiment Michigan Consumer Sentiment: expected 47.6, last 48.1 | 0.9% |
| Fri Oct 9 | – | Earnings | DAL · Delta Air Lines Earnings: expected 1.85 a share | – |
| Tue Oct 13 | – | Dividend | GIS · General Mills Goes ex-dividend: $0.61 a share, 7.6% a year | – |
| Tue Oct 13 | – | Dividend | HRL · Hormel Foods Goes ex-dividend: $0.29 a share, 5.9% a year | – |
| Tue Oct 13 | – | Dividend | MKC · McCormick & Goes ex-dividend: $0.48 a share, 4.2% a year | – |
| Tue Oct 13 | – | Dividend | ACN · Accenture Goes ex-dividend: $1.71 a share, 3.4% a year | – |
| Tue Oct 13 | 10 am | Economy | Home sales Existing Home Sales MoM, last -2% | 0.8% |
| Tue Oct 13 | – | Earnings | JPM · JPMorgan Chase Earnings: expected 5.90 a share | – |
| Tue Oct 13 | – | Earnings | JNJ · Johnson & Johnson Earnings: expected 2.78 a share | – |
| Tue Oct 13 | – | Earnings | UNH · UnitedHealth Earnings: expected 4.12 a share | – |
| Tue Oct 13 | – | Earnings | GS · Goldman Sachs Earnings: expected 13.87 a share | – |
| Tue Oct 13 | – | Earnings | WFC · Wells Fargo Earnings: expected 1.84 a share | – |
| Tue Oct 13 | – | Earnings | C · Citigroup Earnings: expected 2.65 a share | – |
| Tue Oct 13 | – | Earnings | DPZ · Domino's Earnings: expected 4.36 a share | – |
How to read this page
How it’s measured. US economic releases from FMP’s calendar, grouped by report, plus earnings dates for S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 companies and ex-dividend dates for the S&P 500. Typical moves average the size of the S&P 500’s daily change on each kind of release day over the past five years. Times are Eastern.
Sources. Earnings and economic calendars and analysts’ estimates and ratings from Financial Modeling Prep.
Consensus forecasts come from FMP and change up to the release. Earnings dates are the companies’ own or estimated; most report before the open or after the close.
A big move on a release day can come from other news on the same day, and the market’s reaction depends on the surprise against expectations, not the number itself.
This page is information, not investment advice. About our data and methods ›