Financial Agenda – Week of October 6 to 10, 2025
** Monday, October 6 – Volatility & IPO Watch **
Focus of the day: Markets under pressure with several major IPOs and high volatility on certain small caps.
- ** Expected volatility:** Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), Oklo (OKLO)
- ** Overbought stocks (RSI 14):** Tourmaline Bio (TRML), Vimeo (VMEO), Novagold (NG)
- ** Oversold stocks (RSI 14):** WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Kodiak AI (KDK), Oxford Square (OXSQ)
- ** IPO Watch:**
- Alliance Laundry (ALH) – expected raise up to $751M
- Phoenix Education Partners (PXED) – raise up to $140M
- End of quiet period: VIA, Klarna, Black Rock Coffee Bar, Gemini Space Station, Figure Tech
- ** Earnings:** Constellation Brands (STZ)
- ** Events:**
- OpenAI DevDay in San Francisco (Sam Altman)
- Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas (MGM, CZR, BYD, FLUT)
** Tuesday, October 7 – Retail & Tech Conferences **
Focus of the day: Consumer momentum & innovation.
- ** Earnings:** McCormick (MKC)
- ** Retail:**
- Amazon Prime Deal Days
- Competing events: Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Nordstrom, Kohl’s
- ** Investor events:**
- Ionis Pharma (IONS) Innovation Day
- SailPoint (SAIL) at J.P. Morgan Software Forum
- Autodesk (ADSK) Digital Investor Day
- ** Conferences:**
- SEMICON West 2025 (Intel, TSMC, AMAT, ASML, NXP)
- Atlassian Team 25 Europe (AI & productivity)
- ** Macro:**
- 10:00 – Fed Atlanta (Raphael Bostic): Economic outlook speech
** Wednesday, October 8 – Fed Minutes & Market Sentiment **
Focus of the day: Maximum attention on the Fed and the release of the FOMC Minutes.
- ** Earnings:** AZZ (AZZ), Bassett Furniture (BSET)
- ** Events:**
- Circana Report (video game sales – EA, Nintendo)
- Investor Days: Cadre (CDRE), Honeywell (HON)
- TaskUS (TASK) buyout vote
- ** Macro:**
- 20:00 – FOMC Meeting Minutes (strong impact on USD and indices)
** Thursday, October 9 – Powell Speech & Unemployment **
Focus of the day: Jerome Powell’s speech and labor market reports.
- ** Earnings:** PepsiCo (PEP), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Levi’s (LEVI), Tilray (TLRY)
- ** Investor events:**
- CrediCorp (BAP) Investor Day
- Elastic (ESTC) Analyst Day
- ** Crypto & Blockchain:**
- North American Blockchain Summit (Dallas, TX)
- ** Macro:**
- Tentative – Weekly jobless claims
- 14:30 – Unemployment Claims (confirmed)
- Jerome Powell’s speech (Community Bank Conference, Washington D.C.)
- ** Other events:**
- Ferrari (RACE) Capital Markets Day – unveiling of the first 100% electric model
- 12:50 – Paramount Skydance (PSKY): David Ellison’s speech
** Friday, October 10 – NFP & Consumer Sentiment **
Focus of the day: Key day with the release of the US jobs report.
- ** Macro (high USD volatility):**
- Tentative – Average Hourly Earnings m/m
- Tentative – Non-Farm Employment Change (NFP)
- Tentative – Unemployment Rate
- 16:00 – Preliminary Michigan Sentiment Index (UoM)
- UoM Inflation Expectations
- ** Other events:**
- Worldwide launch of Battlefield 6 (EA)
- NBA Preseason in Macau: Brooklyn Nets vs. Phoenix Suns
- World Muscle Society Congress: CRISPR (CRSP), Precision Bio (DTIL), Satellos (MSCLF)
- ** Fed speeches:**
- 09:45 – Austan Goolsbee (Fed Chicago)
- 10:00 – UoM Sentiment release
** Market Focus:**
Week of high volatility highlighted by the FOMC Minutes, Powell’s speech, and NFP data.
The dollar and US indices will be particularly sensitive to these releases.
