
Financial Week from January 26 to 30, 2026 – Macro & Micro Recap Day by Day
Monday, January 26 — Nucor and the Health of Heavy Industry in the Spotlight
** Micro:**
Earnings: Nucor (NUE), Crane (CR), Brown & Brown (BRO)
IPO Watch: Public offerings of Picpay (PICS) and Ethos Technologies (LIFE)
Investor Day: Hecla Mining (HL) in NYC
Ex-dividends: Clorox, Paychex, Costco, Morgan Stanley
** Macro:**
- 2:30pm: Durable goods orders (core and total)
Tuesday, January 27 — Boeing and UPS in the Spotlight, Consumer Confidence at a Turning Point
** Micro:**
Earnings: Boeing (BA), RTX, UPS, GM, TXN, Northrop Grumman, Kimberly-Clark
Mergers & Acquisitions: Crucial votes (PotlatchDeltic/Rayonier, SM Energy/Civitas)
General meeting: Visa (V)
Event: India Energy Week in Goa
** Macro:**
- 4:00pm: Consumer Confidence Index (CB) & Richmond Manufacturing Index
Wednesday, January 28 — The Big Test: Microsoft, Meta, Tesla & the Federal Reserve
** Micro:**
Major earnings: Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (META), Tesla (TSLA), ASML, IBM, Starbucks, General Dynamics, Las Vegas Sands
Key conference: 5:30pm - Microsoft on Azure, Copilot and AI
** Macro:**
8:00pm: Fed rate announcement
8:30pm: Jerome Powell's press conference
Thursday, January 29 — Apple, Visa, and Mastercard Set the Tone
** Micro:**
Highly anticipated earnings: Apple (AAPL), Visa, Mastercard, Caterpillar, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Comcast, Altria
Volatility: Western Digital (WDC), Olin (OLN)
Investor Day: Starbucks
M&A: Vote on the merger Kimberly-Clark / Kenvue ($49B)
** Macro:**
- 2:30pm: Weekly unemployment claims
Friday, January 30 — ExxonMobil, Chevron & Inflation in Focus
** Micro:**
Expected earnings: ExxonMobil, Chevron, American Express, Verizon, SoFi, Colgate-Palmolive
Post-earnings volatility: Charter Communications
Analyst Day: Church & Dwight
** Macro:**
2:30pm: Producer Price Index (PPI)
10:00am: US government funding deadline





