Macro & Micro Financial Agenda – Week of March 16 to 20

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Monday, March 16 – NVIDIA GTC and Jensen Huang's Speech: Tech in the Spotlight

The week begins with a strong focus on the technology sector.

Macro

• 1:30 PM (USD): Empire State Manufacturing Index

Micro & Corporate Events

• Start of the NVIDIA GTC conference (San Jose)

  • Keynote by Jensen Huang at 2:00 PM
  • Announced participation: OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, and Tesla
  • Stocks to watch: AMD, TSMC, Broadcom, Intel

• Quarterly results: Dollar Tree

• FDA Decision (PDUFA): Aldeyra Therapeutics

• Investor briefing: News Corporation

• J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference (Delta Air Lines, Alcoa)

• EU Foreign Affairs Council (Ukraine & Middle East)

Market focus: Volatility expected in tech and semiconductors.

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Tuesday, March 17 – US Real Estate and Earnings Wave

Macro

• 3:00 PM (USD): Pending Home Sales (m/m)

Micro

• Results:

  • Tencent Music
  • Lululemon
  • DocuSign
  • Oklo

• Start of NCAA March Madness tournament

  • Potential impact on DraftKings and BetMGM

Market focus: Consumption, real estate, and sports betting-related stocks.

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Wednesday, March 18 – Fed Decision and Economic Projections

Key day of the week

Macro

• 1:30 PM (USD): Core PPI & PPI
• 7:00 PM (USD): Fed rate decision
• Publication of economic projections (Dot Plot)
• 7:30 PM: Jerome Powell's press conference

Micro

• Major results:
  • Micron Technology
  • General Mills
  • Williams-Sonoma
  • Jabil

Market focus: High volatility expected on indices, dollar, and bond yields.

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Thursday, March 19 – ECB and Manufacturing Indicators

Macro

• 8:15 AM (EUR): ECB monetary policy statement + conference
• 1:30 PM (USD): Weekly jobless claims
• 2:30 PM (USD): Philly Fed Index

Micro

• Results:
  • Alibaba
  • FedEx
  • Darden Restaurants
  • Planet Labs

Market focus: Central banks and international trade.

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Friday, March 20 – Triple Witching & Index Rebalancing

Macro & Markets

• Triple Witching Day (simultaneous expiration of options & futures)
• Expiration of April WTI futures

Micro

• Results: XPeng
• 4:1 Split: Climb Global Solutions
• S&P 500 and S&P 100 rebalancing

Market focus: Technical flows and a volatility peak at the end of the session.

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