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