Our key stocks to watch next week comes after volatility has made its return. It was a crazy week in the market. Simply WOW. Investors might have a little more work to do now that higher interest rates are looming their ugly head. That said, our key stocks to watch next week reflect this business as usual.

Looking ahead following last week’s 4% slide in the Dow and S&P 500, there’s also the sharp moves in the U.S. dollar, crude oil and gold to consider – as well as some government shutdown drama once again.

While more tax reform guidance updates will fly in, also pay attention to conference calls as execs talk about wage pressure amid a bustling U.S. economy.

Key stocks to watch next week – earnings reports

FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC), Diamond Offshore Drilling (NYSE:DO) and First Data (NYSE:FDC) on Feb. 12; PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP), Under Armour (UAA, UA), Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD), Fossil (NASDAQ:FOSL) and Metropolitan Life (NYSE:MET) on Feb. 13; Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO), Global Payments (NYSE:GPN), TripAdvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) on Feb. 14; Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET), Shake Shake (NYSE:SHAK), Shopify (NYSE:SHOP), CBS (NYSE:CBS) and TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) on Feb. 15; Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), Deere (NYSE:DE), V.F. Corp (NYSE:VFC), J.M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) and Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) on Feb. 16.

Key stocks to watch next week-Infrastructure

President Trump is expected to unveil a $1.5T infrastructure package for upgrades to airports, bridges and roads on Monday. A number of companies could be influenced by the direction the infrastructure plan takes – Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), Cemex (NYSE:CX), Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXM), Jacobs Engineering (NYSE:JEC) and U.S. Concrete (NASDAQ:USCR) come to mind.

Key stocks to watch next week – IPOs

Biofrontera (Pending:BFRA) and Motus GI (Pending:MOTS) on Feb. 13.

Key stocks to watch next week – expirations

Sachem Capital (NYSE:SACH) on Feb. 12; Chicken Soup Entertainment (NASDAQ:CSSE) on Feb 14; Ameri (OTCQB:AMRH) on Feb. 15.

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