The coming week kicks off on Halloween, but traders say what would really spook the market is a string of big earnings misses or a poor October jobs number.
"It's apropos that the week begins on Halloween, because October has truly been a fright-filled month," says Randy Diamond, sales trader at Miller Tabak. "It's also the beginning of another heavy week of earnings releases, and traders are getting tired of playing trick or treat. It's been a volatile and tiring earnings period, to say the least."
The earnings onslaught resumes on Monday with quarterly reports from FTI Consulting(FCN Quote), Humana (HUM Quote), Occidental Petroleum(OXY Quote) and Kellogg(K Quote). ...
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