What’s Ahead This Week: Twitter Earnings and Janet Yellen Speaks

This week, investors will be watching quarterly results from a host of major companies, along with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s bi-annual Congressional address.

Author:: Scott Gamm
Publish date:: Feb 7, 2016 12:00 PM EST

This week, investors will be watching quarterly results from a host of major companies, along with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s bi-annual Congressional address. Some 65 S&P 500 companies are set to release earnings, according to FactSet. On Monday, Hasbro (HAS) and 21st Century fox (FOXA) report quarterly results. Tuesday, Coca Cola (KO), CVS Health (CVS) and Panera Bread (PNRA) release earnings. Wednesday, investors await results from Time Warner (TWX), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Twitter (TWTR). The troubled social media company is expected to report fourth quarter earnings per share of $0.12 on sales of $710 million. Investors will be keeping a close eye on its user growth. Panera Bread, Cisco Systems and Twitter are holdings of TheStreet’s Jim Cramer’s charitable trust, Action Alerts PLUS. PepsiCo (PEP), WhiteWave (WWAV) and American International (AIG) release results on Thursday. WhiteWave is also a holding in the aforementioned charitable trust. Friday is a light earnings day, with American Axle (AXL) set to post earnings. TheStreet's Scott Gamm has details from Wall Street.