Analysis
Welcome to today's edition of the Week Ahead in US Stocks, where we identify the key events worth watching in the coming week — including Microsoft's event, the Fed meeting minutes, and the final moment for the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger.
Monday – October 5
Volatility Watch:
Option volatility for Astera Labs and Lumentum has risen over the past week.
Based on the 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI): the most overbought stocks include Armada Acquisition Corp. II, Kodiak Sciences, and Pacific Bio;
the most oversold stocks include Advasa Holdings and MGM Resorts. Short interest remains elevated in TeraWulf and C4 Therapeutics.
Dividend Watch – Companies going ex-dividend next week include GE Aerospace, Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon.
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Dillard's, Energy Transfer, Sunoco, and Texas Capital Bancshares are among the first prominent companies to begin trading with the Texas Stock Exchange as their primary listing venue.
The first trading day following OPEC+'s October 4 production policy meeting.
The two-day 2026 Energy Intelligence Forum kicks off. The event aims to bring together energy industry executives, investors, policymakers, analysts, and civil society leaders to discuss how to ensure energy system security and affordability while achieving decarbonization. Key speakers include Aramco CEO Amin Nasser, Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi, BP CEO Meg O'Neill, and TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné.
Tuesday – October 6
Earnings Watch: Prominent companies reporting earnings include Constellation Brands, Lamb Weston, and RPM International.
Promotions – Amazon will hold its two-day Prime Big Deal Days sales event, offering deals to Prime members. Target's competing promotion for its free membership program, Target Circle Deal Days, will also run from October 6 to 7. Walmart's week-long Fall Deals event will run from October 5 to 11, with no membership required.
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Investor Days worth watching include Zscaler Investor Day and Nomad Foods Investor Day. The tech sector's focus will be on Marvell Technology's Investor Day, where CEO Matt Murphy and other executives will discuss the company's strategy, growth opportunities, and its role in next-generation AI and data center infrastructure.
The three-day NACS Show convenience store expo kicks off. This annual convenience store and fuel retail industry gathering will draw participation from Casey's General Stores, Accenture, Dollar General, 7-Eleven, QuikTrip, Love's, Circle K, and Sunoco.
Executives from NXP Semiconductors, Palo Alto Networks, and Booz Allen Hamilton will speak at the ICS industrial control systems cybersecurity conference.
The giant media merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery is expected to officially close. The combined company will be named Skydance.
Wednesday – October 7
Earnings Watch – Prominent companies reporting earnings include Levi Strauss and Applied Digital.
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Neogen will host its Investor Day. The focus will be on Neogen's strategic transformation, with the company detailing its commercial strength, high-impact innovations, and operational initiatives to drive sustainable financial performance improvement.
1:00 PM – Microsoft will hold its Windows and Surface event. The event is expected to focus on on-device AI features in Windows and Surface devices, and may feature updates including the Surface Laptop Ultra, Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, and Windows 11. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang are expected to attend.
2:00 PM – The Federal Reserve will release the minutes from its previous monetary policy meeting.
After the Close – Costco will release its monthly sales report.
Thursday – October 8
Earnings Watch – Prominent companies reporting earnings include PepsiCo and Tilray Brands.
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The lock-up period expires for some SK hynix shares.
Investor Days worth watching include Mission Produce Investor Day.
Circana will release August video game sales data.
Zeta Global will host its Zeta Live event. Speakers include Zeta CEO David Steinberg, ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck, and Taboola CEO Adam Singolda.
St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem will speak about the US economy and policy at a Bloomberg event.
8:15 AM – PepsiCo will hold its earnings call. Investors' focus is on whether Pepsi can sustain its early volume recovery in North America while increasing brand investment and rolling out affordability initiatives to protect margins. Some analysts believe the food and beverage giant's previously issued full-year guidance faces downside risk. More than 40% of Celsius Holdings' revenue comes from PepsiCo, and the two stocks have an 88% probability of moving in sync on its earnings day.
Friday – October 9
Earnings Watch – Prominent companies reporting earnings include Delta Air Lines.
4:00 PM – Nasdaq will release its latest short interest report.