GameStop, Apple, Kroger, NIO, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

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U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed on Monday for Labor Day. It’s a quiet week on the earnings calendar once investors return from the long weekend, but a few major economic-data releases should grab plenty of attention.

Results this week will come from

GameStop

and

NIO

on Wednesday,

DocuSign

and

Zscaler

on Thursday, and

Kroger

on Friday.

Apple

will also host a product launch event on Wednesday, when it is expected to unveil a new lineup of iPhones and Apple Watches.

Economic data releases next week include the Institute for Supply Management’s Services Purchasing Managers’ Index for August on Tuesday. The consensus estimate is for the index to decline by about three points, to 54.

Other data for investors and economists to watch next week will be the Federal Reserve’s sixth beige book of the year on Wednesday and the Department of Labor’s initial jobless claims for the latest week on Thursday.

The European Central Bank also announces a monetary-policy decision on Thursday. Futures markets are pricing in the greatest odds of a 75-basis-point hike, which would bring ECB’s benchmark interest-rate target to 0.75%.

Monday 9/5

Equity and fixed-income markets are closed in observance of Labor Day.

Tuesday 9/6

The Institute for Supply Management releases its Services Purchasing Managers’ Index for August. Consensus estimate is for a 54 reading, about three points lower than in July. The index is well off its record high of 68.4 from November, but still above the expansionary level of 50.

Wednesday 9/7

Appleholds a launch event, titled “Far Out,” at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. The company is expected to unveil four new iPhone 14 models and three new Apple Watches, along with other products.

GameStop and NIO report quarterly results.

The Federal Reserve releases the beige book for the sixth of eight times this year. The report summarizes current economic conditions with anecdotal data collected by the 12 regional Federal Reserve banks.

The Mortgage Bankers Association releases its mortgage application survey for the week ending on Sept. 2. Mortgage applications have dropped for three consecutive weeks and are at a multidecade low amid record-high home prices and surging mortgage rates.

Thursday 9/8

DocuSign and Zscaler hold conference calls to discuss quarterly earnings.

Moderna

hosts a research and development day, with presentations from its executive leadership, including CEO Stéphane Bancel.

The European Central Bank announces its monetary-policy decision. Traders are pricing in a 60% chance of a jumbo-size 75-basis-point hike, which would bring ECB’s deposit facility rate to 0.75%. At its last meeting, in July, the central bank lifted its key interest rate by half a percentage point, from negative 0.5% to zero. It has been just over a decade since the deposit facility rate was last above zero.

The Department of Labor reports initial jobless claims for the week ending on Sept. 3. Claims averaged 241,500 in August, and have risen steadily this year from historically low levels.

Friday 9/9

Kroger reports second-quarter fiscal-2023 results.

Tapestry
,
the parent company of fashion brands Coach and Kate Spade, holds an investor day at its headquarters in New York. The company will discuss its long-term strategic initiatives and update its financial outlook.

The Federal Reserve releases the Financial Accounts of the United States for the second quarter. The report gives a snapshot of the nation’s household net worth and debt. In the first quarter, household net worth fell by $544 billion, to $149.3 trillion. It was the first decline since the first quarter of 2020. With the

S&P 500
index plunging more than 16% in the second quarter, it’s very likely that the report will show another decrease.

Write to Nicholas Jasinski at [email protected]