The week's earnings highlights will include $Best Buy (BBY.US)$, $Chewy (CHWY.US)$, $Baidu (BIDU.US)$, and $HP Inc (HPQ.US)$ on Tuesday; $Okta (OKTA.US)$ on Wednesday; and $Broadcom (AVGO.US)$, $The Campbell's Co (CPB.US)$, and $Lululemon Athletica (LULU.US)$ on Thursday.
The main event on the economic calendar will be Friday's release of the August employment report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists on average are forecasting a gain of 270,...

Weekly market recap
The overnight action followed another disappointing week for investors as the major averages suffered modest losses. The blue-chip $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ fell 0.9% for its ninth negative week in 10, while the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ and the $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ lost 1.2% and 1%, respectively, last week for their eighth losing week in nine.
The stock market has had a volatile year with the maj...

Weekly market recap
S&P 500 futures were higher even after a losing week on Wall Street as investors ditched equities amid concerns over the new omicron Covid variant and the Federal Reserve's move to tighten policy.
Nasdaq stock futures were the underperformer on Sunday following a big drop in bitcoin over the weekend and as investors continued to rethink owning tech stocks with high valuations.
Futures contracts tied to the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ gained 163 points, or 0.5%. $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ futures were 0.35% higher. $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ futures hovered around the flatline.
Here's a look at the return of S&P 500 sectors
This week ahead in focus
Meme stock darling GameStop headlines next week's earnings report lineup. The videogame retailer reports results after the market closes on Wednesday. AutoZone, Casey's General Stores, and Toll Brothers report earnings on Tuesday, followed by Brown-Forman and Campbell Soup on Wednesday. Broadcom, Costco Wholesale, and Hormel Foods round things out on Thursday.
On Monday, Union Pacific will hold a conference call to discuss its climate action plan. McKesson and Southwest Airlines host their 2021 investor days on Wednesday, followed by CVS Health and Tyson Foods on Thursday.
The Federal Reserve's report on consumer credit data for October will be released on Tuesday. On Thursday, the U.S. Labor Department reports initial jobless claims for the week ending on Dec. 4.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the consumer price index for November on Friday. The consensus estimate is for a 6.7% year-over-year jump, half a percentage point more than in October. The core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is expected to rise 4.8% versus 4.6% previously.
Monday 12/6
$Union Pacific (UNP.US)$ holds a conference call to discuss its climate action plan.
Tuesday 12/7
$AutoZone (AZO.US)$ , $Caseys General Stores (CASY.US)$, and $Toll Brothers (TOL.US)$ announce quarterly results.
The Federal Reserve reports on consumer credit data for October. After falling slightly last year, total outstanding consumer debt has risen an average of $20 billion a month through September, and stands at a record $4.37 trillion.
Wednesday 12/8
The BLS releases the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. Economists forecast 10.5 million job openings on the last business day of October, only 600,000 less than the record high of 11.1 million in July.
$Brown-Forman-A (BF.A.US)$, $The Campbell's Co (CPB.US)$, and $GameStop (GME.US)$ report earnings.
$McKesson (MCK.US)$ and $Southwest Airlines (LUV.US)$ host their 2021 investor days.
$Edwards Lifesciences (EW.US)$ holds an investor conference in Irvine, Calif. The company will discuss its product pipeline as well as its financial outlook for 2022.
The Bank of Canada announces its monetary-policy decision. The central bank is expected to keep its key short-term interest rate unchanged at 0.25%. At its late-October meeting, the bank ended its quantitative-easing program and signaled that its first interest-rate hike would be earlier in 2022 than had been expected.
Thursday 12/9
$Broadcom (AVGO.US)$, $Costco (COST.US)$, and $Hormel Foods (HRL.US)$ hold conference calls to discuss quarterly results.
$CVS Health (CVS.US)$ and $Tyson Foods (TSN.US)$ host their annual investor days.
The Department of Labor reports initial jobless claims for the week ending on Dec. 4. Jobless claims averaged 238,750 in November, the lowest since the beginning of the pandemic, and just 24,750 more than in February of 2020.
Friday 12/10
$Archer Daniels Midland (ADM.US)$ holds its global investor day.
$Centene (CNC.US)$ holds an investor meeting and will provide financial guidance for 2022.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the consumer price index for November. Consensus estimate is for a 6.7% year-over-year jump, half a percentage point more than in October. The core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is expected to rise 4.8% versus 4.6% previously. October's 6.2% increase was the hottest the CPI has run in more than 30 years, and this past week Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell finally ditched "transitory" when discussing inflation before the Senate Banking Committee.
The University of Michigan releases its Consumer Sentiment index for December. Economists forecast a 66 reading, slightly less than the November data.
Source: CNBC, Dow Jones Newswires, jhinvestments