Sunday May 7

French election runoff between former banker Emmanuel Macron and far right-wing/anti EU candidate Marine Le Pen

Monday May 8, 2017

-Canadian Housing Starts (8:15 AM)

Tuesday May 9

-B.C. provincial election

-Canadian Building Permits (8:30 AM)

-U.S. Wholesale Trade (10:00 AM)

Notable Canadian earnings:  Franco-Nevada, Sun Life Financial (after close), Valeant (prior to open), George Weston Ltd. (open), TMX Group (close)

Notable U.S. earnings:  Walt Disney, News Corp.

Wednesday May 10, 2017

-EIA Petroleum Status Report (10:30 AM)

-Tech leadership conference in Waterloo (speakers include Blackberry’s John Chen and Moneyball’s Billy Beame)

-92nd annual Canadian Produce Marketing Association convention & trade show

-Pershing Square quarterly conference call

-CP Rail AGM in Calgary

-TMX AGM in Toronto

Notable Canadian earnings: Concordia International Corp. (open), Gluskin Sheff + Assoc. (close), WSP Global (open), Yellow Pages (open), Cascades (open), Finning (open)

Notable U.S. earnings: Twenty-First Century Fox (after close), Time Inc. (prior to open)

Thursday May 11, 2017

-U.S. jobless claims (8:30 AM)

-EIA Natural Gas Report (10:30 AM)

-Canada New Home Price Index (8:30)

-Tech leadership conference in Waterloo (speakers include Blackberry’s John Chen and Moneyball’s Billy Beame)

-92nd annual Canadian Produce Marketing Association convention & trade show

Notable Canadian earnings: Home Capital Group, Brookfield Asset Management, Bombardier and AGM (open), Boardwalk REIT (close), CI Financial (close), Canadian Tire (open) and AGM, Enbridge Inc. (open) and AGM, Magna Intl (open) and AGM, Power Financial and AGM, Stantec (close), TELUS (open) and AGM, Emera

Friday May 12, 2017

U.S. Consumer Price Index/Retail Sales (8:30 AM)

U.S. Consumer Sentiment (10:30)

-PVTB shareholder vote on CIBC deal "on or about" today

Notable Canadian earnings: Power Corp. (close), RioCan REIT (open), Amaya Inc. (open), Chorus Aviation (open)

Notable U.S. earnings: J.C. Penney (open)