Welcome back to earnings season: What to watch this week - Yahoo Finance
The U.S. stock market enters a busy earnings season with major banks like JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs reporting results, alongside key healthcare and tech firms. Investors are also closely watching upcoming inflation data and its potential impact on Federal Reserve interest rate decisions.
Why it matters
Earnings reports and inflation data are primary drivers of market volatility and provide critical insights into the health of the U.S. economy.
Welcome back to earnings season: What to watch this week Jake Conley · Breaking Business News Reporter Mon, October 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM GMT+8 8 min read TSM -1.43% ASML -1.03% UNH -1.16% JNJ +0.71% BLK +0.20% Buckle your seatbelts and keep all hands and feet inside the vehicle, because earnings season is back.
Starting on Tuesday, Q3 earnings will properly get underway, led by the major Bulge Bracket banks throughout the week before the playing field opens up to other sectors as we get deeper into October.
Kicking off earnings week, investors on Tuesday will get results from JPMorgan ( JPM ), Goldman Sachs ( GS ), Wells Fargo ( WFC ), and Citi ( C ) on Wall Street, while UnitedHealth ( UNH ) and Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ) will provide a view on the state of the healthcare trade.
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