3 Things to Watch in the Stock Market This Week

Stocks were roughly flat last week as investors processed news about COVID-19 outbreaks along with a flood of generally strong second-quarter earnings reports. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) fell by less than 0.75% to remain in modestly negative territory for the year.

Hundreds of stocks will announce earnings results over the next few trading days, including Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD), and Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD). Below we'll take a look at the key trends that might send these investments moving this week.

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