The week ahead: Falling back into earnings

An upbeat earnings season winds down this week, with investors buoyed by the Federal Reserve last week announcing they were once again leaving interest rates as is and a cooler than expected October jobs reports, both raising the odds of a soft landing for the economy.

Private equity watchers will have Nov. 7 circled on their calendars, with KKR, Carlyle Group and TPG slated to report on their third quarters. But those reports probably won't be as juicy as the drama surrounding whether or not Rithm and Sculptor will finally consummate their merger.

• Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks Nov. 8 and the following day.
  
• Initial jobless claims data will be released on Nov. 9.
  
• Third quarter U.K. gross domestic product numbers are scheduled to land on Nov. 10.

• Carlye Group, KKR, TPG and Affiliated Managers Group will report earnings for the third quarter on Nov. 7.

• Maine Public Employee Retirement System has its monthly meeting on Nov. 9 and may announce a commitment as well vote on a chair and vice chair, its other post-employment benefits policy and amendments to board policies. It will also have the regular monthly financial review.
  
• This week consultants and managers will publish their reports with estimates of September corporate pension plan funding.

• The Bloomberg New Economy Forum will be held Nov. 8-10 in Singapore. Speakers include Jenny Johnson, president and CEO of Franklin Templeton; Rachel Lord, senior managing director and chair and head of Asia-Pacific at BlackRock; John Waldron, president and chief operating officer at Goldman Sachs; Mike Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies; and Henry A. Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state and national security adviser.