Regional banks will be in focus in the week ahead as traders head into the thick of third-quarter earnings season. The corporate reporting season is off to a solid start with results on Friday from Citigroup , JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo that were better than expected. But traders will be looking to regional banks for signs of weakness that could work their way through the broader economy.
housing market index Earnings: Johnson & Johnson , Bank of New York Mellon , Bank of America , Lockheed Martin , Goldman Sachs Group , Prologis , J.B. Hunt Transport Services , Omnicom Group , United Airlines Wednesday, Oct. 18 8:30 a.m. Building permits 8:30 a.m. Housing starts Earnings: Northern Trust , U.S.