Catalyst Watch archive · Week of Sep 21 - 25, 2026

Trump-Xi at the White House, Meta Connect, and McDonald's Investor Day.

A geopolitical headliner on top of a heavy corporate calendar. Monday opens with a wave of index additions, Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit and the Caesars buyout vote land Tuesday, McDonald's lays out its U.S. turnaround hours before Zuckerberg takes the Meta Connect stage Wednesday, and Thursday pairs the Trump-Xi summit with Costco earnings. Here is the week, day by day.

Updated Sep 20, 2026

Archived edition

This is the Catalyst Watch for Sep 21 - 25, 2026, kept as published. The current week is always at the hub.

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Monday

Sep 214 on the tape

All day
DataIndex adds
Bloom Energy (BE), Everpure (P), and Illumina (ILMN) join the S&P 500. Dell (DELL), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Arista (ANET), and SanDisk (SNDK) join the S&P 100. HubSpot (HUBS), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Corcept (CORT), and Brinker (EAT) move into the S&P MidCap 400, and HawkEye (HAWK) joins the Russell 2000 - a lot of passive flow to absorb in one session.
- BE
- P
- ILMN
- DELL
- PANW
- ANET
- SNDK
- HUBS
- AGNC
- CORT
- EAT
- HAWK
All day
IPOIPOs: Bamboo Insurance Services (BMB) and Amaero (AMRO) are due to price and begin trading
- BMB
- AMRO
All day
ScreenVolatility screen
options vol has picked up in PepsiCo (PEP) and Kodiak Sciences (KOD). RSI stretched high in Drugs Made In America Acquisition (DMAA), Tsakos Energy (TEN), and Riley Exploration (REPX), washed out in Cooper Cos (COO) and Performance Food (PFGC). Short interest elevated in Shoe Station (SHOE) and Jack in the Box (JACK).
- PEP
- KOD
- DMAA
- TEN
- REPX
- COO
- PFGC
- SHOE
- JACK
All day
FedGoolsbee speaks at the OMFIF forum
The first full week of Fed commentary since the blackout lifted.

Up next

TuesdaySep 22

TBAEarningsAutoZone (AZO), Thor Industries (THO), and KB Home (KBH) report
All dayConferenceQualcomm (QCOM) Snapdragon Summit opens
12:00 PMDealCaesars (CZR) shareholders vote on the Fertitta Entertainment buyout offer
All dayConferenceSkift Global Forum opens
All dayInvestor dayInvestor days
All dayMacroWTI October futures expire

Do not miss

ThuTrump-Xi summit in Washington
Taiwan, AI, and tariffs on the agenda, with Boeing (BA) aircraft orders a possible headline and Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang expected at the state dinner.
Wed 4:00 PMMeta Connect (META)
Two days of AI, smart-glasses, and mixed-reality updates from Menlo Park, with a Zuckerberg keynote and product announcements expected.
WedMcDonald's (MCD) Investor Day
The plan to restore U.S. momentum, plus a first real read on whether the new beverage platform has staying power.

Also on the radar

Ex-dividend dates this week for Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Seagate (STX), and Medtronic (MDT). Conference week includes the Wells Fargo and Bernstein consumer conferences, the JPMorgan US All Stars Conference, and the Precious Metals Summit. PepsiCo (PEP) options vol is rising into a week with no PepsiCo-specific event on the calendar - worth a look at the flow.

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