Calendar

We are working to compile a calendar of events relevant to global-macro investing. Over time, we plan to track the scheduling of additional U.S. and international data series, market events, etc. (The calendar is a work-in-progress, and is decidedly U.S.-centric at the moment; but will evolve.)

If there is an event you think we should include, please don’t hesitate to post a message in a public discussion forum, or drop a line in our suggestion box.

Major holidays, market closings, and so on, are listed below the calendar.

Would you like to volunteer to help us maintain this calendar? Send us an e-mail (no strings attached), and we’ll see if together we can solve the riddle of time (how can there be so little of it, yet it be so difficult to manage).

In the meantime, here are several high-quality global (in bold) and U.S.-centric economic calendars:





Holiday and closing information from major exchanges.

  • NYSE Euronext — select “Holidays & Hours” from the homepage.
  • NASDAQ Holiday Trading Schedule
  • {More to come.}
  • Got a link you would like to suggest? Tell us!



    • Major and minor holidays, market closings, etc.

    New Year’s Day (January 1)
    Markets closed worldwide. If New Year’s Day falls on a Saturday (Sunday), then the holiday is observed on Friday (Monday).

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (third Monday each January)
    U.S. markets closed.

    Valentine’s Day {TBU: to be updated}
    Links : Unique Valentine’s Day Gifts

    Washington’s Birthday (aka Presidents’ Day; third Monday in February)
    The NYSE Euronext still refers to this holiday by its original name, Washington’s Birthday, in keeping with the 1879 federal law that first commemorated it. “Presidents’ Day” seems to be a term popularized by advertisers in the 1980s to promote holiday-sales events, though some states have officially renamed the holiday Presidents’ Day.

    St. Patrick’s Day (March 17)
    Links : Personalized St. Patrick’s Day gifts

    Vernal equinox (March 21)
    First day of spring.

    Ash Wednesday (46 days before Easter; thus Ash Wednesday falls between February 4 and March 10)
    U.S. banking holiday

    Good Friday (timing varies between March 22 and April 25 of each year)
    Markets closed. Good Friday is the Friday right before Easter. Easter occurs on the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon of the vernal equinox (that is, the first full moon to have occurred on or since the equinox). This places Easter sometime between March 22 and April 25 of each year. (Other holidays and events that depend on Easter for the timing of their occurrence include Lent, Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, and Mardi Gras.)

    Daylight Savings Time begins {TBU}
    {TBU}

    Earth Day (April 22)
    Links: earthdaynetwork

    Passover {TBU}
    Begins at sunset

    Maundy Thursday (aka Holy Thursday; the Thursday before Easter)
    Commemorates the Eucharist; markets open.

    Easter (movable festum festorum)
    Commemorates the Resurrection of Christ. Occurs on the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon of the vernal equinox (that is, the first full moon to have occurred on or since the equinox, which itself occurs around March 21). This places Easter sometime between March 22 and April 25 of each year. (Other holidays and events that depend on Easter for the timing of their occurrence include Lent, Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, and Mardi Gras.)
    Links: Easter Gift Baskets

    Arbor Day {TBU}

    Mother’s Day (second Sunday in May)

    Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
    {TBU}

    Flag Day {TBU}

    Father’s Day {TBU}
    Links: Swiss Army Knives

    Summer solstice (June 21)
    First day of summer

    Independence Day (July 4)
    U.S. markets are closed on the Fourth, and in observance of it if it falls on a Saturday (in which case the markets close on Friday the 3rd) or Sunday (markets close on Monday the 5th). The NYSE typically closes at 1p the day before the observed holiday.

    Labor Day (first Monday in September)
    U.S. and Canadian markets closed

    Rosh Hashanah (timing varies)
    A two-day Jewish holiday that usually occurs in September or early October. Begins just after sunset, just before sunset, or just after nightfall (depending on the rabbinical opinion to which one might subscribe).

    Autumnal equinox (September 21)
    First day of fall.

    Yom Kippur {TBU}
    Begins at sunset

    Columbus Day (second Monday in October)
    A federal holiday in the U.S., but not a banking holiday.

    Sukkot (late September or October)
    Aka Succoth (“booths” or “huts”). A Jewish pilgrimage festival. Lasts seven days, during which Jews gather wheat strands to build temporary huts in which to eat and relax.

    Veterans Day (November 11)
    A federal and banking holiday in the U.S. If it falls on a Saturday (Sunday), then it is observed on Friday (Monday).U.S. stock markets are open on Veterans Day.

    Halloween (October 31)
    Markets open. Boo.

    Daylight Savings Time ends {TBU}
    {TBU}

    Election Day {TBU}
    {TBU}

    Veterans Day {TBU}
    {TBU}

    Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November)
    {TBU}
    Links : Thanksgiving Gift Baskets

    Hanukkah {TBU}
    Begins at sunset

    Rosh Hashana {TBU}
    {TBU}

    Winter solstice (December 21)
    First day of winter

    Christmas (December 25)
    Markets closed

    New Year’s Eve (December 31)
    {TBU}


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