InterRent REIT (TSE:IIP) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q3 2018 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of InterRent REIT in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, October 17th. National Bank Financial analyst M. Kornack anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.12 per share for the quarter.

Barrick Gold Corp (NYSE:ABX) (TSE:ABX) – Stock analysts at Cormark raised their Q3 2018 EPS estimates for shares of Barrick Gold in a report issued on Tuesday, September 25th, Zacks Investment Research reports. Cormark analyst R. Gray now forecasts that the basic materials company will earn $0.22 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.15. Cormark also issued estimates for Barrick Gold’s Q4 2018 earnings at $0.21 EPS and FY2018 earnings at $0.65 EPS.

AtriCure Inc. (ATRC) had a rough trading day for Friday October 19 as shares tumbled 6.91%, or a loss of $-2.25 per share, to close at $30.29. After opening the day at $32.46, shares of AtriCure Inc. traded as high as $32.59 and as low as $30.24. Volume was 259,472 shares over 1,903 trades, against an average daily volume of 229,067 shares and a total float of 35.36 million.

Exponent Inc. (EXPO) traded on unusually high volume on Oct. 19, as the stock gained 3.17% to close at $48.82. On the day, Exponent Inc. saw 422,358 shares trade hands on 4,381 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 190,584 shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty significant bump in volume over the norm.

Bearish traders’ grip on global markets tightened this week with massive outflows from equities and bonds while investors reached for cash and less risky stocks, Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategists said on Friday.

The five largest Dutch pension funds reported quarterly returns of up to 1.3%, largely due to the performance of developed market equities, private equity and commodities.

In a market wrap, analysts at ANZ Bank New Zealand explained that US equities continued to sink, following weakness through the Asian session, as markets continue to digest the combination of higher US rates, ongoing trade tensions, and Chinese growth concerns.

Merseyside Pension Fund, Liverpool, England, selected FTSE Russell’s Smart Sustainability index as the benchmark for a portion of its passive equity portfolio that will have a multifactor approach focused on climate risk, said Owen Thorne, investment manager at the £9 billion ($11.8 billion) pension fund.

Philippine group’s expansion at risk now that it expects to raise less capital

It was quiet out there in the markets—spooky quiet. All five of the calmest quarters for U.S. stocks in the past 20 years have occurred since the start of 2017. Then came Oct. 10-11, when markets were hit by a storm that came out of the clear blue sky. The S&P 500 fell 5.2 percent over two days. That represented the fifth-biggest increase in volatility in the almost 90-year history of the index and its predecessors, according to Rocky Fishman, a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. equity derivatives strategist.