Catalyst Calendar

Catalyst Calendar

description: Build and maintain a calendar of upcoming catalysts across a coverage universe — earnings dates, conferences, product launches, regulatory decisions, and macro events. Helps prioritize attention and position ahead of events. Triggers on "catalyst calendar", "upcoming events", "what's coming up", "earnings calendar", "event calendar", or "catalyst tracker".

Workflow

Step 1: Define Coverage Universe

• List of companies to track (tickers or names)
• Sector / industry focus
• Include macro events? (Fed meetings, economic data, regulatory deadlines)
• Time horizon (next 2 weeks, month, quarter)

Step 2: Gather Catalysts

For each company, identify upcoming events:

Earnings & Financial Events

• Quarterly earnings date and time (pre/post market)
• Annual shareholder meeting
• Investor day / analyst day
• Capital markets day
• Debt maturity / refinancing dates

Corporate Events

• Product launches or announcements
• FDA approvals / regulatory decisions
• Contract renewals or expirations
• M&A milestones (close dates, regulatory approvals)
• Management transitions
• Insider trading windows (lockup expirations)

Industry Events

• Major conferences (dates, which companies presenting)
• Trade shows and expos
• Regulatory comment periods or rulings
• Industry data releases (monthly sales, traffic, etc.)

Macro Events

• Fed meetings (FOMC dates)
• Jobs report, CPI, GDP releases
• Central bank decisions (ECB, BOJ, etc.)
• Geopolitical events with market impact

Step 3: Calendar View

Step 4: Weekly Preview

Each week, generate a forward-looking summary:

This Week's Key Events:

1. [Day]: [Company] Q[X] earnings — consensus [$X EPS], our estimate [$X], key focus: [metric]
2. [Day]: [Event] — why it matters for [stocks]
3. [Day]: [Macro release] — expectations and positioning

Next Week Preview:

• Early heads-up on important events coming

Position Implications:

• Events that could move specific positions
• Any pre-positioning recommended
• Risk management ahead of binary events

Step 5: Output

• Excel workbook with calendar view and sortable columns
• Weekly preview email/note (markdown)
• Optional: integration with Google Calendar

Important Notes

• Earnings dates shift — verify against company IR pages and Bloomberg/FactSet closer to the date
• Pre-announce risk: track companies with a history of pre-announcing (positive or negative)
• Conference attendance lists are valuable — which companies are presenting and which are conspicuously absent?
• Some catalysts are recurring (monthly industry data) — build a template and auto-populate
• Color-code by impact level: Red = high impact, Yellow = moderate, Green = routine
• Archive past catalysts with the actual outcome — builds pattern recognition over time

Hermes Profile Notes

This skill was packaged from pi-financial-services source path plugins/vertical-plugins/equity-research/skills/catalyst-calendar for the Hermes financial-services profile. Use institutional data connectors first when available, cite sources, and stage outputs for qualified human review.

Common Pitfalls

1. Do not present drafts as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice.
2. Do not use web search as the primary source when an institutional MCP/data connector is available.
3. Do not execute transactions, contact clients, post to a ledger, or approve onboarding. Stage outputs for review.

Verification Checklist

• Inputs, assumptions, dates, and currencies are explicit.
• Numbers tie across tables, models, decks, and memos.
• Sources are cited and institutional data is preferred where available.
• Output is labeled draft / for human review where appropriate.