Upcoming S&P 500 Earnings Releases: Before The Bell: Best Buy Co., Inc. Campbell Soup Company The Home Depot, Inc. Medtronic Inc. The TJX Companies, Inc. Important Data Releases: Europe: 5:00AM EST Zentrum fur Europaische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) will release German ZEW Economic Sentiment, which measures the level of a diffusion index based on surveyed German institutional investors and analysts. US: 7:00PM EST Federal Reservewill release Fed Chairman Bernanke Speaks at the National Economists Club Annual Herbert Stein Memorial Lecture, in Washington DC. Traders usually examine his public engagements for clues regarding future monetary policy.