The athletic apparel industry is exploding right now, but Dick’s Sporting Goods stock isn’t going through the roof like Nike’s and Under Armour’s are.

Under Armour is expanding at an unbelievable rate, but the main reason the stock has investors cheering is because there is much potential for growth in the near future.

Leigh Drogen and Joe Kunkle preview earnings from Under Armour (UA), Skechers (SKX), Fortinet (FTNT), and O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY). In our featured topic we discuss why NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) is set for a huge quarter thanks to Apple's (AAPL​) Apple Pay.

This week 380 publicly traded companies are reporting for the third quarter, 130 are S&P 500 constituents.

December E-mini S&Ps this morning are up +0.04% and European stocks are up +0.63% on signs that China is expanding stimulus to promote economic growth after a government official familiar with the matter said the PBOC is injecting 500 billion yuan into China's five biggest banks.

Most value investors are familiar with Buffett’s famous advice to seek out quality companies rather than invest in mediocre companies that look cheap.