Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street brunch, our Sunday look ahead to this week's market moving events,

along with the weekend's top news and analysis.

Hello, today is Sunday June 16th and I'm your host Kim Khan.

It's a rare midweek holiday for Wall Street with the stock and bond markets closed for the Juneteenth holiday on

Wednesday. Four-day trading weeks usually mean lower volume and added volatility.

That will be exacerbated on Friday with triple wishing expiration of

options, stock index futures, and stock index options.

Walmart's Members Only Walmart Plus shopping event kicks off this week.

It will run through June 23rd.

And the retail sales report for May

will generate the most interest among indicators.

Economists expect a 0.3% gain for the month

rising from a flat measure in April.

Retail sales haven't seen a rise since January,

and another low print will likely bolster expectations

for the Fed to cut rates by a quarter point in September.

Fed speakers are out of the penalty box this week, so expect some jaw-boning, probably

on the hawkish side, given how dovish last week's meeting was interpreted. Watch for remarks

from Governor's Lisa Cook and Adriana Kugler, among others.

Treasury yields of tumbled following the cool inflation data on both the retail and wholesale

sides.

Seeking Alfa's Rina Sherbal talked to Scott Kaufman, known on S.A. As Treading Softly. as

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