Stocks Set for Firm Start to '05
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Stock futures rose on Monday, pointing  to a solid start to the New Year, as oil prices tumbled more  than a dollar and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N brightened its  outlook for December sales.
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Wall Street is expected to have a firm start on Thursday, adding to the previous session's gains, but markets will look to a spate of economic reports for direction, dealers said.
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Wall Street stocks were set for a lower start on Wednesday, as investors looked to pull back some of the market&#39;s sharp gains on Tuesday.
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Wall Street is set to end 2007 with  modest gains this week and kick off the new year with all eyes  trained on jobs data for signs of recession that could make  2008 a hostile environment for stocks.
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Happy New Year, all you investors with an eye for numerology. According to a popular financial folk tale, there's no need to worry much about Federal Reserve policy or corporate earnings growth in 2005. The stock market, and stock mutual funds, will do just fine because they always prosper in years that end with a five.
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U.S. stock market index futures pointed to a mixed start on Wall Street on Thursday as investors look ahead to results from Microsoft , AT&T  and Amgen  and fresh labor market data.
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U.S. stocks should maintain their 3 1/2-year highs this week as they ring out 2004, helped by investor interest in large-cap stocks and a steady rebound in beaten-down drug companies.
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Wall Street stocks were set for a lacklustre start on Thursday after Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) slashed its full-year guidance and US retailers delivered some disappointing December sales figures.
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Shares on Wall Street looked set for a  flat start on Wednesday after rising solidly in the previous  session on a bullish economic report and ahead of key data  later in the week.
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Stocks on Wall Street are expected to  open a touch lower on Wednesday as investors await latest  inflation data, with little on the earnings calendar.
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Wall Street was set for a weaker start  on Wednesday, taking a cue from an uptick in crude oil prices,  while investors will also watch out for home sales data.
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Wall Street was set for a steady start  on Thursday, bolstered by fresh falls in crude oil prices to  their lowest level in over three weeks to ease investor  concerns about prospects for economic growth and corporate  profits.
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Stocks appeared set for opening gains Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average starting the day less than 34 points from its record closing high
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U.S. stocks looked to open little  changed on Wednesday after staging a late rally in the previous  session, with investors focused on key economic and oil data as  crude drifts near $50 a barrel.
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US stocks are set to open down a touch Thursday, as investors take some cash off the table following recent gains. Dow Jones futures were down 7 points recently, while Nasdaq futures were 2 points lower and Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s futures declined 0.10 points.
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Wall Street was set for a flat start on Tuesday as investors braced themselves for a slew of data, with a steadier dollar helping to offset the impact of firmer crude oil prices.
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U.S. stocks headed for a strong open Friday as investors awaited data on home sales and manufacturing to help determine how Wall Street will cap a fractious year.