Wall St. Sets Up Summer Contingencies
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Wall Street&#39;s dog days of August have the potential for a serious bite this year. August is traditionally slow for investment bankers, fund managers and traders on Wall
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NEW YORK -- With the stock market having jitters after a strong run-up in the past year, some investors might want something more low-key.
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Private equity firms, until recently the high flyers of finance, have had a tough summer.
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Wall Street stocks were mixed at midmorning on Wednesday, as investors consolidated recent gains amid light trading volumes.
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Stock investors may want to fasten their seatbelts for the week ahead, when a flurry of  earnings and economic data will once again be in focus.
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Wall Street stocks were becalmed at midday on Wednesday as cautious investors paused for breath after a tumultuous week.
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Lukewarm third-quarter earnings reports to date imply that corporate America has some thorny problems. For the stock market to get back on track, this week's releases will have to offer Wall Street some more upbeat news.
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Wall Streetâs first reports since this summerâs credit storm revealed extensive damage, but better-than-expected earnings this week from four brokerage firms offered some comfort.
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U.S. stock investors looking to recoup from the worst week in almost three months will have to keep one eye out for signs of weakness in the tidal wave of earnings due next week and the other on the threat surging oil prices pose to the economy and profits.
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Soaring crude prices plus worries  about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to  hang over the stock market next week during the depth of the  summer doldrums.
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Stock investors may want to fasten  their seatbelts this week, when a flurry of earnings and  economic data will once again be in focus.
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Stocks may come under pressure this  week as investors sell shares at year's end to prepare for tax  season. But crude oil prices, earnings outlooks and moves in  the dollar will also be closely watched.
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After an extended summer vacation, Wall Street is expected to get back to its normal energetic pace this week with the release of August consumer price and retail sales reports.
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Investors are looking for an onslaught of company earnings and economic data next week to give direction for U.S. stocks after some early signs of slower profit growth got the year off to an uncertain start.
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How the financial engineers known as "quants" contributed to Wall Street's summer of scary numbers.
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Wall Street is expected to have a firm  start on Thursday, adding to the previous session&#39;s gains, but  markets will look to a spate of economic reports for direction,  dealers said.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday after  several companies issued profit warnings, while Fed Chairman  Alan Greenspan's remarks that the economy was pulling out of a  summer soft patch did little to quell expectations for a rate  hike later this month.