Earnings and Mideast to keep stocks on edge
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Volatility could be the name of the  game this week for the U.S. stock market with the earnings  machine running at full tilt and the rising conflict in the  Middle East.
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Stocks may come under pressure next  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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Stocks look to open flat on Monday, with oil prices moving higher and the dollar holding near record lows. An attack by suspected Muslim militants on a US consulate
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Record crude oil prices, a tidal wave of quarterly earnings reports and anxiety ahead of the U.S. presidential election may pin U.S. stocks down next week.
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Wall Street is set for a firmer start to Friday trade, hovering near multi-year highs, as investors shrug off steeper crude oil prices and focus on recent buoyant corporate earnings ahead of key inflation data
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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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A new reporting period for company  earnings kicks into gear next week, giving investors a bit of  hard data to chew on, and markets could be volatile if the  price of crude oil stays north of $50 a barrel.
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US stocks advanced slightly on Monday as investors were optimistic that corporate earnings reports may exceed expectations, but oil at a fresh record near $54 a barrel curbed gains.
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U.S. stocks may rally next week if the  early stages of the earnings season yield positive results and  U.S. data shows price pressures are moderating enough to keep  interest rates steady.
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With Wall Street coming off a record week that saw the Standard &amp; Poor's 500 index and the Dow Jones industrials barrel to record highs, investors will be waiting to see if earnings and economic reports justify the market's huge advance.
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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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Wall Street stocks are poised for a firm start to Thursday trade as investors continue to claw back the sharp losses notched up earlier in the week amid a hefty batch of corporate earnings and economic data.
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Stocks may come under pressure next 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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One of Wall Street&#39;s oldest maxims  will be put to the test next week: markets don&#39;t hit bottom on  a Friday.
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Wall Street was expected to rise on  Tuesday as easing crude oil prices soothed fears of a squeeze  on earnings and on a thin corporate menu investors will be able  to chew over results from food group H.J. Heinz Co HNZ.N.
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Investors are expected to focus on oil prices and corporate earnings outlooks next week, and the slightest warning about company revenues could weigh on stocks.
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Most U.S. companies have reported  earnings and the flow of economic data slows this week, so  investors will look to U.S. trade figures and earnings from  leading technology stocks Dell and Cisco for fuel to sustain  the market's 2-week-old rally.