Wall St. Week Ahead: the Tax Man May Bite
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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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Heading into the heart of earnings  season next week the expected results look robust, but a  slowing of future profit growth and the impact of surging oil  prices on the economy could conspire to hold down stocks.
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The stock market is once again poised to set new record highs, and Wall Street will be watching this week's data on the housing market to decide whether to forge ahead.
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U.S. stocks could be in for another  wild week, when the July jobs data and other economic reports  may help determine the interest-rate outlook.
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With the election in the rear view mirror, this week Wall Street faces the next big obstacle -- higher interest rates.
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A mouse, a house, and your tax-planning spouse all factor huge in the week of earnings that lies ahead.
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Wall Street looked set for gains in an extended global stock bounce on Friday, soaking up the afterglow of a U.S. government tax stimulus package that has soothed recession fears.
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Wall Street's merger-fueled rally may continue this week, so long as Friday's payrolls report and other economic news don't spoil the party.
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It will be a short trading week, but that is probably the best reason to take a long, hard look at some of the companies that will be in the news.
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Wall Street's quarterly earnings frenzy is starting to taper off, but U.S. stock investors will still have plenty of numbers to watch next week.
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Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan will hog the limelight in financial markets this week as investors seek clues on how quickly U.S. interest rates will rise as soaring oil prices start to affect economic activity.
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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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Wall Street faces home sales data and more earnings reports this week, as it decides whether growth is strong enough to justify pushing the Dow Jones industrial average back above 14,000.
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Private-equity and hedge funds may soon face the taxman.
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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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Wall Street may put the brakes on a steep decline next week, when a rate cut is anticipated from the Fed, and Friday's monthly jobs data may trigger a comeback for stocks after their January funk.
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Stocks could face a challenge this  week to bounce back from Friday's post-Thanksgiving drop unless  there is some tempering of the dollar's weakness that sparked  the sell off.