Wall St. Week Ahead: Hope for Santa Rally
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Wall Street is hoping its traditional  year-end "Santa rally" will pick up steam in the week ahead.
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Bad economic data? Rising oil prices? Mediocre earnings? It&#39;s the holiday season _ all is forgiven. Wall Street is going into the last week of 2004 with all three major indexes above or at their multiyear highs.
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Wall Street looked set for a flat opening on Thursday as investors mark time ahead of a long Christmas weekend, but a clutch of economic data and a new retreat in oil prices could drive sentiment.
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Texas Instruments rises on a $1B stock buyback; investors will keep an eye on consumer sentiment. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Major Wall Street indexes are likely to finish the week flat, but Friday could provide
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Wall Street&#39;s merger-fueled rally may  continue next week, so long as Friday&#39;s payrolls report and  other economic news don&#39;t spoil the party.
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If the U.S. economic numbers show  inflation is contained and no major companies warn of poor  results in the coming earnings season, stocks could rise in the  holiday-shortened week ahead.
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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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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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By George Chamberlin , Daily Transcript Financial Correspondent. Stocks moved modestly higher Monday. Investors are likely to do little trading this week because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Stock investors will look to earnings reports from retailers Federated Department Stores Inc.  and Target Corp.  this week as well as new soundings on consumer sentiment as they to try to get a handle on the state of the U.S. economy.
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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&#39;s merger-fueled rally may  continue this week, so long as Friday&#39;s payrolls report and  other economic news don&#39;t spoil the party.
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Efforts to rescue a distraught U.S.  bond insurance industry could inject a positive note on Wall  Street but the economic data and earnings reports on tap for  this week are unlikely to change a downward trend for stocks.
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The holidays are here, and investors are wondering: Will Santa put some jingle in their pockets this year? So far, so good. Since President George W. Bush&#39;s Nov. 2 reelection, the stock market has roared, sending
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A Santa Claus rally pushed Wall Street&#39;s blue-chip stocks to their highest close in 3-1/2 years on Tuesday, boosted by a rebound in drugmaker Pfizer Inc.
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Stocks could rally back up to their  highs of the year next week if the Federal Reserve shows Wall  Street that its decision to keep interest rates on hold last  month wasn't just a one-off.
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Early indications of holiday sales last week showed strength, but investors seemed confused about whether to continue shopping on Wall Street.