S&P 500 Companies to Show Growth
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Third-quarter earnings get under way in  earnest next week -- led by several large banks, as well as  technology companies Intel Corp. INTC.O and Yahoo Inc.  YHOO.O -- with many expected to post double-digit growth.
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Competitors do better and investors are keeping their feet on the ground.
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Wall Street stocks are set for a slightly higher start on Thursday with a report on the services sector and employment data the likely trading focus.
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Credit Suisse First Boston expects &quot;good financial results&quot; from five cable/multiple systems operators (MSOs), with revenue growth ranging from 10% to 13% and growth in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of 10% to 18%.
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Australia&#39;s S&amp;P/ASX 200 Index was little changed. News Corp. advanced as investors who track the Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s 500 Index bought shares ahead of the stock&#39;s addition to the US benchmark next month.
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I view this period of consolidation, following four years of a bull market, as the transition phase to the next stage of the bull market. I expect the S&P 500 to reach all-time highs and to end 2008 somewhere around 1650. If Wall Street goes my way later next year, then I think the FTSE 100, whose large international blue chips have more to do with the global economy than the UK, could be up around 7200 by year-end.
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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.
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NEW YORK - Stock investors this week should get more clues on whether the bull market has long enough legs to drive gains to year end, as many market pros now expect.
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The firm may finally post net inflows this year.
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Financial results from major US firms will this week give investors an indication of how sky-high oil prices are affecting the economy.
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The S&P 500 stock index touched a six-year high on Thursday as higher-than-expected earnings from investment bank Bear Stearns Co. Inc. , retailer Costco Wholesale Corp.  and other companies improved the outlook for steady profit growth.
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The Standard & Poor's 500 stock index   .SPX soared to a fresh five-year high on Wednesday as U.S.   stocks rallied on optimism that the Federal Reserve will keep   interest rates steady, helping to underpin companies' profit   growth.
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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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U.S. stocks were expected to move  higher at Tuesday's open with fourth-quarter earnings from  investment banks Morgan Stanley MWD.N and Bear Stearns Cos.  Inc. BSC.N taking focus.
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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. Several media giants as well as beverage and snack foods company PepsiCo Inc.  and forest products company Weyerhaeuser Co.  are among those planning to announce results in the week ahead.
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Most U.S. companies have reported earnings and the flow of economic data slows next 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.
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Stocks were set to open higher on Friday as signs of continued strength in the job market eased concern about economic growth and the outlook for corporate profits.