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U.S. stocks picked up where they left off on Friday and declined today as investors have plenty on their mind. With earnings being a mixed bag, investors are looking at emerging markets and economic data to support a bullish case for equities. On the emerging market front, investors remain...

On Monday, Stephen Kim, an analyst at Barclays, issued a research note on the U.S. building products and homebuilding sector. He concluded it will become increasingly difficult for investors to find value in the sector. “We believe the homebuilders' already high market shares and decelerating...

Major indices barely budged Thursday following yesterday's monster rally after the Fed announced it will begin tapering. Overall volume was below average which is typical in the final trading days of the year. Next week will be shortened as investors break for Christmas and a week later for new...

On the earnings front, things will start out slow this week, but then FedEx (NASDAQ: FDX), Nike (NYSE: NKE), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and others will take their turns in the earnings spotlight. Below is a quick look at what analysts expect from some of this week's most prominent...

Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) is expected to release its fourth quarter 2013 and full year 2013 results prior to the market open on December 10. A scheduled conference call is set for 2:00 PM EST the same day. The Street's consensus for the company's quarterly EPS is $0.42. The company pre-released...

Highlights on the earnings front this week will include the reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE) and BlackBerry (NYSE: BBRY). Analysts are looking for solid year-over-year revenue growth from both, as well as earnings growth from the former and a narrowed net loss from the latter. Others on deck to share...

Lennar (NYSE: LEN), the nation's third largest homebuilder, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and fiscal-year results Tuesday, January 15, before the markets open. Investors will be looking for the momentum in 2012 as the housing market recovery picked up steam to continue, as indicated by...

In this morning's Marketwatch alert on companies that may report earnings surprises for the fourth quarter, just three were expected to offer positive surprises. Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) was seen beating the consensus estimate by up to 18 percent. Forest Laboratories (NASDAQ: FRX) could turn in a...

The middle of the week will bring a cluster of quarterly reports ahead of the Christmas break. Foremost among them are results from economic bellwether FedEx (NYSE: FDX), which is expected to post lower earnings, Nike (NYSE: NKE), whose EPS are forecast to be the same as a year ago, and Oracle (...

FedEx (NYSE: FDX), an ostensible bellwether of the global economy, is on tap to share its most recent quarterly results this week, and analysts anticipate slightly lower per-share earnings compared to the same period a year ago. However, the forecasts for tech companies Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE...