5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday
Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: The week ahead will tell whether the Federal Reserve can damper investor enthusiasm. A rally fueled in large part by blowout Nvidia earnings pushed the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq all to 52-week highs on Friday. Stocks surged to end the week even as more Fed policymakers indicated they will move slowly to cut interest rates, as inflation eases but remains more stubborn than the central bank would have hoped. The Fed's preferred inflation measure, the personal consumption expenditures pri