There's a feeling of optimism in the U.S. stock market about the week ahead, with corporate earnings finally poised to hold the spotlight. The European Union still wants a deal, but with U.S. demands ...

Germany's GfK consumer sentiment index is scheduled for Thursday. It is followed by Friday's release of the Ifo economic ...

The S&P 500 (SPX) and the Nasdaq-100 (NDX) inched down from Thursday’s record highs, though still closing the week up 0.59% and 1.25%, ...

Without independence, the Fed couldn’t be trusted to give priority to low inflation over the president’s other priorities.