WEEK AHEAD
Investors to focus on US economic data, key earnings, Middle East tensions
Stock market investors on Wall Street in the week ahead will focus on US economic data, including retail sales and industrial production reports and quarterly earnings reports from major companies such as Netflix, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Abbott Laboratories. Investors will also be closely watching the escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East after Iran attacked Israel. An Israeli military spokesman said the country is prepared to do “whatever is necessary" in its defense.