Weekend Reading: Jitters Die Hard

Good Sunday morning. Here are some articles and papers worth reading. First, however, a look back at the week that just finished, and a look forward at the week ahead.

The major markets were all modestly lower last week. The Dow lost 72 points, or 0.7% for the week, while the S&P 500 index dropped 7 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq lost 22 points, or 1%.

It was the same old, same old, with mixed data leading to market uneasiness. While third-quarter company performance continues to come in generally at or ahead of expectations, economic reports are making investors jumpy, with inflation still higher than most would like. ...