Weekend Reading: Cruising Higher

Good Sunday morning and welcome to Weekend Reading. As always, here are some articles and papers worth reading. First, however, a look back at the week that just finished, and a look forward to the week ahead.

It was a very nice week for the major markets. After being lackluster in recent weeks, the Dow and the S&P 500 gained 1.5% and 1.6%, respectively, while the Nasdaq Composite jumped 3.2%.

Will we see more of the same next week? Well, the same factors underpinning last week's gains will still be in place: lower oil prices, reduced nervousness about Iran and increasing investor confidence that Fed policymakers will refrain from hiking rates at this Wednesday's meeting. ...