Crude, Gold, Interest Rate Hikes, Retail and Jobs Data Will Drive Headlines for the Week Ahead

The S&P 500 hit a new intraday high as jobs data continues to improve and crude and gold saw more volatile trading and that will continue to impact the markets. TheStreet’s Jill Malandrino points out that key topics of conversation for the trading week ahead will be the Fed and interest rates, as well as the energy and gold trade, retail and housing earnings and sell-side broker conferences. There are no S&P 500 companies reporting but there are some non-S&P names that will take center stage, including Cherokee, Costco, Hovanian, Toll Brothers, Francesca's, Quicksilver and Lululemon. Conferences like Barclay's Global Tech, Raymond James Semis, Software and Supply and UBS Global Media and Communications will lend to some fantastic intraday trading because volume tends to be more thin this time of year and the tidbits of data and guidance presented will generate headlines to trade around.