GDP, Housing Data and Key Retailers Report in the Trading Week Ahead

The S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite and Dow are all flirting with new all-time highs. The Street's Jill Malandrino sets you up for the trading trading week ahead as the market will have to digest key economic data including GDP, existing, pending and new homes sales, consumer confidence and manufacturing. Nine percent of the S&P 500 reports and traders will look to key retail earnings such as Macy's, Home Depot, J.C. Penney, TJX and Target for a gauge on the strength of the consumer and impact from lower prices at the pump. There are a number of sell-side conferences on tap, which always lends to some good intraday opportunities as headlines hit the tape from the presentations. Commodities, FX and the strong U.S. dollar also remain in the spotlight.