The Week Ahead: A Test for Dimon, Apple Taxes in Focus, Bernanke on the Hill

thenews 2013.05.19 20:00

It was a tough week for the IRS (and gold) but not so for stocks: Friday capped four straight weeks of gains for Wall Street as the Dow and S&P 500 climbed to fresh new highs, continuing the "relentless rally" that has given investors a fantastic year -- in just six months.

What should headline-watchers and investors be looking out for next week? Here are some of the highlights ahead, including two very special Yahoo! Finance events.

Monday, May 20

At least two more hearings on the IRS scandal regarding targeting of conservative groups will take place this week
Earnings: Campbell Soup (CPB), TiVo (TIVO)
Fed Speaker: Charles Evans
Breakout segments scheduled: The fear of Fed tapering is overblown: Don Hays; Don't hope for gold and silver recoveries: Louise Yamada; The Japanese economy: Jim Rogers
Daily Ticker segments scheduled: 8:30 am — Don't Piss off Jamie Dimon: He's America's best banker (Howard Davidowitz); Jim Rogers on the commodities supercycle