Goldman Sachs: Buy, Morgan Stanley: Sell

Retail Sales and Fed Speakers Set to Drive Market Focus

U.S. stocks ended the week on a relatively flat note as investors turned their attention to the release of fourth-quarter earnings and continued to parse the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy plans. Despite the lackluster performance on Friday, all three major indices posted weekly gains, with the S&P 500 recording its best weekly performance since mid-December and the Nasdaq experiencing its biggest weekly gain since early November.