Nasdaq falling 1. 21 . Good. The bull deserved it. We are void of any news which allowed to us boulder a small rally led by the beaten down and at last a balance in retail. However, looking forward to next week, the dollar, the fed, oil, theyre all going to come into play. Calling some real discordant tunes. It all starts on monday when we get a slew of data from the euro zone. That will give us a sense of how weak europe is. Why do we care . Because the dollar has been up for four straight weeks. And a strong dollar is bad news for our u. S. Based international companies. My beggest worry is that we get sub par data from across the atlantic. It will make the euro even more competitive. To make matters worse, we have a host of officials speaking next week including the cochairman yellin. When we hear about three rate hikes, combined with weak european data, the next week it could get you goly. Tuesday, a motley crew of earnings reports starting with auto zone. The big auto parts retail