Dow 50,000 sets table for inflation data, delayed January jobs report: What to watch this week

Wall Street will look to build on a dramatic Friday turnaround that saw the Dow Jones Industrial (^DJI) close above 50,000 for the first time, while a 2% daily rally in the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) indexes wiped away some of the pain felt earlier in the week. When the closing bell rang on Friday, the tech-heavy Nasdaq still logged its fourth straight losing week, falling nearly 3%, as investor concerns over AI-related disruption across software names, specifically, predominated across ...