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First Republic Bank stock set to debut next week

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of First Republic Bank are expected to debut on the New York Stock Exchange next week.

The San Francisco commercial bank plans to offer 11 million shares in an initial public offering. It expects to price shares between $24 and $27 apiece, according to a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. filing. First Republic is offering 4 million shares itself, and selling stockholders are offering 7 million shares.

Stock-Market Visions From Wall Street Firms Are Ho-Ho-Ho Bullish

It is the most wonderful time of the year!

That is right, early December is the season for stock strategists to offer fresh guesstimates at what kind of year 2011 will be for stocks.

This week, investors received new S&P 500 targets from equity strategy shops at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS - News), Bank of America's (NYSE: BAC - News) Bank of America Merrill Lynch and UBS (NYSE: UBS - News), to name a few.

And the analysts are—wait for it, cynical Wall Street observers—bullish.

The Retirement Tax Hit, and Ways to Avoid It

Whether you're already living in retirement or still planning for it, it's impossible to ignore the effect your annual tax bill may have on retirement income. And given the current tax-rate uncertainty, the best year-end strategies for 2010 may surprise you.

At a recent MarketWatch roundtable discussion, two of the nations' top retirement-planning experts offered tactics to consider to reduce your tax bill this year and next, and the benefits, and potential dangers, of Roth IRA conversions.

Stocks stumble after unemployment rises to 9.8 pct

NEW YORK (AP) -- An unexpected rise in the U.S. unemployment rate pushed most stocks down Friday as investors moved money into safer assets.
The unemployment rate climbed to a seven-month high in November as employers added just 39,000 jobs. Economists had expected a gain of 145,000.
The unemployment rate climbed to 9.8 percent from 9.6 percent.
Investors had hoped that a strong jobs report would help extend a two-day stock rally. Expectations of job growth rose Wednesday after a report showed that small businesses were hiring at the fastest pace in three years. That and strong reports Thursday on retail spending and home sales pushed the Dow Jones industrial average up 356 points in two days.

Hiring up, unemployment claims down. Is the job market back?

Could the job market finally be turning a corner? Though millions of workers are still reeling from a battered U.S. labor market, there are some early signs of improvement. Monthly payroll numbers have been rising and fewer people are filing for unemployment. Plus, Americans are working longer hours. "I don't think we're at a point where we're going to turn the corner rapidly, but I think what we see through a variety of metrics is, clearly things are getting a little bit better," said T.C. Robillard, a senior research analyst for Signal Hill Capital who covers large staffing firms.
Last month's labor report from the government showed that