The Fool Looks Ahead

There's never a dull week on Wall Street. Let's go over some of the news that will shape the week to come.

Monday
The new trading week kicks off with Jiayuan.com (NAS: DATE) reporting its quarterly results.

China's top dating site may seem like a slam dunk. In a country where courtship rituals can use a little spicing up, why wouldn't someone turn to Web-based dating to find a better partner? Unfortunately, things haven't gone so well since Jiayuan went public at $11 back in May. The shares are languishing in the single digits today.

Tuesday
Pandora Media (NYS: P) is another springtime debutante that's trading below its IPO price. That's hard to believe. The fast-growing music-website operator has already surprised the market with back-to-back quarters of profitability. If the third verse is the same as the first two -- and that's certainly possible, since analysts are bracing for yet another small deficit -- Pandora won't be a broken IPO for long.

Wednesday
Sequenom (NAS: SQNM) reports on Wednesday. The molecular-diagnostics and genetic-analysis specialist has delivered a steady streak of quarterly losses. Expect some more red ink on Wednesday.

Thursday
Renren (NYS: RENN) checks in on Thursday. China's leading social-networking website is growing nicely, but the country's restrictive ways do pose challenges for a platform that's all about self-expression.

Friday
The final trading day of the week finds Novavax (NAS: NVAX) on an otherwise quiet trading day. The flu vaccinator seemed to be ready to jump from its penny-stock pricing late last year, after Ladenburg Thalmann initiated coverage with a "buy" rating, but the stock has gone on to meander lower after that. On Friday it'll have another "shot" at validation.

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