| | Weekly Roundup NOVEMBER 30, 2012 MarketWatch's top 10 stories, Nov. 26 - 30 By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Cliffs are dangerous, that's what we learn from our parents and what we know by instinct. It seems obvious, doesn't it?Not, apparently, if you are a U.S. politician. It's starting to look like no one, Democrat, Republican or Independent, is willing to compromise to avoid something, or about 500 billion somethings that no one wants.The last time we went through something like this, last year's fight over the debt ceiling, we were told a big part of the reason it got so ugly was because there was an election just around the corner. Well, we just had an election and the next one is two years away, so what gives?The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rose 3.76 points on Friday, a negligible percentage gain, to close at 13,025.58 and mark a 0.1% rise for the week. The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP) fell 1.79 points on the day, a 0.1% loss, to close at 3,010.24 and mark a 1.5% gain on the week. The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 Index (SPX) rose 0.23 point on Friday to close at 1,416.18 and register a 0.5% rise on the week.Stay tuned to MarketWatch all weekend, where we'll provide all the fiscal cliff coverage you need to organize your portfolio, and your life. And by the way, MarketWatch has started a new blog that you may want to check out. It's called Need to Know and it will guide you to the most important, insightful stuff out there that you need to chart a course through each trading day. 6 gut checks before the open. Please take a moment to view MarketWatch videos about the week ahead. U.S. week ahead: More attention on fiscal cliff talks Europe's week ahead: Fiscal cliff, Greece loom -- Christopher Noble , assistant managing editor.Recession stopper Walt Disney Co. (DIS) said earlier in the week it would raise its dividend. This, more than any economic data or fiscal cliff-related development suggests the U.S. economy won't dive into recession next year, says Mark Hulbert. Why Disney's dividend hike is a recession stopper. Bonds like a good cliff dive Failure to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff would be the best scenario for Treasury bonds, potentially sending yields back to their all time lows. But most bond investors don't actually want that, not least because a recession could take a big toll on their coveted corporate debt holdings. Going over the fiscal cliff is best for bonds, but.... Stocks prefer a Grand Bargain The best fiscal cliff deal for stocks would be one that provides a stable plan to reduce the deficit. Easier said than done, and the drawn-out uncertainty over what the rules will be in the new year — for both businesses and individual taxpayers alike — that's been one of the biggest impediments to economic growth. Grand Bargain best fiscal cliff deal for stocks. Any deal will do for oil and gold Commodity markets, particularly gold and oil, have been clinging to hope that the U.S. government will strike a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, but starting to trade as if it won't. Volatility in the oil and gold markets is likely to persist as long as there's no deal. Any fiscal cliff deal will do for oil, gold. Mortgage deduction likely to sail through As Washington battles over fiscal-cliff compromises, it's likely that lawmakers will kick the can or at most make only small adjustments to one tax break that analysts say is ripe for reform: the mortgage-interest deduction. While eliminating the deduction would generate hundreds of billions of dollars of revenue, many say there are better ways to raise money. Why the mortgage deduction may sail by fiscal cliff. The case for doing nothing With a number of potential tax changes at stake for investors in the "fiscal cliff" negotiations, financial adviser Andrew Millard is giving all of his clients the same advice: You're better off doing zilch, zippo, nothing. Fiscal cliff: The case for doing zilch. Elephant in Amazon's mailroom? One doesn't have to be Sir Isaac Newton to know that the heavier an item is, the more energy it takes to hoist it off the ground and transport it around the country. But online retailer Amazon.com (AMZN) sets few limits, if any, on the weight of the items it ships for free once you've joined Amazon Prime. The elephant in Amazon's mail room. What's a $7 coffee really worth? At $7 a cup, Starbucks' (SBUX) new ultra-premium coffee costs more than three times as much as its standard brew — a price experts say is highly over-caffeinated. What Starbucks' $7 coffee is really worth. Tax Surprise With tax changes looming in Washington, investors sitting on market gains have been struggling to decide whether to pay now or risk higher rates later. But holders of some fixed-income exchange-traded funds may not fully control that decision. Tax surprise could hit bond ETF investors. Priced to gather dust In the age of bring-your-own device to work, consumers have a lot of say as to what devices they want to use, and Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) premium pricing for the Surface Pro tablet may put them off, even if it does have a full Windows 8 offering. Microsoft's next tablet priced to gather dust. 
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