senior business correspondent brenda buttner here with a market preview now brenda. >> yeah, doug.rikes fell the market went up. the dow soaring 3% last week. biggest weekly advance in eight months. s&p 500 and nasdaq gaining two although not as much as the blue chips. now that the threat of u.s. military action in syria is not such a concern for investors, focus is on the central bank for wall street it's not september but september but septaper. ben bernanke and company are expected to signal whether they will taper the bank's bond buying program. even with recent economic data fairly weak, most financial first alert forecasters expect the fed will ease up on easy money policy that might shake the markets. the fed's buying binge has been a big boost for the bulls strong and economic growth is tepid. is the housing market cooling as well? we get a read this week on whether you are buying homes. purchases of existing homes likely fell last month as mortgage rates hit a two year high. rising borrowing cost could shake the foundation of the housing recovery. stock market has had quit

i'm brenda buttner. this is "bulls and bears." gary b. smith, tracy byrnes, jonas farris, john layfield, and bernard witman. welcome to everybody. john, the impact on jobs. >> yes. absolutely. i don't know where the administrati administration's head is. no offense to the administration, but people who are proponents of this are ignoring the facts, from investors business daily, there the express employment ceo bob funk who says, our business is booming right now because people are hiring temporary workers to fill full-time slots to get around obama care. the administration has come out and said that health care costs are already coming down. the fact is, i2009, you started to see this trend before obama care ever kicked in. and the kaiser institute just came out and said 77% of lowering health care costs -- of not expanding, not lowering, but not expanding, came to due to an economic slowdown. there is a huge cost to this. this is not free. and it's not just borne by the individual. this is projected to cost the government $1.4 trillion.

i'm brenda buttner, this is "bulls & bears." let's get to it. here they are, the "bulls & bears" we have gary smith, tracy vern, john layfield along with gary and rk. welcome to everybody. so energy prices heating up with the tension over syria. john layfield, how b will it get at the p much? >> look, i think there's a potential this could get near $4 a gallon of gasoline and the reason is becse the last 25 years, all the conflicts we've had, gulf war one, bosnia, the rumors have been worse than the news. sell the rumors by the news. equity markets down, oil prices up until an event happens. the uncertainty that is coming out of the united states, we didn't act on benghazi and looks like we're forcing an action on syria. that uncertainty is going to keep gasoline prices, which by the way oil prices have spiked higher than gasoline, gasoline is going to tick up higher the next few weeks, that uncertainty is going to keep gas prices high when it should be swooning after labor day. >> is it really the uncertainty or would it take a big event with m

i'm brenda buttner. this is "bulls and bears." tracy byrnes, jonas max ferris, john layfield along with david mercer. welcome to everyone. john, should unions get a pass and no one else? >> absolutely not, why would they? think about what they're saying right now. these are people that backed this law. they didn't read it. surprise, surprise, maybe some of these politicians should have read it. they're asking them to fix something that hasn't gone into effect yet. that's how bad this implementation process is going to happen. this is similar to the corporate tax put in in chicago. you put it in and companies say, we'll move to wisconsin. okay, we'll exempt all of you companies that have political influence. that's exactly what is going on here. if you have political influence, you're getting an exemption and a waiver. there have been 19 different amendments, waivers and exemptions already passed. this is ridiculous, hypocritical. what happens when politicians don't read bills they pass. >> you don't think this is a double standard

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i'm brenda buttner, this is "bulls & bears." let's get to it. & bears" we have gary smith, tracy vern, john layfield along with gary and rk. welcome to everybody. so energy prices heating up with the tension over syria. john layfield, how b will it get at the p much? >> look, i think there's a potential this could get near $4

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fox news senior business correspondent and anchor of bulls and bears brenda buttner has more. >> tomorrows labor day, but for wall street, real labor day is friday when the august jobs report comes out. estimates are 180,000 jobs were created last month, and that the unemployment rate will hold at 7.4%. a surprise to the up side could mean stocks head south because the fed could ease up on the easy money policy, which has fueled the markets, if it sees signs the economy is on the mend. that's over here. wall street will also be looking over there to the crisis in syria, with more uncertainty this weekend about if and when the u.s. will strike, stocks may sell off, but if history is any guide, we could see a rebound if the strike is swift. if there's also worry gas prices may spike, fueled by unrest in the middle east, some forecast the tension in the middle east could hike gas prices from the national average of about $3.56 a gallon ten cents in the next week. a hit at the pump and purposes of consumers could hurt the economy. stocks start this month after a tough august. s&p 500 is likel

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