Stocks have a lot to prove in the week ahead By: CNBC.com News November 07, 2014 at 18:47 PM EST Now it's up to the stock market to prove it really is in a sweet spot as traders look to retail earnings for clues on the holiday shopping season. Read More >> Related Stocks: Ambac Financial Group Applied Materials Burberry Group Plc ADR Caesars Entertainment Inc Cisco Systems D.R.Horton Dean Foods Company Flowers Foods Gogo Inc IAMGOLD Corporation J C Penney Company Inc Macy's Manulife Financial Corporation NetApp Nordstrom Pinnacle Foods Inc Sentinelone Inc Cl A Sotheby's Holdings Telefonica S.A. ADR Via Renewables Inc Cl A Viacom Vodafone Grp Plc ADR Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.