karen cavanaugh. senior market strategist at voya investment management. >>> on wall street stocks held on to most of 4r569 last week's gains falling just slightly as investors wait to see what the federal reserve does and how earnings stack up and what corporate america says about profits but what their commentary is, how the economy is doing as well. dow jones industrial average lost 23 to 17,623, weighed down by apple. it reports earnings tomorrow. nasdaq gained two. the s&p 500 dropped about four. energy shares like exxonmobil and chevron fell along with oil prices. domestic crude sank to a two-month low over concerns of a supply glut and weakening demand. and natural gas prices dropped for a fourth straight session losing nearly 10% today to settle at their lowest level in three years. >>> to the economy now. new home sales tumbled in september to the slowest pace in ten months. economists are citing higher prices and also slower overall economic growth as the reason for that decline. the commerc