NEXT WEEK

Short Week: Stock and bond markets will close for Good Friday.

Rate Cut: The Federal Reserve is expected to cut its target interest rate Tuesday, possibly to as low as 2.25% from the current 3%.

Going Public: Visa may raise around $16 billion, a record, in its initial public offering of stock.

Wall Street Pain: Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns are all expected to post big losses. Bear Stearns shares plunged Friday after the firm got emergency loans from JPMorgan Chase and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

WaMu Watch: Washington Mutual may accept an offer this week from a large U.K. hedge fund to pump new capital into the mortgage lender.