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US stocks held steady after President Trump visited the Federal Reserve and Wall Street digested the latest batch of corporate earnings.
Yesterday, in a rerunning of its markets-model forecast, it eased up on some of its U.S. optimism, pointing to stretched valuations in U.S. equities. Notably, U.S. growth stocks are now seen growing at a rate barely beating inflation expectations.
Wall Street's reliance on a small number of high market-value stocks to keep momentum going for the U.S. equities bull market will be tested in coming days as major technology and growth companies report earnings.
US stock market continued its winning streak as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite reached new record highs, driven by strong corporate earnings, booming tech stocks, and growing hopes of a Federal Reserve rate cut.
Current consensus predictions for Google's forthcoming earnings report anticipate $2.18 per share on revenues of $93.73 billion. This suggests growth in comparison to the same quarter last year, which reported earnings of $1.89 per share with revenues of $84.74 billion.
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Investor's Business Daily on MSNStock Market Today: Dow Rises After Surprise Economic Data; Intel Plunges On Earnings (Live Coverage)
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes traded higher Friday, as investors welcomed an upside surprise in economic data. Meanwhile, IntelINTC plunged on the stock market today after reporting second-quarter earnings.