US Stock Market Ended January 25, 2019

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US Stock Market Ended January 25, 2019

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After selling-off to begin the holiday-shortened week, equity markets rallied back to finish relatively flat for the week. Stocks opened on shaky ground after the International Monetary Fund reduced their forecast for global economic growth and the Chinese economy grew at its slowest pace since 1990. U.S. stocks moved higher on the final three days of the week as positive earnings and a short-term funding package to reopen the government buoyed stocks. In economic news, resales of houses weakened to the slowest pace in three years as higher prices are keeping many potential buyers priced out of the market. Turning to earnings season, shares of International Business Machines jumped by over 10% after projecting strong future growth from cloud computing and data analytics. In addition, investors are optimistic that other legacy segments are close to bottoming. Procter & Gamble Co. also reported strong results due to 4% organic revenue growth as the beauty segment grew by 8% and overall volumes increased by 2%. Synchrony Financial jumped after announcing Sam's Club will be renewing their contract and Walmart Inc. dropped their lawsuit against the company. By contrast, Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a large copper miner, fell over 10% for the week on concerns over future demand and higher costs. Looking to next week, January's employment report, a busy week of earnings and progress in trade talks will be key issues on investors' minds. The S&P 500 is projected to grow earnings by 12% for the 4th quarter and 6% in 2019 as the tax-cuts sunset and global growth slows. Despite slower growth, markets could continue to rebound in 2019 as valuations remain reasonable due to strong growth in corporate profits in 2018 coupled with a decline in the market.

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