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Mixed signals. Stocks were up slightly yesterday amid mixed earnings and renewed trade fears. Stocks spent most of the day in the red but managed to climb into the black on the heels of some positive news in manufacturing and despite disappointing earnings releases.

Days of reckoning. Stocks slipped yesterday as mixed earnings results, weak economic numbers, and trade fears gave traders reason for pause. Earnings season is here, and it’s time for companies to show their stuff.

A penny earned. Stocks slid on Trump trade comments yesterday as investors turned their focus on earnings. After some positive pre-bell earnings surprises stocks started the session in the black but quickly turned down on freshly sparked trade fears.

Much ado about nothing. Stocks drifted slightly higher, even achieving records, on a day with very little to contemplate. With earnings season looming, traders once again took the path of least resistance.

Ain't No Stopping Us Now! Stocks rallied to new highs on Friday, once again, as investors remain convinced that lower rates are a sure thing. Traders largely ignored inflation figures choosing instead the path of least resistance for stocks… up.

Every which way. Equities posted a mixed close with the Dow and S&P 500 reaching new records, despite a surprise jump in inflation. The markets spent the day responding to a trove of information from tweets to speeches to economic releases.