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Now that Trump has spoken, this is where traders are turning
Thursday will be noisy with Fed speakers and confirmation hearings for Cabinet-level nominees for the Trump administration. It is also the last trading day before the first big blast of earnings news. JP Morgan, Wells Fargo and Bank of America are among the names reporting Friday. Stocks were choppy Wednesday but found their footing to close higher, with the Dow up 98 points at 19,954. The S&P 500 was up 6 at 2,275, and the Nasdaq closed at a record 5,563, up 11. President-elect Donald Trump, at his first postelection press conference, did shake the broader market temporarily Wednesday, when he criticized the ... (full story)