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Stock prices rose last week as the Fed struck a dovish tone and the S&P 500 reached a new record high. Investors responded favorably to the Fed’s decision to hold on rate cuts until they are more confident that inflation will not reaccelerate. Small and mid-cap stocks underperformed their large cap peers and growth generally outperformed value.

Equities were mostly lower on the week as inflation concerns drove yields higher. It was a risk-off week as small and mid-cap stocks underperformed. Value slightly outperformed growth, and large-cap stocks were only modestly lower. Large-value was the best-performing size and style.

Equities ended a volatile week modestly higher as investors digested conflicting labor data. Style trends reversed as value outperformed growth. Mid-cap stocks outperformed large and small-cap stocks.

Equities were mostly higher on the week as inflation data was in line with expectations. Markets broadened out as mid and small-cap stocks outperformed large, but style trends continued with growth outperforming value.

Most equity indexes moved higher last week on the back of strong Q4 earnings reports. The S&P 500 ended the week 1.68% higher after experiencing its best day in over a year on Thursday.

Stock prices pulled back slightly as the S&P 500 experienced its first weekly decline since the start of the year. The week did bring some favorable earnings surprises, with the estimated earnings growth rate now at 3.2%, up from 2.8% a week ago and 1.5% at the end of the fourth quarter.

Stock prices moved higher once again as the S&P 500 surpassed the 5,000-point threshold for the first time and marked its 14th positive week out of the past 15. After beginning negative, recent earnings results have shifted expectations markedly with fourth-quarter net income expected to rise 2.9% compared to a year ago.

Stock prices continued their trek higher as economic data outweighed hawkish Fed rhetoric. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed more than 1% overall, marking the 13th positive week out of 14 for the S&P 500.

Stock prices finished the week with gains as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average once again reached new all-time highs. Earnings growth expectations for the S&P 500 improved last week, with 25% of companies reporting actual results, the most recent estimates coming in at a decline of -1.4% for the fourth quarter and just above 0% for the calendar year 2023.

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