Forse Gano si convincerà che non sono solo io a dire che finora Trump si è limitato a guardare (credo intenzionalmente) - i banchieri centrali sono riusciti a mettere in moto il meccanismo in modo apparentemente perfetto
"Even in the absence of tax cuts and fiscal stimulus, corporate America has continued to perform well, with companies exceeding expectations on both the top and bottom line."
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks added to their record levels at the open on Thursday, driven by gains in Facebook and Verizon.
Facebook (FB.O) jumped 4.23 percent, lifting both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite indexes, after the social network's results beat Wall Street estimates.
Verizon (VZ.N) surged 6 percent to $47 after its quarterly subscriber additions topped estimates. The stock was the second-biggest gainer on both the S&P and the Dow.
Earnings of S&P 500 companies are now expected to have climbed 9.9 percent in the second quarter, up from a projection of an 8 percent rise at the start of the month, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
With equity markets at record levels, investors have been counting on strong earnings to justify the relatively expensive stock valuations.
"The earnings season has arguably taken on additional importance this quarter due to the inability of Donald Trump to, so far, deliver on the growth agenda that won him the White House back in November," said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at online forex broker Oanda.
"Even in the absence of tax cuts and fiscal stimulus, corporate America has continued to perform well, with companies exceeding expectations on both the top and bottom line."