2019 started with a big rally. Following an initial slump, markets rose throughout the month as optimism regarding the outcome of China-U.S trade negotiations, a better-than-expected earnings season and a less hawkish Fed have provided lots of fuel.
(Source: onvista.de - Dow Jones Last 3M)
Tech stocks rebounded strongly, helped by much-better-than-expected results from heavyweights Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB), despite Amazon ([[AMZN]]) being slightly disappointing. In the Dow Jones, Boeing (BA), next to Apple, was another major contributor to such a strong January.
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