By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are watching to see if technology companies and related heavyweights will add to recent strong profit gains and whether growth is broadening to other sectors as corporate America prepares to report on the final quarter of another standout year for Wall Street.
They also want to hear what U.S. companies may say about the potential impact in 2025 from proposed tariffs, deregulation and tax policies under President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration.Â
The fourth-quarter 2024 U.S. earnings season gets rolling next week, with some of the largest U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:), expected to report results on Wednesday.
Analysts expect companies overall to have increased earnings by 9.6% in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared with the year-ago period, which would be slightly better than the 9.1% earnings growth of last year’s third…
