Weak first quarter, but the rest of 2019 should be OK: The first quarter is over. The Dow is up 13% so far in 2019 and is not far from its all-time high. The market is predicting that profit growth will return to near double-digit levels by the fourth quarter. So investors will need to pay close attention to what CEOs say about the remainder of 2019 in their earnings calls. Corso thinks that earnings for the full year could wind up increasing around 5% thanks to strength in the second half.

Source: CNN April 07, 2019 11:37 UTC