US stocks held steady after President Trump visited the Federal Reserve and Wall Street digested the latest batch of corporate earnings.

Yesterday, in a rerunning of its markets-model forecast, it eased up on some of its U.S. optimism, pointing to stretched valuations in U.S. equities. Notably, U.S. growth stocks are now seen growing at a rate barely beating inflation expectations.

The market saw a fresh meme stock frenzy this week. While high exuberance can be a contrarian sell signal, sources say the market is still in good shape.

Trade deal hopes continued to run high after the US-Japan pact helped fuel more records for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite on Wednesday. The EU and US are closing in on an agree

Yes, the market is superconcentrated, and Nvidia is critical to the entire market edifice. But stocks aren’t as expensive as they might appear.

The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high for the ninth time this month, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq hit its 13th record July close.

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A large chunk of the market’s gain is the result of bets on price declines that haven’t happened.

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Retail investors are largely behind the stock market reaching new records, buying $50 billion in stocks in the last month alone, Barclays estimated.