The U.S. stock rally confronts a potentially consequential week to keep its momentum heading into year-end, including a flood of corporate results headlined by megacap companies and a likely interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve after its two-day policy meeting.

Social media giant Meta Platforms ($META) is scheduled to announce its third-quarter results on October 29. Ahead of the Q3 earnings, Truist

The current consensus predicts earnings of $1.22 per share on revenue of $5.23 billion. This is in comparison to figures from a year ago of $1.28 per

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