With stocks at highs, investors eye consumer results

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Reuters - 2/18/2017 - Saqib Iqbal Ahmed - U.S. stock investors may look to a host of results from consumer-facing companies including Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) next week for signs on whether the recent market rally has more room to run. The consumer names are among the last major companies of the S&P 500 earnings season to report, but the results will also be watched for a read on spending as well as for commentary from executives on President Donald Trump's proposal to tax imports. Retail executives, some of whom met with Trump this week, have argued such a tax will raise consumer prices and hurt their businesses.Read more @ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-s ... SKBN15W2F7