The Financials sector will be a focus for the market during the next two weeks, as nearly 60% of the S&P 500 companies that are scheduled to report earnings for the first quarter over this period are part of this sector, including American Express, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Travelers Companies, and Wells Fargo. The Financials sector is predicted to report the fifth-highest year-over-year earnings growth rate of all eleven sectors for the first quarter at 2.3%.
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