Wall Street Review: Corporate Earnings Help Support Monthly Stock Gains

Major indexes closed the week mixed but were higher for the month.Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 28, 2026. Spencer Platt/Getty Images1/31/2026|Updated: 1/31/2026U.S. equities finished mixed in another volatile week but managed to edge higher for the month, supported by mostly positive corporate earnings and steady interest rates.Trading remained choppy throughout the week, driven by earnings headlines from Big Tech companies and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision and press conference midweek.Panos MourdoukoutasAuthorPanos Mourdoukoutas is a professor of economics at Long Island University in New York City. He also teaches security analysis at Columbia University. He’s been published in professional journals and magazines, including Forbes, Investopedia, Barron’s, IBT, and Journal of Financial Research. He’s also the author of many books, including “Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy” and “China’s Challenge.”Author’s Selected Articles