FILE - In this May 13, 2019, file photo John Panin monitors stock prices at the New York Stock Exchange. Corporate profits werent as bad as analysts forecast in the first three months of the year, and S&P 500 companies may end up reporting no change in earnings when the expectations was for a drop. Wall Street is also getting less pessimistic about growth prospects for future quarters. Thats key for stock prices, which tend to follow the path of corporate profits over the long term. But the U.S.-China trade war could dash the growing optimism. (ANSA/AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) [CopyrightNotice: Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved]