US stock futures held steady after Google parent Alphabet reported strong earnings results, and Wall Street saw its third day of gains on renewed hope of trade deals.

Wall Street is on track to open with modest losses Friday, though the retreat before the bell is not enough to negate a broad rebound in market s this week. Futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.1%, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.

One of the stocks I added to my portfolio a while back due to lower prices was Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO), although its price today is lower than when I purchased it. Instead, I'm focusing on a three- to five-year time frame,

What goes up must come back down, with a little help from China. The South China Morning Post reports this morning that, Mr. Trump's comments yesterday notwithstanding, there are no negotiations going on with the Trump Administration regarding lowering tariffs between the two countries.