U.S. stock markets are set to close January on a positive note, maintaining the bull run that started at the beginning of 2023. With just a day of trading left this month, the three major stock indexes — the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite — are up 5.9%, 3.5% and 2.1%, respectively. The small-cap benchmark — the Russell 2000 — is also up 3.4%. The trading pattern of January has not been a smooth one. Fluctuations appeared intermittently due to sticky inflation, a relatively hawkish Fed, the Trump ...