Wall Street Prepares for the Trump Era for Economy and Stocks

President-elect Donald Trump becomes President Trump on Friday. If Trump strikes a hawkish tone on trade in his inaugural speech or labels China a currency manipulator, that could push stocks lower, according to analysts. Investors have been cautious all week on nervousness about the speech and any policy changes that will follow.

General Electric (GE) - Get Report  says it earned 46 cents a share, matching expectations. Revenue, however fell slightly short of predictions at $33 billion. GE now bills itself as a "digital industrial company" and gets the bulk of its profit from the aviation and power business.

IBM (IBM) - Get Report beat earnings expectations, but revenue declined for the 19th quarter in a row. Chief Financial Officer Martin Schroeter emphasized that annual revenue in IBM's faster-growing businesses like Watson and cloud computing rose 14%.