Optimism Over Latest U.S.-Talks Outweighs Investor Concerns and Lifts Stocks to Moderate Gains Posted byAndrew Osterland February 22, 2019 Leave a comment on Optimism Over Latest U.S.-Talks Outweighs Investor Concerns and Lifts Stocks to Moderate Gains J.M. Smucker is in a Jam, but the market was buoyed by progress on trade talks.