Why the stock market is at the mercy of the U.S. consumer By: MarketWatch May 11, 2019 at 08:00 AM EDT Stock market bulls place their hopes on the strength of the U.S. consumer Read More >> Related Stocks: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Cisco Systems Deere & Co MasterCard McDonald's Corp NVIDIA Corp Nasdaq Composite Ralph Lauren Corp Starbucks Corp Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.