wall street stocks scored solid gains monday boosted by betterthanexpected bank results that lifted hopes for earnings season bank of america became the latest us financial heavyweight to top estimates following on the heels of jpmorgan chase and other banks that reported solid results on friday analysts have been hopeful that a successful thirdquarter earnings season could reset a market that has tumbled in 2022 due to worries over inflation and federal reserve interest rate hikes i think people after the last couple of bank earnings are relatively optimistic about earnings reports said maris ogg of tower bridge advisors who thinks those hopes may be premature but i think that we will know in the next couple of weeks if the market has bottomed or not said ogg who notes that the markets pullback in 2022 means there are some pretty attractive valuations out there the broadbased sp 500 jumped 27 percent to 367795 while the techrich nasdaq composite index advanced 34 percent to 1067580 among individual companies bank of america surged 61 percent as its chief executive brian moynihan said us consumers continue to demonstrate resiliency despite inflation but much like rival financial giants bank of america added 378 million in reserves in case of bad loans due to a potential recession this weeks earnings calendar includes reports from netflix procter  gamble and tesla