ACP Certified Member David Rosenstrock wrote this article for Investing.com on why US stocks rose despite a GDP contraction in Q1 2025, providing details on several factors that help explain this counterintuitive market reaction: the GDP miss being driven by a temporary surge in imports, not broad economic weakness, consumer spending remaining resilient, investors anticipating policy responses, the GDP report being seen as noisy and not indicative of a recession, and more.