Sentences with phrase «u.s. corporate profit growth»

Stocks have been posting new records despite investor concerns about slowing U.S. corporate profit growth, persistent sluggishness in the economy and Greek bailout negotiations — to name just a few of the headwinds facing equities today.

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If you don't buy the notion that the U.S. economy, corporate profits and stocks are poised for further growth in the next 12 months, there's another approach: Get defensive.

Quarterly U.S. earnings have been strong, but investors said worries are increasing that corporate profits are at a peak, with estimated year - over-year profit growth for S&P 500 companies above 25 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data.

The bellwether S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were essentially flat, and major foreign indexes were all down (some sharply) during the same period, after a volatile year marked by weak global economic growth, slumping U.S. corporate profits and uncertainty about the outlook for the China and the European union.