But the way they are pushing the idea, they make it seem as if once
earnings season starts, all companies can start buying again....
More stomach - churning sessions may be ahead as
earnings season starts in earnest this week, with giants like JPMorgan Chase, Google, and General Electric (among many, many others) set to unveil their third - quarter results.
Projections were good at the end of 2017, they got better as 2018 wore on, and they have only gotten better since
earnings season started a week ago.
The $ 1.2 trillion high - yield debt market could face a double whammy as spreads tighten and investors use the corporate
earnings season starting in the second week of October as an excuse to take even more profits.
And yet the averages are below where they were when
earnings season started.
Not exact matches
JPMorgan's report is a strong
start to the quarterly
earnings season.
These types of forecasts are
starting to accelerate, with
earnings season set to kick off in earnest this week.
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So what I'm looking at for
earnings season, which is of course
starting now, is A: to see whether the companies will deliver that 17 %, and my guess is that they are, because generally if they're not going to, they will guide lower — you know, nobody likes surprises.
Many regularly beaten - down companies are
starting to show signs that they are reversing past misfortunes as
earnings season hits its stride.
In the two weeks leading up to the
start of Q1
earnings season, stocks tend to do poorly with S&P, Nasdaq and Russell 2K leading the markets lower
Equities in Europe closed lower Wednesday afternoon as investors began to focus on
earnings at the
start of a new reporting
season.
The
earnings season about to
start is the relatively rare reporting period where good numbers might actually be a straightforward catalyst for a plurality / majority of stocks.
Friday marks the unofficial
start of
earnings season, with big banks J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo and PNC Financial reporting their quarterly numbers.
Global stocks kicked - off the week in a bullish mood Monday, with merger activity and a robust U.S. corporate
earnings season helping boost markets in Europe and Asia and set up Wall Street for a positive
start to the final trading day of the month.
Earnings season has been upon us for this past quarter and wow, things are
starting to move, shake, drop, pop and roll.
China and Europe is slowing down, the US economy too shows a slow down and the
earnings season seems to
started as not expected — some say badly.
A strong
start to the corporate
earnings season led the U.S. stock market to a one - month high this week.
This
earnings season has gotten off to a good
start, with 81 percent of companies that have reported beating on the bottom line, while 73 percent have topped sales estimates, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.
Much like this year's Michigan summer, which got off to a slow
start before this week's projected sweltering temperatures, the Q2
earnings season is about to kick into full swing as well.
In my weekly commentary, I go over some of the reasons behind that skid: fears over global economic growth, a poor retail sales report in the U.S. and an uneven
start to the fourth - quarter corporate
earnings season.
Of the 2,268 companies that reported this
season, which
started in early October, 58.6 % beat
earnings estimates.
Even though investors seemed to lose momentum toward the end of the session on Monday, positive comments from Chinese officials succeeded in easing fears about a potential trade war, and that helped refocus most market participants on the impending
start to
earnings season.
Analysts are more bullish heading into the current
earnings season than they have been at the
start of any other
earnings season since the recession began.
Semantics, but still some companies may be reporting 3 weeks or more after the «
start» of
earnings season... FAKE BLACKOUT NEWS or HALF TRUTH?
As of noon Friday, global equities rose modestly this week, boosted by broad strength in commodities and a strong
start to
earnings season.
A positive
start to the U.S. corporate
earnings season and a sharp improvement in Chinese trade boosted most world markets Thursday.
A positive
start to U.S. corporate
earnings season and a sharp improvement in China's monthly trade helped boost Asian stock markets Thursday.
Markets Steady After Strong
Start to
Earnings Season Financial markets appear to have lost some of their spark in recent days, with a flat session on Wednesday being followed by similar trading in Europe on Thursday and US futures pointing to a similar open.
The Q4
earnings season gets serious this week with bank results
starting on Tuesday.
Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank, said this
earnings season is off to a good
start.
A drop in the forecast milk price that will slash $ 31.5 million from their
earnings is the worst possible
start to the festive
season for Northland dairy farmers.
Moccasin, a daughter of Nantallah, won all of her eight races last year but took only two of six
starts this
season and retired with $ 348,308 in career
earnings.
Investors began looking toward the
start of the Q1
earnings reporting
season, which is expected by many pundits to be fairly strong.
The
start of the Q1 2018 corporate
earnings season drove the markets to impressive gains for the week, with the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average appreciating 2.51 % and 2.31 %, respectively.
The
season of annual
earnings reports is upon us and as retailers take stock of their performance in 2009, we are
starting to see announcements of store closings, especially in the apparel sector.