Sentences with phrase «says strong corporate profits»

The CEO of Gabelli Asset Management says strong corporate profits, tax reform, and new infrastructure and defense spending will buoy markets

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Underlying market conditions, such as rising earnings estimates, strong corporate balance sheets and record profit margins, remain favorable, he said.

The wage pop [last Friday's 2.9 % growth in hourly wages] spooked the markets because investors, already skittish as valuations were a bit steep (though not as bad as people have been saying, given strong current and expected corporate earnings), envisioned this sequence: wage growth gooses price growth (i.e., inflation), which raises both market and Federal Reserve interest rates, which slows growth and shaves corporate profit margins.

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.

Thanks to a strong increase in corporate profits last year, the report says, survey respondents were more confident that their companies will make more money available for philanthropies.