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Earnings Preview: Archive

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Taking Stock of the Earnings Picture

Nvidia's quarterly results were excellent, with the chip giant not only beating estimates but also raising guidance. But what else should investors know about the Q3 cycle?

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What Can Investors Expect From Retail Earnings?

Q3 earnings for the retailers that have reported so far are up +14.9% from the same period last year on +6.3% higher revenues. Can the positivity continue next week?

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Retail Earnings Loom: A Closer Look

We've now received quarterly results from roughly 90% of S&P 500 members, with next week's reporting docket primarily dominated by retail. What can investors expect?

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Breaking Down Magnificent 7 Earnings Results

We've received quarterly results from six members of the Magnificent 7, with AI-favorite NVIDIA now the lone standing member. How did they perform?

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Previewing Big Tech Earnings

This week takes us into the heart of the Q3 earnings season, with the reporting docket stacked with 168 S&P 500 members and several of the Mag 7 companies.

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What Do Q3 Earnings Results Show?

The banks and other Finance sector companies gave us a good start to the Q3 earnings season, though we will see if this favorable trend can continue this week as the reporting cycle really ramps up.

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The Q3 Earnings Season Kicks Off Positively

The Q3 reporting cycle ramps up this week, with over 100 companies on deck to report results, including 40 S&P 500 members. Can the positivity continue?

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Are Bank Stocks a Buy Ahead of Quarterly Results?

At a time when the S&P 500 index is at or near its record level, the Finance sector's discounted valuation has to be one of the most attractive investment spots in the market.

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Previewing the Q3 Earnings Season

The aggregate earnings total for the period is expected to be a new all-time quarterly record, building on recent quarters of positivity. How will the market react?

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Q3 Earnings Loom: What Can Investors Expect?

Though Q3 expectations have been revised lower, the expectation overall is for an accelerating growth trend over the coming periods.

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Q3 Earnings: What Can Investors Expect?

The Q3 earnings season will take the spotlight when the big banks start reporting their quarterly results from October 11th onwards. How are expectations stacking up?

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Looking Ahead to the Q3 Earnings Season

Total Q3 earnings for the S&P 500 index are expected to be up +3.8% from the same period last year on +4.6% higher revenues, which would pencil in the fourth consecutive quarter of positivity.

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A Closer Look at Retail and Nvidia Earnings

Nvidia has established itself as a true leader of the coming artificial intelligence (AI) economy, with its next set of results scheduled to come after the market's close on Wednesday, August 28th. What can investors expect?

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Walmart Earnings & Consumer Spending Trends: A Closer Look

The combination of Walmart's beat-and-raise quarterly release and the positive July Retail Sales report has forced the gloom-and-doom narrative that threatened to take center stage just a few days ago into retreat.

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Retail Earnings Loom: A Preview

Many notable retail companies report quarterly results next week, a list that includes Walmart and Home Depot. What can investors expect?

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Magnificent 7 Earnings: Good or Bad?

Several members of the Magnificent 7 group experienced post-earnings negativity, raising some questions among investors. But were the adverse reactions warranted?

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Breaking Down Magnificent 7 Earnings

The Mag 7 group is expected to see +26.8% earnings growth on +13.7% higher revenues, penciling in another strong showing. Can their results lift the market higher?

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Big Tech Earnings Loom: What to Expect

Total Q2 earnings for the Technology sector are expected to be up +15.5% from the same period last year on +9.3% higher revenues, reflecting yet again another strong showing. How will the market react?

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Q2 Earnings Growth Expected to Reach Two-Year High

We see the Q2 results from the major banks as good enough - not great, but definitely not bad either. The stocks' outperformance entering this reporting cycle contributed to the market's tentative initial reaction to the results.

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3 Key Things to Know About the Q2 Earnings Season

With the June-quarter reporting cycle taking center stage thanks to reports from the big banks next Friday, here are three key points that investors should keep in mind as we inch closer.

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Q2 Earnings Growth Forecasted to Hit Two-Year High

Q2's expected quarterly earnings growth pace of +8.3% reflects the strongest growth since back in Q1 of 2022. Tech is expected to do some heavy lifting again, with earnings expected to be up +15.5% on +9.5% higher revenues.

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The Q2 Earnings Season Gets Underway

The 'doom & gloom' view of corporate profitability that a noisy market segment appeared to subscribe to last year has largely moved to the fringes thanks to the U.S. economy's resilient performance in the face of the Fed's extraordinary tightening.

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Previewing the 2024 Q2 Earnings Season

By the time the big banks release their quarterly results on July 12th, we will have Q2 results from almost two dozen S&P 500 members. What can investors expect?

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Retail Earnings & Consumer Spending: A Closer Look

With the unemployment rate at a multi-decade low, household buying power remains largely intact, even though most of the Covid savings have already been used up. And that's what we saw in the Q1 earnings season, with consumer spending largely holding up.

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Retail Earnings: A Closer Look

The bulk of the Q1 earnings season is now behind us, with results from more than 460 S&P 500 companies already out. This week, retail took the spotlight, but how were the results?

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