Above Average Drop in S&P 500 EPS Estimate for Q1'16 to Date, as Energy EPS Falls 54%
During the month of January, analysts lowered earnings estimates for companies in the S&P 500 for the quarter.
A Better Approach to Measuring Aggregate Geographic Risk
Conventional tools do little to illuminate and quantify answers to even basic questions with regard to geographic risk: where...
Will Oil Prices and Energy Earnings Increase During 2016?
Although the estimates for all four quarters have declined since December 31, analysts are still calling for a sequential...
Will China See Lower GDP Growth in 2016?
On Monday, the National Bureau of Statistics in China announced that (preliminary) real GDP growth for China for 2015 on a...
Dollar Continues to Appreciate Against Key Currencies
The dollar isn’t just strengthening against the Chinese yuan—it is appreciating against most other key currencies as well.
Unpacking the Downstream Effects of Hyundai’s Earnings Report
Next week, Hyundai Motor Company will report earnings. With 156 companies in Hyundai’s supply chain relying on that relationship...
S&P 500 Earnings Decline for Q4 2015 and Q1 2016?
Based on the average number of companies reporting actual earnings above estimated earnings in recent years, it is likely the...
Environmental, social and governance concerns may play a growing role in investment matters in 2016. These trends reflect a...
The Battle for the Soul of the ETF Revolution
2015 was an outstanding year for the ETF industry. Assets are at all-time highs, and a record number of new ETFs hit the market....
S&P 500 2015 Earnings Recap: Crude Oil, Currency Drive Decline
We summarize the expected earnings declines for the S&P 500 for 2015, with a focus on the top and bottom performing sectors,...
2016 S&P Preview 500: Record-Level Bottom-Up EPS Projected for 2016
A recap of analyst projections and trends for the S&P 500 for 2016.
Record Number of Consumer Discretionary Companies Issuing Negative Guidance for Q4
For the fourth quarter to date, 85 companies in the S&P 500 have issued negative EPS guidance and 26 companies have issued...
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