Based on somewhat more than half of the S&P 500 corporations which have reported earnings up to now, 87{be58ab02b5dee2faacfb6cf0f54a1d6a0fb25b33837c08d8a7a1921451b91f82} are beating estimates by a historically elevated 24{be58ab02b5dee2faacfb6cf0f54a1d6a0fb25b33837c08d8a7a1921451b91f82} rate. Index earnings are on monitor to grow forty{be58ab02b5dee2faacfb6cf0f54a1d6a0fb25b33837c08d8a7a1921451b91f82} in the first quarter and 30{be58ab02b5dee2faacfb6cf0f54a1d6a0fb25b33837c08d8a7a1921451b91f82} for the full year3. Among last week’s highlights were the impressive results from the most important five companies of the index which proceed to profit from digitalization tendencies and more people spending more time at home. Earnings for cyclical corporations are additionally stunning to the upside by a large margin, although certain industries are being affected by supply-chain bottlenecks. Despite the broadly optimistic outcomes, firms which might be beating estimates have not necessarily been rewarded, as the common share-price response has been muted.
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