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CNBC: “Earnings season starts with sky-high stock prices and soaring expectations”

By admin_45 in IN THE NEWS CNBC: “Earnings season starts with sky-high stock prices and soaring expectations”

Excerpt from CNBC quoting DataTrek co-founder Nick Colas:

.... "Markets clearly believe Q2 earnings reports will far exceed expectations,” DataTrek’s Nicholas Colas said in a recent note to clients. “The ‘right’ earnings growth rate for Q2 is likely closer to 80 percent assuming S&P EPS is only the same as Q1 2021. ... It could be closer to 100 percent if US corporate earnings power has improved since then"....

.... "For Colas, it’s a lot simpler. “U.S. earnings season needs to be awesome” to keep prices up, he said"....

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