Monsanto’s really ugly earnings today do point to where the problems are in third quarter earnings growth–Surprise! profits aren’t equally bad across the economy
What’s that you say—you didn’t know there is a debate over earnings for the calendar third quarter? Earnings per share for the stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 are projected by Wall Street analysts to fall by 6.9% in the quarter. There’s a good possibility, though, that the projected decline in S&P 500 earnings overstates the weakness in the quarter. The index over-weights the energy sector
Johnson & Johnson’s earnings show why market is afraid of strong dollar
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Of the two stories fighting for mindshare among investors, today the negative is in the ascendant. The negative story is that a stronger U.S. dollar and slow growth in Europe, Japan, and (relatively) China will hurt earnings at U.S. exporters and cut into U.S. economic growth despite lower oil prices and low interest rates.
Surprise! The Bank of Japan moves to crush the yen and restore economic growth and inflation
Following hard on the heels of a surprise interest rate increase from the Banco Central do Brasil, which sparked a huge rally in Sao Paulo, today the Bank of Japan expanded its promise of purchases of Japanese Government Bonds to 80 trillion yen ($727 billion), an increase of 30 trillion yen. The Government Pension Fund will increase its allocation to stocks to 50%