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

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

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%