– With 92% of S&P 500 Index companies having reported, earnings growth is tracking to a 28.1% year-over- year increase, the highest since Q4 2010 and 6.5 percentage points above September 30, 2018, expectations.
– Despite tariffs, S&P 500 earnings estimates for the next 12 months have been reduced only by 1.1% since October 1, less than the average earnings season decline.
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