S&P 500 Index Earnings & Revenue Growth Rate
View from the Observation Deck 1. On 6/24/22, the S&P 500 Index closed the trading session at 3,911.74, which was […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. On 6/24/22, the S&P 500 Index closed the trading session at 3,911.74, which was […]
New orders for durable goods rose 0.7% in May (+0.6% including revisions to prior months), beating the consensus expected 0.1%. […]
Real GDP declined at a 1.5% annual rate in the first quarter and, as of Friday, the Atlanta Fed’s “GDP […]
New single-family home sales increased 10.7% in May to a 0.696 million annual rate, easily beating the consensus expected 0.590 […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. Companies have a number of ways in which to return capital to their shareholders. […]
Existing home sales declined 3.4% in May to a 5.410 million annual rate, narrowly beating the consensus expected 5.400 million. […]
We became bullish about stocks once mark-to market accounting was fixed in March 2009. We were also bullish after COVID-19 […]
Industrial production increased 0.2% in May (+0.1% including revisions to prior months), below the consensus expected gain of 0.4%. Utilities […]
Housing starts declined 14.4% in May to a 1.549 million annual rate, well below the consensus expected 1.701 million. Starts […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. All three S&P stock indices in the table above recently shifted from correction mode […]
The Federal Reserve raised rates by three-quarters of a percentage point (75 basis points) today, the most at any meeting […]
