Financial Commentary, Financial Analysis, and Stock Commentary

CORPORATE EARNINGS

Tuning Out the Static
7/14/2010 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff

Earnings season is here, and the last couple quarters’ strong earnings showing seems likely to continue.

The Fundamental Focus
5/17/2010 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
As stocks waver on euro-worries, global economic fundamentals continue their strong showing.

Rocky Earnings
4/27/2010 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff

S&P 500 companies reporting earnings thus far are beating analysts’ expectations—by a wide margin.

Hard-Earned Profits
7/28/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff

Companies are achieving better-than-expected earnings by reacting quickly to the economic downturn.

Back to Basics
7/20/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff

Earnings show banks’ traditional capabilities are intact.

Too Fast, Too Furious?
5/12/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff

Some traditional stock valuation metrics are quickly approaching long-term averages. But compared to investment alternatives, stocks are still very cheap.

Blind Date
4/7/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
Investor reactions to first-quarter earnings reports will be a function of expectations.

A Motor City Mess
11/11/2008 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
Can a government save an industry? Detroit’s Big Three are hoping so.

There Are Positive Earnings
10/23/2008 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
Despite the gloomy headlines, there are plenty of companies reporting positive earnings.

Earnings Expectations
7/29/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Earnings season is proving to be a bumpy ride, but good news exists.

Profiting from Globalization
4/25/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Globalization helps US firms profit from global economic strength.

Everyone’s a Critic
4/18/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Take criticisms of current CEOs and Fed activity with a grain of salt—especially when coming from predecessors.

Bellwether Blues
4/10/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff

Folks tend to base broad economic views on local circumstances and solitary storylines. This earnings season, be wary of assigning too much weight to the performance of a small set of traditional economic bellwethers—there’s a wider world out there.

Lenders on the Block
1/11/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff

As two troubled Financials firms prepare to go on the auction block, note they are getting bought out by other Financials firms. The sector isn’t as imperiled as it may appear.

Bean Counter Uprising!
5/14/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
We’ve written before in this space on the complexities and absurdities of today’s accounting systems.

Consistently Too Low, Again
1/26/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
We’ve sounded like a broken record lately: the global economy is thriving, 2007 will be another good year for stocks, and so on.

Domestic Growth Abroad
11/15/2006 By MarketMinder editorial staff
It’s been one of the best periods for US corporate earnings since World War II.

Ho Hum - Another Stellar Earnings Season
11/8/2006 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Yawn…another quarter, another double-digit rise in corporate earnings.

Consistently Too Low
10/19/2006 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Already third quarter earnings are coming in well ahead of expectations.

Fisher Investments MarketMinder Cover Story