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Earnings: Stock Market’s Brightest False Beacon

“Earnings estimators are too pessimistic at bottoms and too optimistic at tops,” explains EWI’s president Robert Prechter November 03, 2011 By Elliott Wave International Four times a year, investors and Wall Street watch the quarterly corporate earnings reports, trying to anticipate the trend in stocks. Another earnings season is upon us right now, so read [...]

Stocks Making News for 04/20/2011

Intel’s Income, Revenues Surprisingly Strong The chip giant easily beat consensus estimate on the top and bottom lines in its first-quarter report last night, bucking pessimistic forecasts for the PC market in general. Intel reported a 29 percent increase in earnings and a 25 percent hike in revenue over the year-ago period. INTC is up [...]

Stock Market Preview for 02/16/2011

U.S. stock index futures are higher after gains in Asia and Europe, but it is one of the rare days when foreign news has not been a strong driver. Most of the focus has been on company-specific developments in the United States. In currencies, the dollar is trading fractionally lower against much of its basket. [...]

Earnings Update for 01/25/2011

Tellabs Misses Estimates, Guidance Weak Tellabs reported loss of $0.03 a share, compared with expected profit of $0.08. Revenue was $410 million versus the $418 million estimate. The sales guidance was also weak and gross margins collapsed. A dismal report overall, and TLAB is down 21 percent in the pre. Travelers Earnings Beat Forecasts Travelers [...]

Google’s Options Action Before Tomorrow’s Earnings

Options activity on Google Inc (GOOG) suggests about a 4 percent move in the stock with a moderate upside bias following the Internet giant’s earnings report due after the bell on Thursday. The July $500 calls were the most actively traded options for Google on Wednesday with 6,500 contracts, indicating that investors are betting on [...]

Upbeat Earnings News Drives Stocks Higher In Morning Trading

July 13, 2010 Stocks are posting substantial gains in mid-morning trading on Tuesday, with buying interest driven by a strong start to the earnings season by a number of key firms, including Alcoa (AA) and CSX Corp. (CSX). The major averages are moving higher for a sixth straight session. Early upside came in reaction to [...]