At the end of February, I made the case for a looming market
correction based on slowing economic data, downward revisions in
corporate earnings growth and the S&P 500’s high price-to-earnings
(P/E) ratio.
Over the following two weeks, the S&P 500 dropped more than 3%
before trading back up and hitting new all-time highs. But I don’t think
we’re in the clear yet.
During the first quarter, the companies of the S&P 500 delivered
another lackluster performance, with net earnings rising a paltry 2.4%
year over year while revenue contracted 3.7%. Take out financial stocks
and total earnings growth would have actually contracted 1.2% year over
year. (more)
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