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1) Can You Still Profit With These Forgotten Giants? + Vic Wisemann’s Thoughts on: CAL, AMR, TYC, BBI, A, HPQ, NFLX, COV, TEL
Vic Wisemann
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All eyes are on corporate earnings these days as investors shift from a hopeful mode to one more demanding of real improvement. And in the business headlines, at least, they are seeing it. The overall picture for the third quarter is very similar to the second quarter, with most firms beating expectations while revenues and profits are still lower than a year ago.
As third-quarter earnings roll in, analysts are slashing prior estimates, predicting many dire months ahead for major American companies. Just 55 of the S&P 500 companies have seen estimates of their likely earnings in the fourth quarter revised upward, while 424 companies are facing declines. The result are earnings which are going over a cliff. Estimates were way too high, given the soft economy, and analysts are diligently thumping them with an axe.
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The bottom line is that analysts now expect the fourth quarter to be much tougher on corporate America than they did just a month ago. Part of this new burst of cynicism is coming from the brutally candid earnings that guidance companies have been providing lately. What management is saying on these conference calls is basically 'The end is not here yet.'
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Corporate fear stems in part from sliding consumer confidence, which recently hit its lowest point ever recorded. Consumers have been impacted by a serious downturn in every form of wealth and income that supports consumer spending, and battered by high levels of volatility in their stock accounts. The diminished value of stocks, falling home prices and fears about potential unemployment combine to create a negative effect, making consumers feel poorer. As a result, they spend less.
Read on to see what former market driver could still move profits into your portfolio..
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PFNewsletter.com's Elliott Gue - Parsing GDP.
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MarketTaker.com's Dan Passerelli - Income Trades and Volatility
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BigTrends.com's Price Headley - 5 Mistakes that ETF Option Traders Make.
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