September 14, 2024 | Tech Talk for Saturday September 14th 2024
The Bottom Line
Focus this week is on the FOMC’s economic statement released on Wednesday at 2:00 PM EDT.
Consensus calls for a 0.25% reduction in the Fed Fund Rate to 5.25%. Consensus for Earnings and Revenues for S&P 500 companies Source: www.factset.com
A word of caution! Consensus for third quarter results calls for significantly lower than the 11.3% year-over-year earnings gain recorded in the second quarter. Third quarter earnings are expected to slip to a 4.9% increase. Consensus for third quarter revenues calls for a 5.3% year-over-year increase (versus a 4.8% increase last week)
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Don Vialoux September 14th, 2024
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