It is widely expected by consensus that earnings growth will rebound into the year-end and into 2024. Multiple factors will drive the reacceleration in earnings growth. Sales growth will pick up: In the remainder of the year,…
A narrow equity rally was the key characteristic of the US stock market in the first five months of the year. Despite concerns about the domestic economic situation due to ongoing monetary tightening, and poor external dynamics…
We are now midway through the Q2 2023 earnings season: 254 of the companies in the S&P 500 have reported. It’s therefore worthwhile to stand back and observe some of the emerging trends. According to Refinitiv IBES,…
The US Consumer Discretionary sector has been one of the top winners since the equity rally broadened two months ago. Its 13% gain since the end of May outpaces the S&P 500’s rally by 3.8 percentage points This…
Equity investors resoundingly approved of the large-cap banks’ second-quarter earnings reports: in the seven sessions since C, JPM and WFC kicked off 2Q23 earnings on July 14th, the S&P 500 Banks Index rose 6.3% to the…
BCA Research’s Private Market & Alternatives service sees challenges ahead for Global Buyout across geographies as valuations need further resetting. Buyout valuations globally are stretched relative to historic…
The Q2-2023 earnings season will kick off this Friday. The following are the investors’ “Cliff notes” to this earnings season. Market Expectations Earnings growth: According to Refinitiv IBES, earnings…
According to BCA Research’s China Investment Strategy service, although the recovery in overall Chinese industrial profits will be subdued, there will be a silver lining among China’s consumer goods producers, autos…
As we’ve highlighted in recent Insights, the S&P 500’s year-to-date rally has been concentrated among a few mega cap stocks. In particular, companies that benefit from the AI craze have driven the gains. This…