In the US the recent earnings season has been the worst since 2009. If we take financials out the picture, both sales and earnings were weaker; even including the financials 25% growth in earnings per share, earnings for the S&P 500 were up an anaemic 1.27%. Guidance was also poor; 70% of the companies that offered guidance, lowered it.
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