Raymond James' Chris Bailey on earnings in Europe

Political concerns remain

Is there too much fear about the eurozone equity markets? The second half of April sees the start of another corporate earnings season.

Across the larger capitalisation eurozone companies, earnings expectations appear fairly healthy and 2018 appears to be set fair to a second consecutive year of double-digit earnings growth - a feat last seen before the global financial crisis more than a decade ago. Meanwhile, the euro continues to advance against the dollar and the latest Eurostat forecasts noted the fastest regional economic growth in a decade helped by the European Central Bank's continued very loose policy including quantitative easing stimulus and currently negative interest rates. Industry Voice: Why Europe is ...