Monday, January 23, 2006

Big Earnings Week

Bloomberg reports:
More than 140 companies in the S&P 500 are due to release results this week, the busiest period for fourth-quarter earnings. As of Jan. 20, 59 percent of the 100 S&P companies that have reported earnings surpassed analysts' estimates. For the same quarter last year, 66 percent exceeded forecasts, according to Bloomberg analysis of Thomson Financial data.