With Fed Mum on Next Move, Investors Look to Earnings to Keep Stocks Afloat

Wall St Week Ahead: With US Fed silent on next move, investors look to earnings to keep stocks afloat

Investors focus on corporate earnings to offset economic risks and rate concerns. Strong results, particularly from AI infrastructure spending, are bolstering market confidence. Companies are providing positive guidance, suggesting continued economic activity. Geopolitical tensions and oil prices remain potential inflation drivers. However, robust earnings are currently outweighing broader macroeconomic uncertainties.

With Fed mum on next move, investors look to earnings to keep stocks afloat

By Laura Matthews NEW YORK, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Investors head into next week weighing familiar concerns over interest rates, inflation and geopolitical tensions against another robust earnings season that continues to keep stocks supported. With little...

STOCK MARKET: These charts show why stocks keep rallying. Profit margins are highest on record

Tatiana Maksimova | Moment | Getty Images S&P 500 companies are keeping more profit from every dollar in sales than ever before, providing another tailwind for stocks. Using FactSet data, John Butters, senior earnings analyst and vice president at FactSet, showed that the S&P 500’s blended net profit margin is running at 16.9% for the second quarter. That’s up from 14.8% in the first quarter and 12.9% a year ago, and well above the five-year ave…

These charts show why stocks keep rallying. Profit margins are the highest on record

Recent FactSet data show that the rise in earnings is not coming from sales growth alone.