Tag Archives: earnings surprise

Morning Update  -  28/01/10

Markets are looking ok this morning, helped by the Fed’s encouraging comments on the economy yesterday and some solid earnings from Ford and Nokia.

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Good Earnings, Bad Market  -  25/01/10

Earnings season is in full swing but with the recent sell-off, does the market care about earnings? It appears it does as companies that beat estimates have on average gone down much less than those that missed. In this post we take a look at the Q4 earnings season so far, in which 75% have surprised to the upside.

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Crow’s Nest Morning Update  -  19/01/10

Futures have been improving all morning ahead of the open, which is looking flat. BOC left rates unchanged at 0.25%. Lots of earnings already this morning, including Citi, and lots to go.

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Companies That Tend to Surprise  -  12/01/10

Earnings season is about to get started in Canada and we thought it might be useful to see which Canadian companies have a good track record of exceeding analyst expectations. And equally important, those companies that have not measured up.

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Companies that Exceed Estimates  -  25/11/09

Some companies have an uncanny ability to exceed expectations in the form of earnings estimates while others do not. So who are the best and who are the worst at delivering the goods every quarter? And is there a connection to stock price performance?

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Weekly Commentary  -  17/11/09

The Weekly Commentary includes a brief view on the markets, exerpts from past reports and upcoming economic/earnings data. In this edition please find a recap of the US and Canadian earnings season and a look at global economic growth. Also find link to a PDF version of this report.

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Weekly Commentary  -  09/11/09

The Weekly Commentary includes a brief view on the markets, exerpts from past reports and upcoming economic/earnings data. In this edition we have introduced our “trading idea updates”, recapping our past ideas and their status. Also a close look at the TSX after bouncing off support, where to now?

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Weekly Commentary  -  26/10/09

Weekly commentary includes a recap of the past week’s markets along key events coming up this week. These include economic releases, earnings calendars, etc. In our weekly you will also see brief excerpts from other reports published in the past week. This week’s include:
Buying the banks ahead of earnings
Earnings season trucking along
Market breadth
S&P 500 vs. the U.S. Dollar

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