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Director of Research at Zacks
Sheraz Mian is the Director of Research at Zacks, in which capacity he leads the 60 analyst equity research team covering over 1,000 stocks, including the entire S&P 500. He oversees the creation of all commentary as well as the various subscription services. He also manages the Zacks Focus ...more

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Q1 Earnings Season In Spotlight As Alcoa (AA) Reports Results
Alcoa’s earnings report isn’t totally irrelevant to the broader earnings season, particularly since the company’s operations have become more downstream oriented and the automotive and aerospace industries have steadily become major end-markets.
What To Look For This Earnings Season
The 2014 Q4 tally was an all-time quarterly record, which wouldn’t be surpassed till the final quarter of the year. But given the negative revisions trend currently in place, those estimates will likely come down.
Kraft Up On Warren Buffett Buyout
In corporate news, Kraft shares are up more than 30% in the pre-open following the announcement that the company is being acquired by a combination of Brazil’s 3G Capital and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.
Previewing The Q1 Earnings Season
The Q1 earnings season is shaping up to be very weak. Not only is the expected growth rate very low, but estimates of total earnings in the quarter are also the lowest of any other recent quarter.
Is Oil Driving Q1 Earnings Estimates Lower?
The magnitude of negative revisions for 2015 Q1 exceeds any other recent quarter by a big margin.
3 Things To Know About Q1 Earnings Season
Estimates for Q1 took a beating over the last few months, with many suspecting that the negative revisions trend may have gone a bit too far. But judging from the market’s reaction to the admittedly small sample of reports, expectations may not be low enough.
Have Q1 Estimates Fallen Too Much?
Updating Q4 results to date and looking ahead to next week.
How Good Are Retail Sector Results? Plus Q4 Earnings Update
A look at retail sector earnings, plus an update of all Q4 earnings reports to date.
Q4 Earnings Scorecard: S&P 500 Vs. Russell 2000
Earnings estimates for 2015 as a whole have fallen sharply in recent weeks, but the trend is particularly notable for the first half of the year.
Retail Sector In Focus As Q4 Earnings Season Winds Down
Investors seem to be holding out hope that the sector will be a key beneficiary of what is happening to oil prices. This week’s commentary from Wal-Mart will give us some pointers how reasonable these hopes are.
Q1 Earnings Estimates Falling Sharply; Q4 Review To Date
Q4 is a story of 3 inter-related factors - oil, the dollar and global economic growth - which have come together in pushing down results this earnings season. Estimates of positive growth in the first half of 2015 have been replaced by expectations of decline.
3 Factors Define Q4 Earnings Season
With results from more than half of the market cap of the S&P 500 index already out, the broad trends established already are unlikely to change in any meaningful way in the coming days.
4 Things To Know About Q4 Earnings Season
The outsized decline in Q4 earnings estimates isn’t a reflection of a fresh deterioration in overall corporate profitability, but rather a function of the unusual oil price action in the recent past.
Taking Stock Of The Q4 Earnings Season
Estimates for Q4 came down as the quarter unfolded, with current expectations of +1.2% total earnings growth down from +9.6% growth expected in late September.
What Will 2015 Bring?
Stocks have been on a tear lately and the trend should continue into today’s session as well, though seasonally low volumes could exacerbate volatility.
Some New Looks For Xmas Week
We should brace ourselves for a stronger GDP growth rate in Q4, with tomorrow’s November Personal Income & Outlays read prompting a reassessment of current growth expectations.
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