Expect Further Earnings Upside as the Recovery Unfolds

Second quarter earnings season is winding to a close. After listening to dozens of conference calls and reading scores of press releases, it’s time to reflect.

By and large, earnings releases were better than most analysts expected heading into July. Roughly 77 percent of S&P 500 companies beat consensus earnings forecasts for the second quarter by an average margin of 11 percent.

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