Ep. 49B – Earning’s Season – What’s the Signal?

As we kick-off Q1 earnings of 2019, we must pay close attention to the top-line and the bottom-line. This may be obvious, but what we’re referring to is the following: are firms beating on earnings, but missing on revenues? If this is the case, are companies laying people off in order to contain costs? And if top-line growth is missing, then how can we be in the midst of the “greatest economy ever?” If this is the case, this may signal trouble ahead as corporations are debt-ridden and the piper wants paid.