Cheery Earnings, Leery Investors and an Optimistic Equity Outlook

Published on December 1, 2025

U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, are on pace for 14% growth in earnings for Q3 2025. This marks the fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth and comes in well ahead of analysts’ Sept. 30 estimates of 7%.

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