What to Watch as Global Earnings Season Gets Into Full Swing
- Companies try to shrug off disasters and political tensions
- Most earnings have topped estimates so far, though GE stumbled
4 Charts to Know: Positive Surprises in Q3 2017 Earnings
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Will the recent hurricanes pummel earnings in the third quarter? How will geopolitical tensions and the U.K.’s messy divorce from Europe affect the outlook of global companies? And can anything derail America’s stock market rally?
Investors await answers to those questions in the crush of quarterly results over the next few weeks. The mood from the first rash of reports has been generally upbeat as the world economy’s best performance in a decade keeps sales humming.