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UPDATE-Wall St Week Ahead: Stocks face earnings, 'Black Monday'
Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:25pm EDT
(Updates column with new paragraph on U.S. stock indexes' gains for the year so far)
By Cal Mankowski
NEW YORK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Just as earnings season hits full swing next week and investors get their first full taste of how the housing meltdown affected corporate profits, Wall Street will take a moment to recall how the Dow plunged nearly 23 percent on a "Black Monday" 20 years ago.
The earnings season gets going full blast with results expected from more than 80 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (.SPX: Quote, Profile, Research), as well as hundreds of mid-sized and smaller companies.
Expectations are low with Reuters Estimates saying S&P 500 profits are expected to grow just 3.2 percent.
Late summer credit market seizures as the housing sector spiraled out of control will come into focus when Citigroup Inc (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Bank of America Corp (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) report results, providing more clues on how the mayhem hit the financial sector.
The mix includes several pharmaceutical companies such as Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Pfizer Inc (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Wyeth (WYE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research).
Bob Millen, co-manager of The Jensen Portfolio, a Portland, Oregon-based mutual fund, said that, rather than actual earnings for the recently completed third quarter, companies' forecasts of future profits will be more crucial.
"I think what is probably going to move the market more is how many companies lower their earnings expectations going forward," he said. "If there are a significant number of them, I don't think the market will treat that very kindly."
Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:25pm EDT
(Updates column with new paragraph on U.S. stock indexes' gains for the year so far)
By Cal Mankowski
NEW YORK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Just as earnings season hits full swing next week and investors get their first full taste of how the housing meltdown affected corporate profits, Wall Street will take a moment to recall how the Dow plunged nearly 23 percent on a "Black Monday" 20 years ago.
The earnings season gets going full blast with results expected from more than 80 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (.SPX: Quote, Profile, Research), as well as hundreds of mid-sized and smaller companies.
Expectations are low with Reuters Estimates saying S&P 500 profits are expected to grow just 3.2 percent.
Late summer credit market seizures as the housing sector spiraled out of control will come into focus when Citigroup Inc (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Bank of America Corp (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) report results, providing more clues on how the mayhem hit the financial sector.
The mix includes several pharmaceutical companies such as Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Pfizer Inc (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Wyeth (WYE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research).
Bob Millen, co-manager of The Jensen Portfolio, a Portland, Oregon-based mutual fund, said that, rather than actual earnings for the recently completed third quarter, companies' forecasts of future profits will be more crucial.
"I think what is probably going to move the market more is how many companies lower their earnings expectations going forward," he said. "If there are a significant number of them, I don't think the market will treat that very kindly."