The second quarter of the year is considered an exceptionally strong period for US companies. In the S&P 500 alone, the latest FactSet data showed that year-on-year earnings grew 50.4 percent, as compared with only 23.1 percent expected at the end of June. If that rate holds, it would be the index’s strongest earnings growth since the second quarter of 2021 and its seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit earnings rally.
FactSet’s latest figures put S&P 500’s revenue growth for the second...
