Earnings season shapes up as the next test for the markets
Monday's Breakfast with Benjamin menu: How will the market handle 3Q earnings? Plus: Bracing for an oil-price war, trouble beneath the surface of lower gas prices, a rare hawkish nod from the Fed, and advisers get high marks from clients.
- Third-quarter earnings could be the next reality check for stocks, and for investors. As the reports start rolling out this week there are reasons to worry, but not panic. The five-year corporate earnings love story heads for a rough patch
- An OPEC rift is fueling an oil price war that will provide relief at the pump. But the ultimate objective is to tamp down U.S. energy production. Pushing for the breaking point of $76 a barrel
- Plunging oil prices are spooking the markets. The ripple-effects of the supply-side shock could mean red ink for energy stocks. The factors opening the trapdoor beneath oil prices
- A rare hawkish tone out of the Fed suggests the global economy will not suffer much from a rate hike in the U.S. Preparing market participants for what lies ahead
- Advisers get high marks from clients in the latest Cerulli report, and that satisfaction level is helping advisers carve out a bigger piece of the defined contribution plan market. Seven out of 10 clients are giving their advisers the thumbs up
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