warty wednesday

Another dose of the market seeing things as they are..cpi in aussie.. more earnings in usa..

As of Monday, October 22nd:145 companies in the S&P 500 have reported earnings for third-quarter, 66.90% have beaten estimates, 8.97% were in-line, and 24.14% have missed. (Data provided by Reuters Estimates)As of Friday, October 19th, the blended earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 in third-quarter 2007, combining actual numbers for companies that have reported, and estimates for companies yet to report, remains at -0.1%, below the 3.6% estimate from October 1st. On July 1st, the estimated growth rate was 6.2%. (Data provided by Thomson Financial)