What most investors don’t know is that core earnings, when adjusted for unusual gains and losses hidden in footnotes, are a lot worse than they realize. Answer: Most investors are not aware of the more severe decline in core earnings. Over the trailing 12 months, GAAP earnings fell 1% while adjusted core earnings fell 6% for the largest 1,000 companies by market capitalization in each period. Read More...
Companies’ core earnings are more crazily distorted than investors realize, and that puts stocks at risk
What most investors don’t know is that core earnings, when adjusted for unusual gains and losses hidden in footnotes, are a lot worse than they realize. Answer: Most investors are not aware of the more severe decline in core earnings. Over the trailing 12 months, GAAP earnings fell 1% while adjusted core earnings fell 6% for the largest 1,000 companies by market capitalization in each period.
