The earnings season has only just begun, but we are already seeing some examples of what will become a trend: fewer companies beating expectations.
Investors like to be positively surprised, so companies tend to be overly cautious in their expectations so as not to disappoint those same investors. But when the economy is heading for recession, expectations are met less often and this earnings season is probably the first indication of this.
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