Company earnings provided little guidance.
If one spouse loses a job, the other's earnings provide a buffer.
Indeed, another selloff on Wall Street amid concerns about declining corporate earnings provided an ominous backdrop to Mr. O'Neill's appointment.
"Our core business earnings provide a better measure of our financial results and better reflect our risk-management strategies," a spokesman for Fannie Mae, Chuck Greener, said.
The plight of the self-employed – including their earnings – provides a vital and early insight, like canaries in a mine, into how much slack there is in our jobs market.
Many investors have been bracing for the stock markets to slip back, and they said that concerns about corporate earnings provided an opportunity for people to cash recent gains and crawl back into more defensive positions as they look for cues about the direction of the economy.
Detailed below are some retailers we believe will surprise the market with fourth quarter earnings, provided macroeconomic conditions remain consistent.
Although McKesson faces an investor suit for the inherited accounting problems, its balance sheet and earnings provide a cushion that could cover any possible claims, Gill says.
The main appeal of a 529 is income tax savings: You put money in one of these plans and you don't have to pay federal or state income tax on the earnings, provided the cash is withdrawn to pay for college or graduate school tuition, fees, room and board, or books.
Dow components Wal-Mart and DuPont upped their first-quarter earnings guidance, providing an encouraging sign to investors disappointed by several recent earnings misses and outlook revisions.
