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You Won't Believe What Wall Street Gets Away with During Earnings Season

By , Chief Investment Strategist, Money Morning • @ShahGilani_TW -

wall street

Every day you're in the market - whether you own shares of your favorite company in an individual account, have a thick IRA, or you've got a portfolio through a pension plan - you're being lied to.

That's because everyone on Wall Street - the analysts, the investment banks, the media, the data compilers, and the companies themselves - are all playing a game with your money.

It's called "hide the earnings."

Today, I'm going to tell you everything you don't know about analysts' earnings reports, consensus estimates, actual reported earnings - and how we're all openly lied to.

It's going to make you very uncomfortable, scared even.

But don't worry - I'll tell you the truth about the recent earnings numbers.

How to Make Profitable Earnings Season Trades Every Time

By , America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades -

earnings season

When you're trading options, getting on the "right side" of the trade simply means going long with calls on a stock that's going up, and short with puts on a stock that's headed down.

But earnings season really increases the stakes and the intensity of trading. Options premiums can fluctuate widely going into an earnings announcement, and things can get really interesting once the announcement is made, gapping up if the results are favorable, and down if they aren't.

Figuring out where these stocks will go so you can trade the appropriate options contracts would be one of trading's biggest challenges...

...if you had to concern yourself with it at all.

Today, I'm going to make it all easier for you, and show you how you can make money without having to guess where the stock is going after earnings announcements.

Trading doesn't get much easier than that, and earnings season is just about to get into full swing, so you'll be able to make some serious money over the next few weeks.

Let's get started...

Avoid the Biggest Mistake Traders Make with This Investing Tip

By , America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades -

investing tip

There's no point in spending your money on a trade if you don't know how well a company is doing. And just because a company may seem like it's "too big to fail" doesn't mean it can't.

No matter how large and popular a business may seem, it simply cannot survive if its growth is dwindling or stagnant.

This investing tip is key to weeding those that are dying from those that are thriving. You'll want to read this before it's too late...

This Quarter's Biggest Earnings Takeaway Tells Us to Invest Here

By , Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report -

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A theme so far this earnings season is U.S. companies warning of an economic slowdown. With about half of the S&P 500 companies having reported already, many are citing protracted declines in production, sales, and employment that will track into 2016.

The press is treating this as a surprise, yet I'm hard-pressed to understand how...

We've been talking about the decline in revenue and earnings for more than a year and prepared accordingly. I've shown readers how to move your money into the best quality companies and simultaneously tighten up your risk management controls - often at a profit.

Just take a look at these numbers - plus I'll give you two stocks that will help your portfolio thrive in a slowing earnings environment...

Q3 Earnings Probably Won't Save the Stock Market, but We'll Make a Killing on Them

By , America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades -

tom hostage priceline

Investors looking for Q3 earnings to ride in and save the stock market could end up disappointed, but there's a profitable earnings-season trade shaping up nicely for us...

I've got the data that reveals the likely answer for you. It's also drawing out some juicy profit opportunities for the fast-approaching earnings season...

Why Earnings Season Is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year for Traders Like Us

By , America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades -

Chipotle earnings

If you've traded for more than a few months, you've seen how earnings season can really move share prices - in both directions.

If you hold, say, a blue chip and it hits on earnings, you can book some nice single- or double-digit gains. Or, if there's a miss, you might take a loss.

In fact, earnings season trading is one of the most volatile strategies you can use. It's not for the faint-hearted.

So, let's "scout" my earnings chart to see exactly where our next winning trade is...

Stock Earnings Calendar This Week Features Big Banks

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

stock earnings calendar

Earnings season is kicking into high gear. Five of the country's biggest banks and a key multinational conglomerate top the stock earnings calendar this week.

The bunch will set the tone for the remaining Q1 2015 earnings period. And so far, expectations are muted at best.

But with earnings expectations so low, many companies could surprise to the upside.

Here's a look at six key earnings reports this week.

What Earnings Recession 2015 Means for Your Stocks

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -

Earnings Recession

Earnings season unofficially begins on Wednesday, April 8, when Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) reports Q1 earnings after the bell.

Now, most Wall Street prognosticators are bearish this earnings season. Countless headlines of “earnings recession 2015” have caused retail investors to wonder if they should exit the markets.

An “earnings recession” happens when earnings results decline for two consecutive quarters on a year-over-year basis.

It’s true, earnings are expected to disappoint across the board this quarter.

But this is not the time to flee the markets…