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The financial markets are signaling a remarkably bullish outlook, with both stock and bond markets fully embracing a “run it hot” trade. However, this aggressive market pricing stands in stark contrast to the pessimistic views held by bottom-up analysts, companies, and economists,...

Ann Larson of Bernstein commented in a note that through November 11, 88 percent of S&P 50 companies reported their third-quarter earnings – of which, 79 percent beat or met analysts' earnings estimates. From a historical perspective, only 75 percent of companies managed to beat or meet...

Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) will report its second-quarter earnings on August 9 before market open. Analysts expect the company to report earnings per share of $1.40. Advance Auto Parts reported first-quarter EPS of $1.79 and total sales of $1.96 billion on May 17, missing estimates of $1.81...

If Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) end up meeting estimates for 2010, then as of right now it's one of the cheapest large cap names available. The fact that it's a big blue chip name - in this case anyway - just sweetens the pot. This year's EPS estimate of $0.72 may just be too low, plain and...