How Street Expectations Shape Stock Prices: Earnings Estimates Explained
Key Takeaways
- The Street expectation is the forecasts of a company’s earnings and revenue made by securities analysts.
- Failing to meet Street expectations can lead to sharp stock price declines.
- Beating Street expectations often results in stock price surges.
- A strong company outlook can soften reactions to missed expectations.
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Read MoreUnderstanding Markups in Investing and Retail: Key Insights
Key Takeaways
- A markup is the difference between a broker’s purchase price and a customer’s price.
- Markups are common in both securities trading and retail settings for profit.
- Brokers aren’t always required to disclose the markup amount to customers.
- In retail, markup covers production costs and ensures profitability.
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Read MoreChina A500 ETFs Inflows Surge to Record High Toward Year End
Inflows to a group of exchange-traded funds tracking the CSI A500 Index surged to a fresh record on Thursday, with the strong activity leaving traders perplexed.
Investors bought 8.7 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) worth of shares in seven of the largest CSI A500 ETFs, including that from Huatai-Pinebridge Fund Management Co.
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Read MoreFed’s Waller Wants Lower Interest Rates But Says No Rush to Cut
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller backed further interest-rate cuts to get the central bank’s setting back to neutral, while saying policymakers need not rush to do so.
Outlining a scenario where inflation continues to slow through 2026, Waller said Wednesday that monetary policy settings are up to 100 basis points above neutral — the level where the Fed is neither restraining growth nor stoking price pressures.
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Read MoreConsumer spending powers the US economy. A K-shaped economy will further test this dynamic in 2026.
The US economy exits 2025 with one phrase defining consumers — K-shaped.
This year, the division between the economic haves and have nots widened, with sentiment souring as those in the middle of the income distribution were pressured by a softening labor market and feared inflation resulting from tariffs.
As of November,
Read MoreThe Burst
Did Zuckerberg Just Have His iPhone Moment?
Last week Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) latest hardware product, Orion augmented reality glasses,
As it ventures deeper into the world of AR and wearable technology, there’s a very real possibility that this is Meta’s “iPhone moment,” revolutionizing the tech landscape as Apple’s iconic smartphone did in 2007.
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Is This Cathie Wood Stock The Next Big Thing?
Tempus AI (NASDAQ:TEM) has seen its stock run all over the board since its IPO last year. The 52-week range for TEM shares runs from a low of $22.89 to a high of $91.45. This is perhaps unsurprising because Tempus is a young, innovative AI startup.
Since the start of 2025,
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Spotlight: Should Sweetgreen Be 50% Higher?
CAVA debuted on the New York Stock Exchange on June 16, selling 14.4 million shares and raising a cash hoard of $318 million at a valuation just under $2.5 billion.
Eagle-eyed investors were stunned to see the share price soar by as much as 117%, before ultimately closing at $43.78 per share, slightly above its $42 open.
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