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Analyst expectations for S&P 500 profits are climbing at their fastest pace since the rebound from the Covid pandemic, a surge that is stoking fears of an "earnings bubble" — and prompting hard questions about whether forecast momentum can survive contact with actual results.
A Forecast Boom With a Familiar Shape The speed of the upward revision cycle is the story.
When analysts race to lift profit estimates faster than companies can credibly deliver, the gap between expectation and reality becomes a risk in its own right.
The last time the Street moved this quickly to mark up S&P 500 earnings, the world was emerging from a once-in-a-generation economic shock — a very different foundation than the current environment provides.
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