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S&P 500 Reports Earnings Growth for 5th Straight Quarter

The companies posted a fifth quarter of positive earnings, and analysts expect trend to continue for the rest of calendar year 2024 and accelerate in 2025.
S&P 500 Reports Earnings Growth for 5th Straight Quarter
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Nov. 7, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Panos Mourdoukoutas
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The third quarter of 2024 provided another season of earnings growth for the companies included in the S&P 500 index, according to data firm FactSet.

The companies posted the fifth consecutive quarter of positive earnings, a trend that analysts expect to continue for the rest of the calendar year 2024 and accelerate in 2025.

Panos Mourdoukoutas
Panos Mourdoukoutas
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Panos Mourdoukoutas is a professor of economics at Long Island University in New York City. He also teaches security analysis at Columbia University. He’s been published in professional journals and magazines, including Forbes, Investopedia, Barron's, IBT, and Journal of Financial Research. He’s also the author of many books, including “Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy” and “China's Challenge.”