Analysts, companies, and their complicated relationship with earnings estimates 🤝

Plus a charted review of the macro crosscurrents 🔀

Analysts are pretty good at predicting earnings. (Source: Yahoo Finance)

📉The stock market declined last week, with the S&P 500 shedding 1% to close at 6,040.53. It’s now up 2.7% year to date and up 68.9% from its October 12, 2022 closing low of 3,577.03. For more on recent market moves, read: 3 stock market thoughts amid the DeepSeek sell-off 🤖

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