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Why stocks keep rising, despite weak corporate earnings
2014-12-29 05:44:45| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Companies will begin releasing their fourth-quarter earnings report cards soon, and by all accounts they will be about as exciting as cruise-ship shuffleboard - as in not very. This is all the more surprising because the U.S. economy grew at a sizzling 5 percent annual rate in the third quarter - the best in 11 years - and at a 4.6 percent rate in the second quarter.
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