Apple Inc was a standout in what has otherwise been a fairly lackluster earnings season. So far, 58 percent of companies have beat forecasts while at this stage in past earnings seasons, 70 percent topped estimates.

I don't get it. Wouldn't 100% meeting estimates be the baseline and anything over be a bonus? If 58% beat estimates and the remaining 42% were at or below then wouldn't that be a good thing if we assume the estimates have any value?

And that's not even getting into the baseline. How do you know analysts weren't overly pessimistic last year or overly optimistic this year? This is a very mushy metric.

Apple lifts NASDAQ legs over its shoulders and starts pushing them across the finish line.

FIFM

Whodathunk it? A marketing company leading American capitalism forward in an age of record-low consumer confidence.

useless junk to make poor people feel like a 1%er.

pmdgrwr: useless junk to make poor people feel like a 1%er.


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Smiths: pmdgrwr: useless junk to make poor people feel like a 1%er.

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LOLOL......... nice, Smiths. Point well made.

In at $89