Signals point to a lacklustre earnings season for listed companies

Signals point to a lacklustre earnings season for listed companies
Jenny Ruth
By Jenny Ruth Aug. 5 (BusinessDesk) - The upcoming earnings season is likely to be a more lacklustre period than recent previous seasons and the global backdrop will probably be more volatile. “I would expect this reporting season will be a bit more mediocre than we've seen recently,” says Mark Lister, head of wealth research at Craigs Investment Partners. New Zealand shares some of the same dynamics at work in the United States' earnings season which is starting to wind down now. Despite the earnings outlook, share markets have bee...

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