Investing.com: Q2 Earnings Season Preview - The S&P 500 Breaks Records Ahead of Bank Reports

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Excerpt:

  • Important earnings season ahead as investors look for signs that we are still in soft landing territory

  • Q2 S&P 500 EPS growth expected to come in at 8.8%, highest rate in over two years

  • Banks on deck this week: JPMC, WFC out Friday with investors hoping for improved investment banking and lending activity

  • Peak weeks for Q2 season run from July 22 - August 16

US markets have been rising in anticipation of the Q2 earnings season, which unofficially kicks off Friday with results from the big banks.

The good news is that earnings are expected to continue to be a bright spot through the second half of the year. What’s especially bullish as we enter the Q2 earnings season is the fact that Wall Street expectations have barely budged since the end of Q1.