Earnings Preview: 2 Metrics You Need to Watch This Quarter
In this video from Tuesday's edition of Investor Beat, host Chris Hill and Motley Fool analysts Matt Koppenheffer and Tim Hanson dig into the hardest-hitting investing stories from the market today.
Earnings season is just around the corner, and according to a Barron's survey, there is already a lot of optimism among Wall Street analysts this year, with predictions of double-digit growth in profits. In this segment, Matt and Tim each break down one metric that they'll be focusing in on heavily this quarter, as companies begin to report.
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