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The Q1 2021 reporting season is in full swing in the US, Europe and Japan and profits are booming.

Markets are expensive, but if the upgrades keep coming the current prices won't look so bad... In the US, even the company at the worst 25th percentile has seen upgrades to forecasts:

Q1 2020 Reporting season by region

Disclaimer: Q1 2020 to Q1 2021 numbers have some weird base effects for some companies. So, they are less relevant this reporting season. 

There are some differences by sector, and the but upgrades are uncharacteristically broad.

  2021Q1 reporting season by sector

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The information on this blog contains general information and does not take into account your personal objectives, financial situation or needs. Past performance is not an indication of future performance. Damien Klassen is an authorised representative of Nucleus Wealth Management, a Corporate Authorised Representative of Nucleus Advice Pty Ltd - AFSL 515796.

 

Damien Klassen
Post by Damien Klassen
April 30, 2021
Damien has a wealth of experience across international equities (Schroders), asset allocation (Wilson HTM) and he helped create one of Australia’s largest independent research firm, Aegis Equities. He lectured for over a decade at the Securities Institute, Finsia and Kaplan and spent many of those years as the external Chair for the subject of Industrial Equity Analysis. Damien runs the investment side of Nucleus Wealth, selecting stocks suggested by analysts and implementing the asset allocation. Damien started Nucleus Wealth after 20+ years in financial markets. He wanted to come up with an investment solution for ordinary investors that delivers the same types of personalised investment portfolios high net worth investors use.