Corporate Profits
Coverage of Corporate Profits in the Nexus archive.
- South Korean unions use new labour rules to push envelope on bonus demands
South Korea's new labor-friendly law, the Yellow Envelope Act, is facing scrutiny as unions demand bonuses tied to a fixed percentage of corporate profits. Critics warn the law could spark labor disputes, create business uncertainty, and threaten the recovering economy.
- Stocks are seeing increasingly wild swings post-earnings. Why even good numbers often aren’t enough to impress.
The second-quarter earnings season has started with volatile stock swings, highlighting uncertainty about whether investors' high expectations for corporate profits can remain stable. Even strong earnings reports often fail to satisfy market demands.
- Why this earnings exuberance may be a problem for the stock market, according to this Wall Street veteran
Jim Paulsen, a Wall Street veteran, warns that excessive optimism about corporate profits may signal an upcoming stock market decline. He suggests such exuberance often precedes a downturn.
- Corporate Profits Hit Record High Versus India’s Economy Even as Stocks Struggle
Corporate profits in India reached a record high despite struggling stocks. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming budget is expected to prioritize job creation and economic protection from global uncertainties, based on a Bloomberg News survey of economists.