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Money Matters by Katy Marquardt and Kirk Shinkle

The Earnings Recession

April 09, 2008 01:16 PM ET | Kirk Shinkle | Permanent Link

Over at the Big Picture, Barry Ritholtz reminds us that despite all the trouble in the markets and the threat of recession, analysts are still probably behind the curve when it comes to cutting their earnings estimates. He says:

"It's hard to really say that stocks are cheap here. At best, I believe we can argue that—assuming that historically high earnings do not fade—that stocks are not terribly expensive. But that is very different than saying they are cheap."

He says "the earnings recession is just now beginning."

Tags: recession

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Katy Marquardt came to U.S. News from Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, where she profiled rising stars in the mutual-fund world and wrote about investing in stocks and racehorses. Katy hails from Abilene, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas-Austin.

Kirk Shinkle is a senior editor at U.S. News. Formerly, he covered business and economics on both coasts for Investor's Business Daily. A native of the Montana-Texas corridor, he currently resides in the wilds of west Brooklyn. His checkered online evolution looks like this: Friendster, still (!). MySpace, no. Facebook, yes. He blogs here, Twitters occasionally, and has yet to Tumblr.

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