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August 8, 2026 | Tech Talk for Saturday August 8th 2026
Don Vialoux
Donald Vialoux is author of the free blog Tech Talk, a daily investment report available during the past 20 years at www.timingthemarket.ca. Comments focus on the seasonal and technical outlook for equity indices, commodities and sectors. Mr. Vialoux has 53 years of experience in the investment industry and is a past president of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA).
The Bottom Line
Focuses this week are on the U.S. July CPI report released on Wednesday and the U.S. July Producer Price Index released on Thursday.
Earnings and Revenue Consensus for S&P 500 Companies
Source: www.factset.com
Analysts increased their 2026 earnings and revenue estimates again last week. Eight six percent of S&P 500 companies have reported quarterly results to date.
- Consensus for second quarter 2026 earnings gains increased to 50.4% from 47.4% last Week. Consensus for revenue gains increased to 15.0% from 14.1%.
- Consensus for third quarter 2026 earnings gains remained at 27.4% Consensus for revenue gains increased to 11.3% from 10.9%.
- Consensus for fourth quarter 2026 earnings gains remained at 25.2%. Consensus for revenue gains increased to 10.9% from 10.5%.
- For all of 2026, consensus for earnings gains increased to 30.0% from 29.1 % last week. Consensus for revenue gains increased to 11.5% from 11.1%.
- For all of 2027, consensus for earnings gains dropped to 13.6% from 14.1% last week and consensus for revenue gains slipped to 8.4% from 8.5%.
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Don Vialoux August 8th, 2026
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