This Quarter's Biggest Earnings Takeaway Tells Us to Invest Here

A theme so far this earnings season is U.S. companies warning of an economic slowdown. With about half of the S&P 500 companies having reported already, many are citing protracted declines in production, sales, and employment that will track into 2016. The press is treating this as a surprise, yet I'm hard-pressed to understand how... We've been talking about the decline in revenue and earnings for more than a year and prepared accordingly. I've shown readers how to move your money into the best quality companies and simultaneously tighten up your risk management controls - often at a profit. But what's becoming more clear from this earnings trend is just how much the Federal Reserve's misguided policies have hurt the U.S. consumer - and how that will affect company revenue and share prices. Just take a look at these numbers - plus I'll give you two stocks that will help your portfolio thrive in a slowing earnings environment... Tags: earnings , earnings calendar , earnings reports , earnings season , Q3 earnings To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2015 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post This Quarter's Biggest Earnings Takeaway Tells Us to Invest Here appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .