The most popular, and potentially most significant question of the economic quarter is the impact the rising U.S. dollar will have on U.S. corporate earnings, a new research report from Goldman Sachs says. And get ready, because we may be seeing the materialization of a currency fear in today’s falling stock prices. As the Dow Jones Industrial Average headed dramatically lower today, down some 300 points near the close, declining revenue expectations brought on as a result of a stronger U.S. dollar could be the culprit. As dollar strengthens, S&P 500 consensus estimate fall In large part due to the…
Goldman Views On The Dollar, Oil Prices, And Earnings
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.