Editor's Note: Below is a brief excerpt and chart from today's Early Look written by Hedgeye Director of Research Daryl Jones. Click here to learn more. 

"... We’ve highlighted the last point on corporate earnings in the Chart of the Day. As the chart shows, all recent recessions in the U.S. have been preceded by a flat lining, or declining, of corporate earnings. This has already occurred in the U.S. with earnings breaking down below its trailing twelve month average in Q2 2015."

CHART OF THE DAY | Recession Watch: Earnings Breaking Down - eps inflecting DJ