Cartoon of the Day: Corporate Contraction

03/28/16 03:21PM EDT

Cartoon of the Day: Corporate Contraction - corp profits cartoon 03.28.2016

While U.S. 4Q GDP was revised up to +1.4%, the corporate profit component showed a -10.5% Y/Y contraction. That marks the second consecutive quarter in which corporate profit growth was down Y/Y. Over the past 30 years, two consecutive quarters of shrinking corporate profits have always preceded a material stock market crash.

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