Rough market conditions such as those we have over the course of H1 2022 can be seen as the perfect litmus test for active managers, as such challenging periods offer a lot of opportunities for active equity fund managers to show their capabilities with regard to risk reduction and market timing. But have active equity fund managers in general outperformed their benchmarks or were they not able to add value for their investors? Even as this question does sound somewhat polemic, it goes much further as a number of market participants and observers see an underperformance of actively managed products,

Update of the Thomson Reuters S&P 500 Earnings Today report including the Q1 2016 Earnings Dashboard and Q2 2016 overview and guidance. Click here to view the dashboard in detail. EARNINGS Q1 2016 The Q1 2016 blended earnings growth estimate is -7.6%. Excluding the energy sector, the earnings growth estimate for the index improves to -2.5%. 4% of the S&P 500 companies have reported Q1 2016 EPS. Of the 22 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings to date for Q1 2016, 86% have reported earnings above analyst expectations, 0% reported earnings in line with analyst expectations and 14% reported earnings below analyst expectations. In a typical quarter (since 1994), 63% of

Update of the Thomson Reuters S&P 500 Earnings Today report including the Q1 2016 Earnings Dashboard and Q2 2016 overview and guidance. Click here to view the dashboard in detail. EARNINGS Q1 2016 The Q1 2016 blended earnings growth estimate is -7.4%. Excluding the energy sector, the earnings growth estimate for the index improves to -2.3%. 4% of the S&P 500 companies have reported Q1 2016 EPS. Of the 19 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings to date for Q1 2016, 84% have reported earnings above analyst expectations, 0% reported earnings in line with analyst expectations and 16% reported earnings below analyst expectations. In a typical quarter (since 1994), 63% of

Update of the Thomson Reuters S&P 500 Earnings Today report including the Q4 2015 Earnings Dashboard and Q1 2016 overview and guidance. Click here to view the dashboard in detail. EARNINGS Q4 2015 The Q4 2015 blended earnings growth estimate is -2.9%. Excluding the energy sector, the earnings growth estimate for the index increases to 3.4%. 100% of the S&P 500 companies have reported Q4 2015 EPS. Of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings to date for Q4 2015, 68% have reported earnings above analyst expectations, 10% reported earnings in line with analyst expectations and 22% reported earnings below analyst expectations. In a typical quarter (since 1994), 63% of