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], the largest U.S. aluminum maker."The third quarter is going to be very telling," says Howard Silverblatt, an analyst at Standard & Poor's in New York.”
And that market 'tell' pretty much comes down to one thing -- top line growth.
"Investors will be watching top line earnings for sales growth, explains Joe Terranova. And how much of it we see will be the catalysts for this market for the rest of the month.
Both the bulls and bears will be watching these numbers very closely.
Not only do the bulls want to see top-line growth drive earnings they need to see it. It's pretty much priced in, already. (Remember last quarter earnings were largely buoyed by bottom line growth from cost cutting)
The bears, by their nature, are not optimistic. They expect to see weakness. And even bottom line growth (or net income growth) will probably will be considered weakness, if it’s driven by lay-offs or more cost cutting.
So what should you expect?
"We might start seeing some top-line growth in the third, and certainly in the fourth, quarter as in our view, the economy has turned and the recovery is well in place," says Henry Smith, chief investment officer of Haverford Trust Co. in Philadelphia.
Where should you look for winners?
The financial sector [XLF
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What are the trades, this week?
I like Alcoa [AA
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] ahead of earnings, says Jon Najarian. I think they could say good things about demand. And I'm bullish on Yum Brands [YUM
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Monsanto [MON
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]. I think that could be a ‘tell’ ahead of the holiday shopping season.
> On Friday other traders spoke about how to trade Alcoa earnings. Click here to find out what they said.
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