Q1

Investors may want to view the first quarter U.S. Gross Domestic Product report this way: the contraction was deep, but it was not as comprehensive as the plunge recorded in Q4 2008. The nation's economy contracted 6.1 percent in Q1, due to a record decline in investment, the U.S. Commerce...

Those investors expecting a quick turnaround in corporate earnings may be in for a rude awakening, if a new survey is any gauge. S&P 500 firms will end their slump, but not until the fourth quarter of this year, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. The survey expects the earnings...