Can Corporate America Keep it Rolling?

Corporate America has been on quite a run. Coming into 2021, S&P 500 Index companies were expected to generate less than $170 in earnings per share. As 2022 begins, it looks like that number may end up higher than our latest estimate of $205, one of the biggest earnings upside surprises ever and a big reason why stocks did so well last year.

Outlook 2022: Passing the Baton

Fiscal and monetary policy played big roles in the economic recovery in 2021, but we see 2022 playing out as a handoff—from stimulus bridging a pandemic recovery to an economy growing firmly on its own.