{"id":6316,"date":"2012-12-02T16:53:01","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T21:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=6316"},"modified":"2012-12-02T16:53:01","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T21:53:01","slug":"ten-companies-most-of-sp-500-earnings-growth-the-big-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/02\/ten-companies-most-of-sp-500-earnings-growth-the-big-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten companies most of S&#038;P 500 Earnings Growth &#124; The Big Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Ritholz quotes Adam Parker at Morgan Stanley:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color:#ddddff;\"><p>&#8230;.88% of the S&amp;P500 earnings growth for 2012 came from just 10 firms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Makes you question whether earnings are sustainable &#8212; especially when the four biggest are Apple, AIG, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/www.ritholtz.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/4-companies-provided-half-of-2012-earnings-growth\/'>4 Companies Provided Half of SPX 2012 Earnings Growth | The Big Picture<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Ritholz quotes Adam Parker at Morgan Stanley: &#8230;.88% of the S&amp;P500 earnings growth for 2012 came from just 10 firms. 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