earnings

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On social media sites such as Reddit and Facebook, gig workers have posted about how the higher gas prices are eating into their earnings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Both have been trading at mid-teens multiples of their expected earnings for more than a year, versus single-digit multiples as recently as 2022.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

“The bombs aren’t dropping, and earnings have been on fire and the economy’s resilience has been phenomenal,” Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, told Bloomberg Television on Friday.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

In the quarter ended in February, Cal-Maine’s earnings had shrunk to $1.06 per share from $10.38 a year ago, while total revenue decreased by more than half.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Keep in mind that these results reflect only a child’s early test scores, a useful but fairly narrow measurement; poor testing in early childhood isn’t necessarily a great harbinger of future earnings, creativity, or happiness.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt