Investors still seem too upbeat about earnings growth

As earnings season kicks off today in the US, we think that investors remain too optimistic about the global outlook for earnings per share (EPS) growth, given the prospects for the world economy. That is the key reason why we forecast stock markets around the world to fall sharply by the end of the year.

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