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With the second-quarter earnings season fast approaching, chief executives are the least confident in the future they have been since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on this metric.
The LERI, or Late Earnings Report Index, devised by market data company Wall Street Horizon, is currently sitting at its highest level since the fourth quarter of 2020, the first year of the pandemic.
The LERI tracks outlier earnings date changes among companies with a market cap of at least $250 million. The index has a baseline of 100; anything above that signals greater uncertainty about the future, while a reading below suggests greater visibility.
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