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Can the Earnings Train Stay on Track?

February 17, 2022

ClearBridge Investments · Can the Earnings Train Stay on Track?

Director of Research Chuck Harris joins Investment Strategist Jeff Schulze to debate the direction of company profits as the economy grapples with inflation and a normalization of economic growth and monetary policy. They also discuss pandemic changes that leave companies in certain industries well positioned to maintain solid earnings growth and how such growth could support equities.

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