We are in the last leg of the second-quarter earnings season, which so far remains strong. Looking at the second quarter as a whole, total earnings of the S&P 500 Index are expected to be up 9.4% from the same period last year on 5.4% higher revenues. If it materializes, this will be the highest quarterly earnings growth since the first quarter of 2022. Meanwhile, irrespective of the S&P 500 components, a majority of all listed companies have already reported financial results of their last completed quarte ...