Earnings season for the fourth quarter of calendar 2023 is coming to a close. Clear winners and losers are emerging from the reports. The stocks behind them react dramatically to the results and investor portfolios get violently jostled by the prints. While Wall Street and Main Street were surprised by many of the reports, overall this has been a strong earnings season. Nearly 80% of companies listed in the benchmark S&P 500 index reported their results with three-quarters announcing better-than-expected pr ...