The potential for greater volatility of earnings also worries regulators.
Firms' debt levels rose, increasing the volatility of earnings.
Options implied volatility on the stock is slightly elevated ahead of earnings, with volatility currently up 2.4% to arrive at 22.79% as of 3:20pm in New York.
FORBES: Disney Bulls And Bears Play Mickey Mouse Games In Options Pits
Companies hate the standard because it will bring the volatility of financial markets into their earnings.
The stock is generally designed for investors who want a steady stream of payouts with less exposure to earnings volatility.
"The agencies are concerned that rising commercial real estate loan concentrations may expose institutions to unanticipated earnings and capital volatility in the event of adverse changes in commercial real estate markets, " the regulators wrote in a joint statement.
Better-than-expected earnings and a lack of additional downward volatility are keeping investors very optimistic.
Compounding investors' distress, owing to the degree of market volatility and economic uncertainty, Microsoft refused to provide an earnings forecast for its fiscal year, which ends on June 30.
Placing too much emphasis on computer stock screens, balance sheet models and earnings forecasts conceals the undervalued stocks out there amid the noise of everyday volatility.
With the psychology of the individual investor eroded by both the economic slowdown and market volatility, and corporate earnings reaching a defining low point, or bottom, the backdrop for Merrill (nyse: MER - news - people ) can only brighten.
Each year, I analyze the primary drivers of asset class long-term returns including risk as measured by implied volatility, expected earnings growth based on GDP estimates and foreign business expansion, market implied inflation based on the spread between long-term Treasury Bonds and TIPS, and current cash payouts from interest and dividends on bond and stock indexes.
Options implied volatility on Silver Wheaton Corp. is up 9.5% at 56.33% ahead of earnings.
FORBES: Bulls Swing For The Fences With Priceline, Silver Wheaton
Options implied volatility on RIMM is down 18.9% post-earnings to stand at 52.20% as of 1:25pm.
应用推荐