Financial Times | Earnings to shed light on impact of oil dive Financial Times S&P 500 earnings are still expected to have risen over the past quarter, as economic activity in the US improved and job creation averaged nearly 250,000 per month in 2014. But the outlook for oil prices overshadows an equity market whose bull run in ... As oil plummets, how much pain still looms for US energy firms? Oil's plunge wiping out S&P 500 earnings as estimates shrink Why oil is such a problem for corporate earnings |