earnings pattern

基本解释

To see why, look at the pattern that earnings growth makes as we come off the bottom of the Great Recession
当我们离开大衰退的底部时，让我看一下股市收益增长的规律。
Earnings followed the same pattern in 2008, with a peak at $1.37 a share in the second quarter and a trough at 34 cents a share in the fourth quarter.
2008年的业绩走势也一样，第二季度每股收益达到了峰值的1.37美元，到了第四季度跌到了每股34美分。
Stocks fell immediately at the open after the earnings reports followed a similar pattern that has been seen throughout the past couple of months.
企业财报公布后股市立即下挫，沿袭了过去几个月来的类似模式。

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