Parker: CEOs will guide very conservatively for July earnings
Adam Parker · Tariffs Impact on Tech Stocks: A Black Swan Event? — With Adam Parker of Trivariate Research · Apr 8, 2025 · at 20:04
Trivariate Research CEO Adam Parker discusses corporate earnings outlooks and executive caution amid market turmoil and new tariff policies.
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“The problem is we've seen no behavior where companies that guide down act well, and we're heading into an earning season with maximum CEO uncertainty. So if you and I run the company, you were the CEO of CFO, we would be doing our pregame about what we're going to say. No way are we letting each other guide, you know, anything but very conservatively for July numbers.”
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