A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 28, 2013. (Photo: Reuters)
Corporate profits rose 12.0% year-over-year in the first-quarter (1Q) of 2017 to an annualized $1.735.8 trillion, up from from $1.550.5 trillion in 1Q 2016. Profits are after tax without inventory valuation or capital consumption adjustments.
