CEO and CIO of Laffer Tengler Investments, Nancy Tengler in The Wall Street Journal

Early Earnings Reports Worry Investors Already Battered by Stock Selloff

Hopeful economic signs compete with challenges to profits including inflation, rising rates and a strong dollar

Early results from the third-quarter earnings season haven’t provided much comfort to jittery investors.

While some corporate leaders noted glimmers of hope for consumers and the economy, many have reported a host of challenges to profits, including persistent inflation, rising interest rates and a generational surge in the dollar that has pressured revenue generated overseas.