Earnings live: JPMorgan, BlackRock, Wells Fargo, Johnson & Johnson take spotlight as Q3 earnings kick off

The third quarter earnings season kicked off in earnest on Tuesday as the major Wall Street banks reported their quarterly results. Coming into the quarter, analysts expect S&P 500 companies to report a 7.9% jump in earnings per share during the third quarter, according to FactSet data. If that figure holds, it would mark the ninth straight quarter of positive earnings growth but a deceleration from the 12% earnings growth reported in Q2 of this year. Source: FactSet On Tuesday, the major financial inst ...