Earnings live: Delta Air Lines stock slides, JPMorgan drifts higher as Dimon calls economy 'resilient'

The fourth quarter earnings season kicked off in earnest on Tuesday with the arrival of quarterly reports from Delta Air Lines (DAL) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM). Additional bank earnings will highlight the earnings calendar later this week. An optimistic consensus is forming: Wall Street analysts estimate S&P 500 (^GSPC) companies will report an earnings per share growth rate of 8.3% for Q4, according to FactSet data. If that rate holds, it would represent the 10th consecutive quarter of annual earnings grow ...