Quarterly preview: Markets to see sustainable earnings growth after years

It would be interesting to decipher how the sequential numbers pan out as the impact due to GST would be behind us

As a new year beckons upon us and as we reflect nonchalantly over the stupendous returns that the markets have delivered in the year gone by, it is time to introspect and reflect upon what the markets can deliver in the quarters to come.

There is a silent anticipation and an inbuilt optimism about earnings recovery, which is expected to start taking shape beginning this quarter. This is expected to pave the way for a sustainable earnings growth that has been eluding the markets over the past few years. Albeit, when one compares this quarter’s numbers against last