The 1,808 US Companies With Market Caps Several Months Ago Above $1 Bil Registered First Half 2016 US GAAP Total Earnings of $478.8 Bil, Down 10% From Their First Half 2015 Total US GAAP Earnings of $529.2 Bil; Annual 2015 Audited US GAAP Total Earnings Were $965 Bil, Down 14% From $1.123 Tril in Annual 2014; and Annual 2014 Audited US GAAP Total Earnings Were $1.123 Tril, Down 10% From $1.252 Tril in Annual 2013 ..... Thus, Consistently Weak Earnings in the Past 2 1/2 Years

Below here is a summary of Total Income From Continuing Operations for the most recent 3 1/2 years for all US Companies with Market Caps several months ago above $1 Bil, with the Totals Shown by Market Cap Ranges.

If all US Publicly-Held Companies with Market Caps Above $1 Mil (just short of 5,000 Companies) were included below, the Earnings Trend would be much worse than below, particularly in Annual 2015 where the Earnings Decline is a huge 25% from Annual 2014.

						Annual	Annual	Annual		Annual	Annual
		1st Half	1st Half			2015	2014	2013		2015	2014
		2016	2015			US GAAP	US GAAP	US GAAP		vs	vs
		US GAAP	US GAAP			Audited	Audited	Audited		Annual	Annual
		Net	Net			Net	Net	Net		2014	2013
	# of	Income	Income	%		Income	Income	Income		%	%
Company Market Cap Range	Cos	(Loss)	(Loss)	Change		(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)		Change	Change
		$ mils	$ mils			$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Above $40 Bil	113	310,789	319,758	-3%		647,002	639,295	675,817		1%	-5%
$10-40 Bil	298	106,829	108,883	-2%		197,488	262,623	251,658		-25%	4%
$5-10 Bil	286	34,252	53,060	-35%		74,037	108,002	104,438		-31%	3%
$3-5 Bil	278	13,607	17,876	-24%		25,852	41,192	44,286		-37%	-7%
$2-3 Bil	317	13,000	9,564	36%		11,765	43,541	108,954		-73%	-60%
$1-2 Bil	516	315	20,094	-98%		8,866	28,749	66,885		-69%	-57%
Totals	1,808	478,792	529,235	-10%		965,011	1,123,404	1,252,038		-14%	-10%