Earnings Watch: As Wall Street pushed stocks higher to start 2023, earnings expectations sank by almost the same amount Posted on April 2, 2023 By Charlielikes The S&P 500 index eked out modest gains through the first quarter. But analysts and dozens of companies grew more pessimistic over that time than usual. Stock Market Tags:– as, 'almost, ‘to, 2023, amount, by, earnings, expectations, higher, market, pushed, same’:, sank, start, stock, stock market, stocks, street, the, wall, watch.