51.   Also today, many investors are thinking about corporate earnings season, which gets under way in earnest this week.

52.   Analysts say the market volatility reflected the uncertainty of many investors heading into third-quarter corporate earnings season.

53.   Analysts say Wall Street is standing by for the unofficial start of the first-quarter corporate earnings season later today.

54.   Analysts say many on Wall Street are holding back until first-quarter earnings season, which begins next week, to see whether businesses are experiencing a rebound.

55.   As the first-quarter earnings season ends, the majority of companies have met mostly mediocre expectations but failed to forecast better times ahead.

56.   Being at the end of earnings season could also eventually help.

57.   But analysts remain bearish as the company kicks off the earnings season for telecom companies with its quarterly results on Tuesday.

58.   But the earnings season does roll into action this week, with dozens of companies due to unveil their first-quarter earnings statements.

59.   But the market entered earnings season in fairly decent health, having recovered substantially from its sharp decline in the first week of trading after the attacks.

60.   Companies typically warn investors of any disappointments before the start of the earnings season, which for the first quarter begins this coming week.