Everything is better with a bit more color

Do you ever feel like your life could use a little more color? You’re not alone. In a busy week for corporate earnings—40% of S&P 500 companies published quarterly earnings this week—analysts were loath to leave conversations in black and white.

“I want to provide a little more color about our updated expectations for 2018.”

“What I’d like to do next is provide some more color on the current and future drivers of our businesses.”

“Before turning to the future, I’d like to provide more color on our results.”

“Now let me provide more color on segment results, beginning with plumbing.”

“I appreciate the color on that, Don.”

“I was wondering if I could get a little bit more color on two of your charts, please.”

“Just some more color on that particular part of the revenue story would be helpful.”

“Can you just maybe give us a little bit more color on the flea and tick season?”

“I guess, first, I wanted to get a little bit more color on North America.”

“Can you maybe give some more color on your pricing strategy in Africa in general?”

“On Egypt, let me give you a little maybe more color.”

“Jason will give you a little bit more color on this in a moment.”

“Let me hand over to Jessica to perhaps give a bit more color on that.”

“Sheryl can add any color there.”

“I think that this is an area that we’ll provide more color on going forward.”

“We will give you some more color in January.”