A company can land up on decent earnings numbers by adopting cost-cutting or some other measures that do not speak for its core strength. America’s middle class is getting its spending power back after a year and a half of decades-high inflation, as revealed by a new household budget index from Primerica, a financial services company. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.