With a little start-up capital, earnings accelerate to a comfortable level quickly.

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Netease got a much better response from Wall Street: its shares rose 8% after the company beat earnings forecasts by a comfortable margin.

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There are some, however, who believe that other sectors of the British economy, such as manufacturing, are actually hurt by the huge relative size of financial services, because the City sucks in talent and its earnings keep sterling at a higher level than is comfortable for exporters of good and non-financial services.

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For a giant global money manager, its earnings growth rate is solid at 18.3%, with its stock providing a comfortable cushion, providing a dividend yield of over 3%.

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Facebook got a quick 30% pop off its earnings report, then finished up 19.1% Wednesday and ended the week with a comfortable gain.

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