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To: TheTimeOfMan; Wuli; entropy12

I just accepted the 32 number from the chart at post #2.

When I checked, the current PE for the S&P 500 is more like 24, based on trailing earnings (50% over average price, rather than 100%).

The bottom line is that it is that earnings could catch up to prices in a year or two (assuming we already have one in the bank, because it was based on trailing earnings), in a booming economy. It also means that the potential losses in a correction or bear market are a lot less, than if it was 32.


21 posted on 08/06/2018 1:23:48 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

https://www.lynalden.com/shiller-pe-cape-ratio/


23 posted on 08/06/2018 1:27:16 PM PDT by Wuli
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