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| Fellow Investor, Last week's S&P 500 chart is unusual. After Monday's massive 80-point drop, the S&P 500 bounced in a huge range between 1,120 and 1,180. Volume was very heavy.
As we discussed over the last few days, the extreme volatility has been the result of a virtual perfect storm of uncertainty. The S&P downgrade, the last minute debt deal in Congress, the potential for recession and an escalation of debt issues in Europe.
The above chart also shows the S&P 500 was above 1,340 just a few weeks ago. At last week's lows, the S&P 500 was off around 17%. That's a sharp decline, no doubt.
To put the current levels of the S&P 500 in a little perspective, the highs for 2010 were just above 1,250. And the highs for 2009 were around 1,150. So at 1,180, the S&P 500 is in the range that it's been ever since it recovered from the 2008-2009 crash.
But whether that level means value or not depends on earnings. According to the Wall Street Journal, the S&P 500 is trading at 10.6 times projected earnings. That's cheap, no doubt about it. But of course, the reason it's cheap is that some investors do not believe earnings projections are accurate.
Yes, corporations have been beating estimates for 2 years now. And there are still skeptics. Eventually, they will be right, simply based on the "broken clock" theory. But up to an including this earnings season, expectations that earnings will miss projections have gone wanting.
As I continue to write: companies have adjusted their costs and production to meet current demand. Count me squarely in the camp that believes earnings growth can continue. | | The One Oil Company Paying Shareholders a 10X Bonus Dividend
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| | US Markets - August 12 Close | Dow Jones | 11,269.02 | +126 | (+1.13%) | | S&P 500 | 1,178.81 | +6.17 | (+0.53%) | | Nasdaq | 2,507.98 | +15.30 | (+0.61%) | | Currencies | EUR/USD | 1.445 | +0.019 | (+1.398%) | | USD/JPY | 76.71 | -0.075 | (-0.097%) | | GBP/USD | 1.639 | +0.011 | (+0.684%) | | | Recent issues of Daily Profit
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