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To: sea_urchin who wrote (12294)10/6/2001 7:02:52 PM
From: sea_urchin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82012
 
Here are those S&P earnings and ratios again:

spglobal.com

For 2001E, (now) divide 1040 by 44.7
PE = 23.6

For 1999 (market top), divide 1469 by 52
PE = 28

Compare 1988, divide 277 by 24
PE = 11.5

To put it more simply, over the past 12 years earnings have doubled while stock prices are up by four times.