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To: stockman_scott who wrote (15315)	7/20/2002 12:47:46 PM
From: jim_p	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 23153

Two articles both dated 7/18. One says the S & P P/E ratio is 40X trailing earning, and the others says the S&P 500 is selling at 12X forward earnings. This can't that difficult to calculate?? Anyone have a better number? Jim "The entire financial sector of the S&P 500 now trades at just 12 times forward 12-month earnings" "What are better measures of share valuation, then? In America, the price/earnings (p/e) ratio—share prices divided by earnings per share—still assumes implausibly high growth in company earnings. The post-war average p/e for the S&P 500 is 15; now it is 40"