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Building Financial Danger – December 9, 2019 Update

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My overall analysis indicates a continuing elevated and growing level of financial danger which contains many worldwide and U.S.-specific “stresses” of a very complex nature. I have written numerous posts on this site concerning both ongoing and recent “negative developments.”  These developments, as well as other exceedingly problematical conditions, have presented a highly perilous economic environment … Read more Building Financial Danger – December 9, 2019 Update

Charts Of Equities’ Performance Since March 9, 2009 And January 1, 1980 – December 3, 2019 Update

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In the March 9, 2012 post (“Charts of Equities’ Performance Since March 9, 2009 And January 1, 1980“) I highlighted two charts for reference purposes. Below are those two charts, updated through the latest daily closing price. The first is a daily chart of the S&P500 (shown in green), as well as five prominent (AAPL, IBM, … Read more Charts Of Equities’ Performance Since March 9, 2009 And January 1, 1980 – December 3, 2019 Update

Four Ultra Long-Term Monthly U.S. Stock Index Charts

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StockCharts.com maintains long-term historical charts of various major stock market indices, interest rates, currencies, commodities, and economic indicators. As a long-term reference, below are charts depicting various stock market indices for the dates shown.  All charts are depicted on a monthly basis using a LOG scale. (click on charts to enlarge images)(charts courtesy of StockCharts.com) The … Read more Four Ultra Long-Term Monthly U.S. Stock Index Charts

Trends Of S&P500 Earnings Forecasts

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S&P500 earnings trends and estimates are a notably important topic, for a variety of reasons, at this point in time. FactSet publishes a report titled “Earnings Insight” that contains a variety of information including the trends and expectations of S&P500 earnings. For reference purposes, here are two charts as seen in the “Earnings Insight” (pdf) report of … Read more Trends Of S&P500 Earnings Forecasts

S&P500 EPS Forecasts 2019 Through 2021 And Past Actual EPS

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As many are aware, Refinitiv publishes earnings estimates for the S&P500.  (My other posts concerning S&P earnings estimates can be found under the S&P500 Earnings tag) The following estimates are from Exhibit 24 of the “S&P500 Earnings Scorecard” (pdf) of November 18, 2019, and represent an aggregation of individual S&P500 component “bottom up” analyst forecasts.  For reference, the … Read more S&P500 EPS Forecasts 2019 Through 2021 And Past Actual EPS

Standard & Poor’s S&P500 EPS Estimates 2019 & 2020 – November 11, 2019

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As many are aware, Standard & Poor’s publishes earnings estimates for the S&P500.  (My posts concerning their estimates can be found under the S&P500 Earnings tag) For reference purposes, the most current estimates are reflected below, and are as of November 11, 2019: Year 2019 estimates add to the following: -From a “bottom up” perspective, operating earnings of $159.12/share … Read more Standard & Poor’s S&P500 EPS Estimates 2019 & 2020 – November 11, 2019

Building Financial Danger – November 8, 2019 Update

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My overall analysis indicates a continuing elevated and growing level of financial danger which contains many worldwide and U.S.-specific “stresses” of a very complex nature. I have written numerous posts on this site concerning both ongoing and recent “negative developments.”  These developments, as well as other exceedingly problematical conditions, have presented a highly perilous economic environment … Read more Building Financial Danger – November 8, 2019 Update

Trends Of S&P500 Earnings Forecasts

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S&P500 earnings trends and estimates are a notably important topic, for a variety of reasons, at this point in time. FactSet publishes a report titled “Earnings Insight” that contains a variety of information including the trends and expectations of S&P500 earnings. For reference purposes, here are two charts as seen in the “Earnings Insight” (pdf) report of … Read more Trends Of S&P500 Earnings Forecasts

S&P500 EPS Forecasts 2019 Through 2021 And Previous Actual EPS

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As many are aware, Refinitiv publishes earnings estimates for the S&P500.  (My other posts concerning S&P earnings estimates can be found under the S&P500 Earnings tag) The following estimates are from Exhibit 24 of the “S&P500 Earnings Scorecard” (pdf) of October 22, 2019, and represent an aggregation of individual S&P500 component “bottom up” analyst forecasts.  For reference, the … Read more S&P500 EPS Forecasts 2019 Through 2021 And Previous Actual EPS

Standard & Poor’s S&P500 EPS Estimates 2019 & 2020 – October 17, 2019

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As many are aware, Standard & Poor’s publishes earnings estimates for the S&P500.  (My posts concerning their estimates can be found under the S&P500 Earnings tag) For reference purposes, the most current estimates are reflected below, and are as of October 17, 2019: Year 2019 estimates add to the following: -From a “bottom up” perspective, operating earnings of $160.09/share … Read more Standard & Poor’s S&P500 EPS Estimates 2019 & 2020 – October 17, 2019