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Predicting the MarketsChapter 14 Charts:

Predicting ValuationYardeni Research, Inc.

February 13, 2020

Dr. Edward YardeniChief Investment Strategist

Mali QuintanaSenior Economist

[email protected]

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FORWARD P/E RATIOS FOR S&P 500 STOCK PRICE INDEX*

Forward P/EsS&P 500S&P 500 Technology

* S&P 500 stock price index divided by S&P 500 12-month forward consensus expected operating earnings.Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

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US Treasury 10-Year Bond YieldS&P 500 Forward Earnings Yield*

* S&P 500 12-month forward consensus expected operating earnings divided by S&P 500 stock price index.Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv and Federal Reserve Board.

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* S&P 500 12-month forward consensus expected operating earnings divided by US Treasury 10-year bond yield.Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv, Standard & Poor’s, and Federal Reserve Board.

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* LTEG is 5-year forward consensus expected earnings growth.Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

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* LTEG is five-year forward consensus expected earnings growth.Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

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* S&P 500 12-month forward consensus expected operating earnings divided by S&P 500 stock price index.** Corporate bond yield is average of Moody’s Aaa and Baa yields through 1996, then ICE Bofa Merrill Lynch data for AAA and BBB yields.

Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv, Standard & Poor’s, Federal Reserve Board, and Haver Analytics.

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* S&P 500 12-month forward consensus expected operating earnings divided by S&P 500 stock price index.** Corporate bond yield (average of Moody’s Aaa and Baa yields through 1996, then average of ICE Bofa Merrill Lynch data for AAA and BBB yields)

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* S&P 500 12-month forward consensus expected operating earnings divided by 10-year US Treasury bond yield converted to percentage.** S&P 500 12-month forward consensus expected operating earnings divided by corporate bond yield (using average of Moody’s Aaa and Baa yields

through 1996, then average of ICE Bofa Merrill Lynch data for AAA and A-BBB yields) converted to percentage.Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv, Standard & Poor’s, Federal Reserve Board, and Haver Analytics.

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Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv, Standard & Poor’s, Federal Reserve Board, and Haver Analytics.

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* US Treasury 10-year bond yield minus median expected CPI inflation rate for next 10 Years using Philadelphia Fed Survey of Professional Forecastersdata (monthly series interpolated from quarterly data starting as two quarters per year during Q4-1979 until Q4-1991 when the data continuewith four quarters a year).

** S&P 500 12-month forward consensus operating earnings divided by S&P 500 stock price index.Source: Federal Reserve Board, US Treasury, I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv, and Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

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Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv and Standard & Poor’s.

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*** PEG = P/E divided by LTEG.Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

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S&P 500 VALUATION MEASURES(weekly)

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* S&P 500 reported earnings as a percent of quarterly average S&P 500 index. Q4-2008 dropped because of negative value.** Year-over-year percent change in three-month average of each quarter.

Source: Standard & Poor’s and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Note: Shaded red areas denote S&P 500 bear market declines of 20% or more. Yellow areas show bull markets.Source: Standard & Poor’s and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Note: Shaded red areas denote S&P 500 bear market declines of 20% or more. Yellow areas show bull markets.Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Standard & Poor’s, and I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

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* Average monthly S&P 500 stock price index divided by S&P 500 12-month forward consensus expected operating earnings per share.

Note: Bear markets are declines of 20% or more (in red shades).

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* S&P 500 four-quarter trailing dividends per share divided by quarterly closing value of the S&P 500 index.Source: Standard & Poor’s and Federal Reserve Board.

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