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S&P 500: Bull or Bear Market?

Posted on June 26, 2008

There are several factors that go into the stock market's current valuation: investor confidence, interest rates, expectations for inflation (as we've discussed here) and more. But perhaps the most important driver of the stock market is earnings. After all, although people speculate and trade on momentum, in the end they are buying the right to the future earnings of the company.Here's a look at the Price to Earnings [P/E] ratio for the S&P 500 since the year 1900:...

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