JJac said:Is there an easy way to determine the PE Ratio for the S&P500?
Darn it, now everyone will be doing it!JohnEyles said:Sounds like somebody might have read that paper "Market-Timing Strategies That Worked" that says the spread between the reciprocal of the S&P500's PE ratio, and the 3-month T-Bill yield, provides a good buy/sell signal.
TromboneAl said:The next question is: how do you decide on a reasonable S&P500 level? IOW if the market is under or over valued.
2B said:I must be less suspicious than all of you. I just thought he wanted to know. I like to know once in a while.
LOL! said:For those interested, there is a sidebar in this week's Standard & Poor's The Outlook about S&P P/E ratio. It's available at your library, online from your broker, or the S&P website.
It states S&P500 estimated 2007 P/E is 14.6, SmallCap600 P/E is 16.9, MidCap400 is 16.2
i've found interest rates to provide a reasonable long term approximation to the e/p ratio. but it does not provide a good forecasting tool for the market because the forward earnings are unknown.the relationship you've all been talking about doesn't work real well
justin said:When PE's are around the level they are now, it doesn't really tell you much. When they dip to 5 and earnings growth going forward will be flat or better, then it is a good time to buy. When PE's go up to 25, 30, 35, the market gets more risky - ie you are paying a decent sized speculative premium.
dmpi said:You may have to wait pretty long to wait for a PE of 5. I can't remember when the S&P 500 ever had a PE of 5.
But no doubt... that's a bullish sign.
MasterBlaster said:Here's a link to 36 (or so) stock market indicators:
http://tal.marketgauge.com/dvmgpro/charts/dvpcharttoc.htm
justin said:When PE's are around the level they are now, it doesn't really tell you much. When they dip to 5 and earnings growth going forward will be flat or better, then it is a good time to buy. When PE's go up to 25, 30, 35, the market gets more risky - ie you are paying a decent sized speculative premium.
Hey, great resource! Thanks for the link!MasterBlaster said:Oh why just use the S&P500 PE indicator when you can use 36 separate indicators...
Here's a link to 36 (or so) stock market indicators:
http://tal.marketgauge.com/dvmgpro/charts/dvpcharttoc.htm