2/15/10

Playing with numbers

These are some numbers that can be found on the Standard and Poor's official website. You can download a spreadsheet showing current earnings estimates.

They are free for everybody to peruse.

Current S&P500:1076,PE 85.77 Earnings 12.54

Estimate 2010: earnings: 58.46 (Source: Standard and Poor's)
Assume PE=20 Estimate S&P500 2010: 1169
Assume PE=17 Estimate S&P500 2010: 994

Estimate 2011: Earnings: 68.91 (Source: Standard and Poor's)
Assume PE=20 Estimate S&P500 2010: 1378
Assume PE=17 Estimate S&P500 2010: 1171

You can plug your PE and make your own S&P 500 projections. The main "given", of course, is the projected earnings for the S&P 500.

George Dagnino, PhD
Editor, The Peter Dag Portfolio. Since 1977
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