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Predicting the MarketsChapter 14 Charts:

Predicting ValuationYardeni Research, Inc.

September 25, 2017

Dr. Edward Yardeni516-972-7683

[email protected]

Mali Quintana480-664-1333

[email protected]

Please visit our sites atwww.yardeni.comblog.yardeni.com

thinking outside the box

Table Of Contents Table Of ContentsTable Of Contents

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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: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS YIELD & NOMINAL US TREASURY 10-YEAR BOND YIELD

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: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Federal Reserve Board.

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STOCK VALUATION MODEL (using US Treasury 10-year bond yield)(ratio scale)

S&P 500 Fair-Value Price*S&P 500 Stock Price Index

* S&P 500 12-month forward consensus expected operating earnings divided by US Treasury 10-year bond yield.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Federal Reserve Board.

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STOCK VALUATION MODEL (using US Treasury 10-year bond yield)*(percent overvalued or undervalued)

* S&P 500 stock price index divided by S&P 500 fair-value price defined as S&P 500 12-month forward consensus expected operating earningsdivided by 10-year US Treasury bond yield converted to percentage.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Federal Reserve Board.

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S&P 500 LONG-TERM CONSENSUS EXPECTED EARNINGS GROWTH (LTEG)*(percent annual rate)

* LTEG is 5-year forward consensus expected earnings growth.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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S&P 500 LONG-TERM CONSENSUS EXPECTED EARNINGS GROWTH(percent annual rate)

LTEG*S&P 500S&P 500 Information Technology

* LTEG is 5-year forward consensus expected earnings growth.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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CORPORATE BOND YIELDS (percent)

Corporate Bond Yields*

Average Corporate Yield

AA-AAA Corporate Bond YieldBBB-A Corporate Bond Yield

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* Moody’s data for Aaa and Baa yields through 1996, then BoA Merrill Lynch data for AA-AAA and BBB-A yields.Source: Federal Reserve Board and Haver Analytics.

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* Corporate bond yield is average of Moody’s Aaa and Baa yields through 1996, then average of BoA Merrill Lynch data for AA-AAA and BBB-A yields.Note: Shaded areas denote recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.Source: Federal Reserve Board and Haver Analytics.

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS YIELD & CORPORATE BOND YIELD

Corporate Bond Yield**S&P 500 Forward Earnings Yield*

* 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 average of BoA Merrill Lynch data for AA-AAA and BBB-A yields.

Source: Federal Reserve Board and Haver Analytics.

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Corporate Bond Yield Less LTEGWeighted by 0.0, 0.1, and 0.2**

S&P 500 Forward Earnings Yield*

* 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 BoA Merrill Lynch data for AA-AAA and BBB-A yields)

less analysts’ consensus of S&P 500 long-term earnings growth.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, Federal Reserve Board, and Haver Analytics.

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STOCK VALUATION MODEL (using corporate bond yield)(ratio scale)

S&P 500 Stock Price IndexS&P 500 Fair-Value Price*

* S&P 500 forward consensus expected operating earnings divided by corporate bond yield (average of Moody’s Aaa and Baa yields through 1996,then average of BoA Merrill Lynch data for AA-AAA and BBB-A yields).Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, Federal Reserve Board, and Haver Analytics.

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FED’S STOCK VALUATION MODEL(percent overvalued or undervalued)

Percentage S&P 500 Over/UnderValued Relative to Fair Value

Using Treasury Bond Yield*Using Corporate Bond Yield**

* 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 BoA Merrill Lynch data for AA-AAA and BBB-A yields) converted to percentage.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, Federal Reserve Board, and Haver Analytics.

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Corporate Bond Yield*S&P 500 Forward Earnings Yield**

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

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

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S&P 500 EARNINGS YIELD & REAL BOND YIELD

Real US Treasury 10-Year Yield*S&P 500 Forward Earnings Yield**10-Year TIPS Yield(weekly)

* 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, Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, and Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

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S&P 500 EARNINGS RISK PREMIUM*(percent)

* S&P 500 forward earnings yield minus the real interest rate defined as the nominal 10-year Treasury yield minus median expected CPI inflation ratefor next 10 Years using Philadelphia Fed Survey of Professional Forecasters data (monthly series interpolated from quarterly data starting astwo quarters per year during Q4-1979 until Q4-1991 when the data continue with four quarters a year).Source: Federal Reserve Board, US Treasury, Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, and Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

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EXPECTED INFLATION: SURVEY OF PROFESSIONAL FORECASTERS

CPI: Ex Food & Energy(yearly percent change)Professional Forecasters*

* Median forecast of year-over-year CPI inflation rate over the next 10 years using Philadelphia Fed Survey of Professional Forecasters data (monthly seriesinterpolated from quarterly data starting as two quarters per year during Q4-1979 until Q4-1991 when the data continue with four quarters per year).Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics and Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

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Expected Inflation

10-Year TIPS**Professional Forecasters*

Source: Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.** Nominal US Treasury 10-year minus 10-year TIPS yields.

* Median forecast of year-over-year CPI inflation rate over the next 10 years using Philadelphia Fed Survey of Professional Forecasters data (monthly seriesinterpolated from quarterly data starting as two quarters per year during Q4-1979 until Q4-1991 when the data continue with four quarters per year).

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Average = 15.1

* Using quarterly average of daily data for S&P 500 price index, and 4-quarter trailing reported earnings through Q3-1988, then operating earnings.Source: Standard & Poor’s.

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Trailing P/E*CPI(yearly percent change)

* Using quarterly average of daily data for S&P 500 price index, and 4-quarter trailing reported earnings through Q3-1988, then operating earnings.Source: Standard & Poor’s and Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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S&P 500 P/E BASED ON TRAILING EARNINGS vs US TREASURY 10-YEAR BOND YIELD

Trailing P/E*10-Year Bond Yield(percent)

* Using quarterly average of daily data for S&P 500 price index, and 4-quarter trailing reported earnings through Q3-1988, then operating earnings.Source: Standard & Poor’s and Federal Reserve Board.

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S&P 500 EARNINGS YIELD vs US TREASURY 10-YEAR BOND YIELD(percent)

S&P 500 Earnings Yield*10-Year Bond Yield

* Using quarterly average of daily data for S&P 500 price index, and 4-quarter trailing reported earnings through Q3-1988, then operating earnings.Source: Standard & Poor’s and Federal Reserve Board.

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S&P 500 P/E RATIOS

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* Using 4-quarter trailing operating earnings.** S&P 500 stock price index divided by S&P 500 12-month forward consensus expected operating earnings.

Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Standard & Poor’s.

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S&P 500 INDEX

S&P 500 PEG RATIO

P/E*LTEG**

PEG***

* P/E = price-to-earnings ratio using mid-month price and 12-month forward consensus earnings expectations.** LTEG = consensus median 5-year expected earnings growth.

*** PEG = P/E divided by LTEG.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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* Price divided by forward consensus expected operating earnings per share.** Price divided by forward consensus expected sales per share.

Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

S&P 500 VALUATION MEASURES(weekly)

Forward P/E*

Forward P/S**

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Q2S&P 500 Market Cap(as a ratio of S&P 500 Revenues) (2.00)US Equity Market Capitalization Ex Foreign Issues(as a ratio of nominal GDP) (1.78)

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

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* S&P 500 index divided by 52-week forward consensus expected revenues per share for S&P 500.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Federal Reserve Board.

S&P 500 PRICE-TO-SALES RATIO

S&P 500 Market Cap(as a ratio of S&P 500 RevenuesForward P/S*

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Q2Actual QAdjusted Q**

* Ratio of the market value of equities to the net worth of the corporations including real estate and structures at market value and equipment,intellectual property products, and inventories at replacement cost.

Source: Federal Reserve Board Financial Accounts of the United States.

** Actual divided by average since 1952.Note: Shaded red areas denote S&P 500 bear market declines of 20% or more. Yellow areas show bull markets.

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S&P 500 FORWARD P/E & RULE OF 20 P/E BASED ON CPI INFLATION RATE(monthly)

S&P 500 Forward P/E*20 minus CPI Inflation Rate(yearly percent change)

* P/E = price-to-earnings ratio using mid-month price and 12-month forward consensus earnings expectations.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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FORWARD PE RATIO FOR S&P 500 vs MISERY INDEX

Misery Index*S&P 500 Forward P/E**

* Yearly percent change in core personal consumption expenditures deflator plus unemployment rate.

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.** Price divided by 12-month forward consensus expected operating earnings per share.

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** Unemployment rate plus yearly percent change in consumer price index.

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

* 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 500S&P Industrials Composite

* Four-quarter trailing dividends per share divided by four-quarter trailing reported earnings.S&P 500 dividend payout not available from Q4-2008 to Q3-2009 because dividends exceeded earnings.Source: Standard & Poor’s.

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Invested in 1970Invested in 1980Invested in 1990Invested in 2000

Source: Standard & Poor’s.

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