The Ethos of Money » S&P 500 http://www.ethosadvisory.com/blog What you think about money is your money ethos. Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:53:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= “S&P 500 Earnings (Inflation-Adjusted)” – Compliments of “Chart of the Day” http://www.ethosadvisory.com/blog/2009/05/sp-500-earnings-inflation-adjusted-compliments-of-chart-of-the-day/ http://www.ethosadvisory.com/blog/2009/05/sp-500-earnings-inflation-adjusted-compliments-of-chart-of-the-day/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 14:35:22 +0000 rayrandall http://www.ethosadvisory.com/blog/?p=321

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While the stock market is up sharply since early March, the economy as well as corporate earnings continue to suffer. Today’s chart helps provide some perspective as to the magnitude of the current economic decline. Today’s chart illustrates that 12-month, as-reported S&P 500 earnings have declined over 90% over the past 20 months (with over 90% of S&P 500 companies having reported for Q1 2009), making this by far the largest decline on record (the data goes back to 1936). In fact, real earnings have dropped to a record low and if current estimates hold, Q3 2009 will see the first 12-month period during which S&P 500 earnings are negative.

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