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bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 2/26/2009
Are S&P 500 Earnings Wrong?
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In an Op-Ed in this morning's Wall Street Journal, Jeremy Siegel argued that the earnings for the S&P; 500 are understating actual earnings. While his entire argument can be read here, his basic premise is that Standard and Poor's calculates earnings based on each company's total earnings ...
online.wsj.com - 2/25/2009
Jeremy Siegel Says the Standard and Poor's 500 Index Miscalculates Its Earnings
— online.wsj.com — JEREMY J. SIEGEL Standard & Poor's recently shocked investors with an announcement that reported earnings for its... S&P 500 Index for the fourth quarter of 2008 are forecast to be negative for the first time since such data were calculated in 1936. S&P ... (more) Jeremy Siegel Says the Standard and Poor's 500 Index ...

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The S&P 500's Incredibly Shrinking Market Cap
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 2/24/2009
The S&P 500's Incredibly Shrinking Market Cap
— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — In an earlier post on the declines that individual stocks in the S&P; 500 have seen over... the course of the index's six-day losing streak, we noted that because of their market caps, if they were being considered for inclusion into the index today, ... (more) The S&P 500's Incredibly Shrinking Market Cap

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S&P 500 Now Down 52% From All-Time High
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 2/25/2009
S&P 500 Now Down 52% From All-Time High
— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — There have now only been two periods in the history of the S&P; 500 where the index... declined more than 50% from an all-time high -- 1929 and now. In the first chart below, we highlight the percentage change from the S&P; 500's most recent all-time ... (more) S&P 500 Now Down 52% From All-Time High

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Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed — ... Sh*t...Even Index Arb Isn't Safe (Cassandra) Mendoza Line (Wikipedia) Unemployment Insurance And Unemployment Spells (SSRN) Greeks shut airports, services to protest economy | U.S. | (Reuters) Long look at Treasury Sec Geithner paints him as a capable bureaucrat without iota of leadership – also tips eventual death struggle with Volcker (Bloomberg) Are S&P 500 Earnings Wrong? (Bespoke) Are US Banks Worthless? (Minyanville) China taxes reveal ...

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