Whereas the young lawyer can expect to reach
peak earnings by age 35, and the young physician by age 40, the opening figure shows that the young teacher must wait until age 55 to attain that professional stature.
Not exact matches
As for «
peak earnings,» Michael Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist and CIO of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, said in a note to clients on Sunday that» [W] e think the market is digesting the fact that the tax cut last year has created a lower quality increase in US
earnings growth that almost guarantees a
peak rate of change
by 3Q.»
While a number of simple measures of valuation have also been useful over the years, even metrics such as price - to -
peak earnings have been skewed
by the unusual profit margins we observed at the 2007
peak, which were about 50 % above the historical norm - reflecting the combination of booming and highly leveraged financial sector profits as well as wide margins in cyclical and commodity - oriented industries.
US forward
earnings,
by contrast, are well above their 2008
peak.
It is wishful thinking to imagine that the most extreme economic, debt and investment bubble in history was corrected
by a mild economic downturn, a market decline that leaves stocks at 21 times
peak earnings (higher than at the 1929 and 1987
peaks), and just a few large - scale defaults from a corporate debt position which continues to claim a record share of operating
earnings to finance.
The favorable market performance associated with many historical economic expansions is fully accounted for
by 1) favorable post-recession valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less than 9 times prior
peak earnings at the recession low, expanding to just over 11 times
peak earnings in the first year of the bull market, and 2) favorable trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market low, and is confirmed within a few weeks
by much broader trend uniformity.
Yet even during the past decade, S&P 500
earnings only grew
by 6 % annually, properly measured from
peak - to -
peak.
As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price /
peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured
by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured
by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.
The following chart illustrates the current disconnect, and presents the market's price / revenue, price / book, price / dividend, and enterprise value / EBITDA multiples, scaled
by their historical relationship to the S&P 500 price /
peak earnings multiple.
I frequently present calculations of probable long - term stock returns
by making a few assumptions about long - term
peak - to -
peak growth in
earnings and various future P / E multiples.
Assume also that
by 2010, the price /
peak earnings multiple simply touches its historical average of 14 (forget that the typical multiple has been less than 10 when
earnings have been at the top of that
peak - to -
peak growth channel - let's just assume the multiple touches 14).
By contrast, Microsoft had a price - to -
earnings ratio of 83 at the 1999
peak.
This despite the fact that the 2007
peak reflected rich valuation multiples against
earnings that were themselves inflated
by abnormally elevated profit margins.
«As with the US, European
earnings have not managed to grow
by more than 6 % measured
peak to
peak since 1970.
The S&P 500 was up over 300 points from the February and March lows largely in anticipation of «
earnings season» but in the past two weeks, both the S&P and the NASDAQ have been hobbled
by a «sell the news» behavioral quirk, which, for me, is a sure - fire signal that bigger investors are viewing Q1 / 2018 as the
peak for the business cycle.
Using V2G - technology,
peak demand on the electricity grid can be better balanced,
by allowing electric vehicles to not just take power from the grid, but also return it to the network and expect to introduce a new potential
earnings model for electric drivers.
Prior
peak earnings were, indeed, an artifact of unrealistically high profit margins and return on equity, driven
by large amounts of debt - financed leverage.
It uses
peak earnings and it's lagged
by 6 months.
US forward
earnings,
by contrast, are well above their 2008
peak.
According to a 2015 study
by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, most people reach
peak earnings in their 40s.
During periods where the S&P 500 price - to -
peak -
earnings multiple was less than 15, an initial rate cut was followed
by annualized S&P 500 returns of 43.2 % over 6 months, 26.1 % over 12 months, and 25.4 % over 18 months.
In December of 1996, the price to
peak earnings ratio (Popup: Why we use price /
peak -
earnings) was 21, a record at the time
by that yardstick.
Pensions are typically calculated based on only 1.5 % of your
peak earnings, multiplied
by years of service.
Earnings were down significantly
by the time the S&P
peaked in October 2007.
It would be dangerous to assume a quick return to those margins
by taking 2007
peak -
earnings as a measure of «normal»
earnings.
Major market declines occur after business cycle
peaks, sparked
by severely declining
earnings.
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