Here’s a quick rundown of the weekly stats: SP 500’s “Forward 4-quarter estimate” ended this week at $128.34 vs $128.45 Remember on July 1 the forward estimate will “roll” from the period covering Q2 ’20 to Q1 ’21, to Q3 … Continued
The Top 5 Technology names in the SP 500 as of tonight are Microsoft, (MSFT), Apple, (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB) and Google (GOOGL). These 5 name snow comprise between 20% and 21% of the SP 500. Technically Amazon is … Continued
The “forward 4-quarter” SP 500 estimate this week came in at $128.45 versus $128.32 from last week, for the first sequential improvement in the “forward 4-quarter estimate” since the week of January 17, 2020. The forward 4-quarter estimate covers the … Continued
This chart is checked every 3 – 6 months. The “average, annual” return on the SP 500 from 1/1/200 is 5.91%, still below the 7% long-term, post WW II average (with a shout-out to all American vets the day after … Continued
So far anyway, although there is another 4 weeks until Q2 ’20 earnings start, here is how 2019 – 2021 SP 500 EPS look: 2021: $164.00 (current estimate for full-year 2021 SP 500 EPS) 2020: $125.48 (current estimate) 2019: $162.93 … Continued