Re: Social Security

[maru dubshinki]

Curious: I would have thought that dividend would have been higher; 
taxes were lowered significantly on them, and the economy has registered 
mediocre gains, in which companies should be able to take profits. But 
then I just heard that the producer price index has fallen noticeably. 
So perhaps the profits are not that great after all.
~Maru

Erik Reuter wrote:
Valuations look high. P/E ratio of the market is about 21 now. The
long term historical average is about 16. Also, dividend payout ratio
has historically been about 55% of earnings, but now it is only about
38% of earnings, and stock buybacks don't appear to be making up the
difference.
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Erik Reuter   http://www.erikreuter.net/
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