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    User 136503
    Apr 05 02:08 PM
    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    Answer for Twinturbo11: Regarding where one finds Global P/E ratios, it is very difficult to go to each individual index to locate the respective P/E ratios. If you noticed at the heading of this article, the author identified the ticker symbols for the country ETF funds that are produced by Barclay's Ishares. If you go to the Ishares Web site at ishares.com, you can look up the individual country ETF funds and locate the P/E ratios for that fund. This is probably an easier way to obtain this information. For example, the ticker EWG is identified above, which is the Ishares ETF fund for the German market. Glancing at that detailed page, you will find the P/E ratio. Below is a link to that fund. Thus on one site, you can find the closest thing to obtaining all the major country P/E ratios. Hope this helps.

    www.ishares.com/produc...

    George     Reply
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    twinturbo11
    Apr 05 12:09 PM
    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    I have ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS wondered where on the WWW can we find foward and trailing P/Es of all (or most) of the exchanges of the world. I am looking for something reliable, accurate, dynamic (ie updates daily), and from a good source. I have googled this over and over, and can never find it.... Anyone has any ideas???????? Reply
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    gordon
    Apr 05 12:00 PM
    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    The author mentions "forward p/e" in the first line, then "current & trailing", then "FORWARD" is assumed to be current on the charts? TERRIBLE writing, becoming more common on this site. Are you assuming Wall St. estimates of earnings growth (other than financials) going forward? No way. That puts the FORWARD p/e well over 20, maybe as high as 25 on the S&P. Reply
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    MikePas
    Apr 05 11:13 AM
    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    If you are a value investor go with the ratios for your investment choices.If you are a growth investor invest not in ETF and mutual funds but specific stocks. The ratios are only estimates, if another bad news from banks comes through it will be a disaster for the ratios Reply
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    nitroae23
    Apr 04 07:09 PM
    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    S&P current year P/E is a joke!They'll be lucky to make $65 this year,which puts us at 20.75,with inflation going up,up and away,thats coming down to the low teens,implications for the market are obvious. Reply
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    hollowman
    Apr 04 04:33 PM
    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    User, all things being equal; yes, they should be. I think that the reason they are lower is because the Yen was used to invest in higher yielding investments elsewhere (NZ, Aus, ect.).

    I do agree that cheap money has been a big problem. In fact, it's not just cheap, it's free because the interest rate is below inflation. I only hope the Fed reverses course once the CC is under control.     Reply
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    User 143167
    Apr 04 02:47 PM
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    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    hollowman, so I guess you mean Nikkei 225 should have the highest PEs among all countries all the time as it gets the lowest interest rate in Japan?
    All this monetary policy with cheap money is the root cause for all these troubles, get rid of those financial opiums, otherwise, we move from one bubble to another and finally end up losing the next decade like Japan did.     Reply
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    hollowman
    Apr 04 02:27 PM
    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    Why is it whenever there is an article on the P/E of the markets there is always one piece left out - interest rates.

    The comparisons are meaningless if you cannot compare them to the riskless investments, which are the government treasuries.     Reply
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    Shimmysays
    Apr 04 01:53 PM
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    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    The comparisons between trailing and estimated PE ratios imply over-aggressive current year earnings growth expectations for the S&P 500. These are likely to be moderated over time, suggesting that the real valuation is somewhat higher than it appears in the chart. Reply
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    Asif
    Apr 04 01:35 PM
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    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    Using the following Business Standard article that was written when the BSE Sensex was around 14,800 on March 18th and applying the current 15,343 level to the P/E mentioned in the article, I came up with an approximate trailing P/E of 19.89.

    www.business-standard....

    Assuming earnings growth in 2008 comes in at the low end of the 15 to 20% range expected, the forward P/E is approximately 17.30.     Reply
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    chrism1962
    Apr 04 12:38 PM
    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    Thank you for this comparison, it is always useful to gauge different markets for relevant value. I still believe that the FTSE is about 10%- 12% over-valued, and if the ratios level out during the downturn the S&P may be 30% over-valued.

    However, as the falling dollar is boosting exports from the US, to the detriment of the rest of the world (which isn't pegged to the USD) I feel that a 15%- 20% adjustment is more realistic.

    I'm very bearish on US Financials, Real Estate, and Retail, as I do not believe that they have bottomed out yet. But I think that Technology and Industrials may perform relatively well, depending on how much of their product is exported.

    Apologies for the typo!!!     Reply
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    chrism1962
    Apr 04 12:36 PM
    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    Thank you for this comparison, it is always useful to gauge different markets for relevant value. I still believe that the FTSE is about 10%- 12% over-valued, and if the ratios level out during the downturn the S&P may be 30% over-valued.

    However, as the falling dollar is boosting exports from the US, to the detriment of the rest of the world (which isn't pegged to the USD) I feel that a 15%- 20% adjustment is more realistic.

    I'm very bullish on US Financials, Real Estate, and Retail, as I do not believe that they have bottomed out yet. But I think that Technology and Industrials may perform relatively well, depending on how much of their product is exported.     Reply
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    BonVivant
    Apr 04 12:28 PM
    Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up [view article]
    What about the BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)? I am curious as to how India stacks up among the major global indices? Thanks. Reply
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    Fabien Hug
    Mar 25 10:09 AM
    U.S. Decouples From Global Markets - in Reverse [view article]
    There is decoupling, these figures are inversely proportional to the amount of government's cash injection into the economy. If China starts to sell its us t/bonds and inject them into its economy... you know the drill. Reply
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    robster
    Mar 25 09:13 AM
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    U.S. Decouples From Global Markets - in Reverse [view article]
    this is elementary (and normally i respect much of bespoke's work). When we talk of decoupling we are talking about countries' actual economies. Stock returns don't provide a 100% accurate picture of a country's economy but in fact GDP is the better measure that should be used. With US GDP growth down to 0.6%, China's still strong at 11.2%, over 8% for India, 7% Malaysia and around 8% in Russia, i think we can see a decoupling occuring. The notion of this article should be changed if you are alluding to stock market returns decoupling. I would have expected the learned bespoke fellas to have distinguished that. Reply
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