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Global P/E Ratios: How the U.S. Stacks Up

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.

David Fry's Market Outlook for Thursday

So, the gov't is in affect swapping billions in repo "loans" for the bank's mortgage securities, so they will NEVER be marked to market? If so, quite a bailout scam.