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Earnings Drives Stocks, And That's A Good Bottom Line
Published Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at: 7:00 AM EST
Since April 1991, a dollar invested annually in the average company in the Standard & Poor's 500 index averaged a 7.4% total return, driven by profits that grew an average of 7.4% annually. In 2017, 2018 and 2019, earnings growth of 11%, 12% and 10%, respectively, are expected. This why the Standard & Poor's 500 index returned 22% in 2017 and continues to climb in 2018.At 103 months, this expansion is the third longest in modern U.S. history, behind the 120-month boom of the 1990s and the 106-month-long expansion of the 1960s. This growth cycle could set a new modern...
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