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Earnings Are What Ultimately Drive Stock Prices

Rex Moxley | 09/19/11

Over time, earnings are what ultimately drive stock prices. The chart below shows the latest consensus 2011 and 2012 earnings forecasts (left axis) plotted against the S&P 500 (right axis). The earnings per share (EPS) estimates are “bottom-up” – the data comes from each of the 500 companies that comprise the S&P 500 index.
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