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Strategist’s Handbook

Yardeni Research, Inc.

February 27, 2018

Dr. Edward Yardeni516-972-7683

[email protected]

Please visit our sites atwww.yardeni.comblog.yardeni.com

thinking outside the box

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Table Of Contents Table Of ContentsTable Of Contents

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FiguresLeading Indicators 1S&P 500 Revenues & Earnings 2-3Valuation & Blue Angels 4Emerging Markets MSCI 5Equity Flows 6S&P 500: Sector Performance 7S&P 500 Sectors Forward Earnings 8S&P 500 Sectors Forward Profit Margins 9S&P 500 Sector Valuations 10US Economic Indicators 11Global Economic Indicators 12European Indicators 13QE: Stocks & Bonds 14

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YRI FUNDAMENTAL STOCK MARKET INDICATOR and S&P 500 INDEX

S&P 500 Index

YRI Fundamental StockMarket Indicator*

* Average of Consumer Comfort Index and Boom-Bust Barometer, which is CRB raw industrials spot price index divided by initial unemployment claims,four-week moving average.Source: Bloomberg, Commodity Research Bureau, Department of Labor, and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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YRI FUNDAMENTAL STOCK MARKET INDICATOR & ECRI WEEKLY LEADING INDEX

YRI Fundamental StockMarket Indicator*

ECRI Weekly Leading Index(1992=100)

* Average of Consumer Comfort Index and Boom-Bust Barometer, which is CRB raw industrials spot price index divided by initial unemployment claims,4-week moving average.Source: Bloomberg, Commodity Research Bureau, Department of Labor, and Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI).

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Leading Indicators

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Figure 3.

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S&P 500 PROFIT MARGIN(using analysts average earnings and sales forecasts, percent)

Consensus Forecasts

Forward Margins* (11.9)Annual Margins

* Time-weighted average of the consensus estimates for current and next year. Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Standard & Poor’s.

S&P 500 Revenues & Earnings

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S&P 500 Aggregate Revenues* (8.5)Business Sales of Goods** (6.7)

** Manufacturing and trade sales.* Revenues are derived by multiplying S&P 500 revenues per share by the S&P 500 divisor for each quarter.

Source: Census Bureau and Standard & Poor’s.

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Forward Earnings*S&P 500 LargeCap (160.35)S&P 400 MidCap (112.15)S&P 600 SmallCap (51.64)

* Time-weighted average of consensus estimates for current year and next year.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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S&P 500 Revenues & Earnings

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S&P 500 LargeCap (17.3)S&P 400 MidCap (17.1)S&P 600 SmallCap (18.5)

* Daily stock price index divided by 52-week forward consensus expected operating earnings per share.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Standard & Poor’s.

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Actual 02/26/18Implied* 02/22/18

* Implied price index calculated using forward earnings times forward P/Es. Weekly data start January 2007.

Blue Angels: S&P 500

Source: Standard & Poor’s and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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Valuation & Blue Angels

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Emerging MarketsMSCI Stock Price Index(in dollars)

CRB Raw IndustrialsSpot Price Index*

* Includes copper scrap, lead scrap, steel scrap, tin, zinc, burlap, cotton, print cloth, wool tops, hides, rosin, rubber, and tallow.Source: MSCI and Commodity Research Bureau.

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Emerging MarketsForward Earnings*

CRB Raw IndustrialsSpot Price Index

* Time-weighted average of the consensus estimates for current and next year. Monthly through December 2005, weekly thereafter.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Commodity Research Bureau.

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Emerging Markets MSCI

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Buybacks

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S&P 500 Index

Source: Standard & Poor’s.

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Equity Flows

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Data thru 02/26/18

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HEALTH CARE

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UTILITIES

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Source: Oil Market Intelligence and Energy Information Administration.

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US Economic Indicators

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Forward profit margin*

All Country World (9.5)EMU (7.6)Emerging Markets (7.3)

US (11.7)

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* Time-weighted average of the consensus estimates for current and next year. Monthly through December 2005, weekly thereafter.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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CHINA: INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, ELECTRICITY OUTPUT, & INFLATION(yearly percent change)

Electricity Output (12-ma) (Dec=6.5)

Source: Haver Analytics.

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Global Economic Indicators

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Source: Haver Analytics.

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Eurozone (Dec=105.4)

Source: Haver Analytics.

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European Indicators

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US Treasuries+ Agency Debt+ MBS(trillion dollars)

Note: QE1 (11/25/08) = Fed starts buying $1.24tn in mortgage securities. QE1 expanded (3/16/2009) = Fed starts buying $300bn in Treasuries.QE2 (11/3/10) = Fed starts buying $600bn in Treasuries. QE3 (9/13/12) = Fed starts buying $40bn/month in mortgage securities (open ended).QE3 expanded (12/12/12) = Fed starts buying $45bn/month in TreasuriesSource: Standard & Poor’s.

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10-YEAR BOND & TIPS YIELDS

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

10-Year TIPS Yield (0.8)

10-Year Bond Yield (2.9)

Note: QE1 (announced 11/25/08) = Fed buys $1.24tn in mortgage securities. QE2 (announced 11/3/10) = Fed buys $600bn in Treasuries. QE3(announced 9/13/12) = Fed buys $40bn/month in mortgage securities (to infinity and beyond). QE3 extended (announced 12/12/12) = Fed buys$45bn/month in Treasuries.Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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QE: Stocks & Bonds

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