Earnings, a key driver to Capital Markets/Asset Appreciation … Friday

By a lot of metrics, capital markets may be frothy (our term), overvalued, or some even saying a “Bubble” (WAY over used in our opinion) ..
With a long term average of 15, a 24.6 Price to Earnings ratio (Prices divided by cumulative earnings of the capital market), the bluntest valuation instrument MAY be frothy.

BUT if earnings continue to grow, it would be logical for assets to at least maintain their levels and possibly even continue to appreciate, ESPECIALLY if the future looks bright!

Those steep declines represent a corresponding decline in asset prices… note this chart is going back to the 1800’s … we like long term views such as this…

Next week we will review the “here and now” of earnings and growth/sales  as we are in the middle of the 90 day treadmills we call earnings season….

Ahh… that is next week, today is Friday, enjoy your summer weekend !

John A. Kvale CFA, CFP

Founder of J.K. Financial, Inc.
A Dallas Texas based fee only
Financial Planning Total Wealth
Management firm.
http://www.jkfinancialinc.com
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