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Market Briefing:S&P 500 Forward Earnings &

the EconomyYardeni Research, Inc.

July 18, 2018

Dr. Edward Yardeni516-972-7683

[email protected]

Joe Abbott732-497-5306

[email protected]

Mali Quintana480-664-1333

[email protected]

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

thinking outside the box

Table Of Contents Table Of ContentsTable Of Contents

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S&P 500 Earnings Squiggles 3S&P 500 Forward & Operating Earnings 4Forward Earnings & World Exports 5Forward Earnings & OECD Production 6Forward Earnings & US Leading Indicators 7Forward Earnings & US Coincident Indicators 8Forward Earnings & US Business Sales 9Forward Earnings & Production 10Forward Earnings & Employment 11Forward Earnings, Orders & Shipments 12Forward Earnings & Capital Spending 13-14Forward Earnings & US Exports 15Forward Earnings & ISM 16Forward Earnings, Jobless Claims, & Spot Prices 17Forward Earnings & Trade Weighted Dollar 18

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Analysts’ EstimatesAnnual*

12-month forward**

* "Squiggles" span 25 months from February to February.** Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next years.

*** Actual 4Q sum from Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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* "Squiggles" span 25 months from February to February.** Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next years.

*** Actual 4Q sum from S&P until Q4-1993 then Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S thereafter.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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S&P 500 Earnings Squiggles

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S&P 500 OPERATING EARNINGS PER SHARE: FORWARD & ACTUAL (Thomson Reuters data)(dollars per share)

Earnings Per Share

Operating** (4Q sum) (140.12)Forward* (169.79)

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S&P 500 OPERATING EARNINGS PER SHARE: FORWARD & ACTUAL (Thomson Reuters data)(dollars per share)

Earnings Per Share

Operating Earnings(4Q sum) (140.12)

Forward Earnings*(pushed 52-weeks ahead) (169.79)

* Time-weighted average of consensus estimates for current year and next year. Monthly through December 2005, then weekly.Source: Standard & Poor’s until Q4-1993, then Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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S&P 500 Forward & Operating Earnings

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World Exports Value(trillion dollars, annualized)

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & WORLD EXPORTS

World Exports Volume(2000=100)

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Forward Earnings & World Exports

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & WORLD INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

Industrial Production: OECD(2005=100)

Forward Earnings*

* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.Source: Haver Analytics, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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Industrial Production: OECD(2005=100)

Forward Earnings*

* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.Source: Haver Analytics, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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Forward Earnings & OECD Production

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Leading EconomicIndicators

Forward Earnings*

* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, then weekly.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Conference Board.

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS(yearly percent change)

US Leading Economic Indicators

Forward Earnings*

* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Conference Board.

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Forward Earnings & US Leading Indicators

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & COINCIDENT ECONOMIC INDICATORS

US CoincidentEconomic Indicators(2004=100)

Forward Earnings*

* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Conference Board.

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Forward Earnings & US Coincident Indicators

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US Business Sales**(billion dollars, saar)

Forward Earnings*(weekly, dollars per share)

* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.** Manufacturing and trade sales.

Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

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Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

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Forward Earnings & US Business Sales

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

Forward Earnings*

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* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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Forward Earnings & Production

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & EMPLOYMENT(yearly percent change)

Forward Earnings*

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* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year.** Production & nonsupervisory employees.

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Forward Earnings & Employment

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Total New Factory Shipments(trillion dollars, saar)

Forward Earnings*(weekly)

* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

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Forward Earnings, Orders & Shipments

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Real Capital Spending**(billion dollars, saar)

S&P 500 Forward Earnings*(weekly)

** Nonresidential fixed investment including equipment, intellectual property products, and structures.* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.

Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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Real Capital Spending** (7.1)

Forward Earnings* (21.4)

** Nonresidential fixed investment in real GDP.* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.

Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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Forward Earnings & Capital Spending

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & NONDEFENSE CAPITAL GOODS ORDERS

Nondefense Capital Goods OrdersExcluding Aircraft(billion dollars, saar)

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* 52-week forward consensus expected S&P 500 operating earnings per share. Time-weighted average of current and next year’s consensusearnings estimates.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & NONDEFENSE CAPITAL GOODS ORDERS(yearly percent change)

Nondefense Capital Goods OrdersExcluding Aircraft

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* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

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Forward Earnings & Capital Spending

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & MERCHANDISE EXPORTS(yearly percent change)

Forward Earnings* (21.6)

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* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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Forward Earnings & US Exports

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & ISM MANUFACTURING INDEX

ISM ManufacturingPurchasing Managers Index

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ISM Manufacturing Price Index

Forward Earnings*(yearly percent change)

* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.Source: Institute for Supply Management and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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Forward Earnings & ISM

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS

Initial Unemployment Claims(4-week moving average, thousands, sa)

Forward Earnings*(yearly percent change, inverted scale)

* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.Source: US Department of Labor and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & CRB RAW INDUSTRIALS SPOT PRICE INDEX(yearly percent change)

CRB Raw IndustrialsSpot Price Index

Forward Earnings*

* Time-weighted average of consensus operating earnings estimates for current and next year. Monthly through March 1994, weekly thereafter.Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S and Commodity Research Bureau.

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Forward Earnings, Jobless Claims, & Spot Prices

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S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS & US TRADE-WEIGHTED DOLLAR(yearly percent change)

JP Morgan NominalBroad Effective Exchange Rate*(inverted scale) (0.6)

S&P 500 Forward Earnings** (21.6)

* Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong,Hungary, Japan, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru,Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom,Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, and United States.

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

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Forward Earnings & Trade Weighted Dollar

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