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Market Valuation
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Valuation Metric
2Q 2017
1Q 2017
4Q 2016
3Q 2016
Forward Price /Earnings
18.64
18.31
18.89
18.32
Price/Cash Flow
13.29
13.01
12.31
12.14
Price/Book Value
3.11
3.05
2.93
2.80
Dividend Yield
1.97
1.97
2.09
2.13
Recent market valuations suggest that the market is overvalued
as indicated by the Bloomberg estimated S&P 500 forward P/E
of 18.64, compared to the 20 year average of 17.48. After
adjusting to the volatile market conditions, the price-to-earnings
trend signals an overbought market (above +1 std. dev).