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...Individual investors begin buying the hardest-hit stocks, and the market stabilizes; Coca-Cola schedules a press conference...
...unlikely that such a small percentage is dominating the index. The other 90%, which presumably has made reasoned judgments about value, has a lot more to say about where the S&P 500 is going. Yes, prices relative to earnings on big stocks like General Electric and Coca-Cola are the highest they've ever been. That smacks of mindless index buying, not buying based on value. But Blu Putnam, president of CDC Investments, a money-management firm, notes that blue chips deserve the high P/Es because they have doubled their rate of earnings growth over the past five years...
...have ever been, according to the research firm I.B.E.S. The average stock trades at nearly 19 times its projected earnings per share over the next 12 months. The previous high was 17, in the early 1960s, a period much like today: low inflation, low interest rates, strong profits. Coca-Cola, to name one, trades at 36 times the earnings Wall Street expects it to enjoy in 1998. Coke is a great company. But for that kind of price its secret formula should cure a lot more than a thirst. Such lofty PEs are more troubling than other market flashpoints because...
...peak of the summer. So lately the conversation is all about handling growth, about seasonal workers and traffic flow and the "shadow laws" that prevent builders from stacking high-rises so densely that they darken the shoreline. The resort town agreed to designate Coca-Cola the official drink at its festivals; that brings in $1 million over five years, enough to cut a penny from the property-tax rate. But Ocean City is a "crab-and-beer town, a pizza-and-popcorn town," say the town elders, and they draw the line at gambling. If Donald Trump tried to open...
Among the most widely recognized is Portland's Wieden & Kennedy (1996 billings: $525 million). Its gritty, muscular spots for Nike featuring Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan have helped the athletic-shoe maker uphold its market leadership; other clients include Microsoft, Coca-Cola and Miller Genuine Draft. President Dan Wieden counts acid-dropping Merry Prankster Ken Kesey, author of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, as a friend, which might give some hint as to the agency's creative mind...