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Right now, the companies in the S&P 500 are trading at an average price-to-forward-earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.4. That means investors are willing to pay $8.40 for every dollar that analysts expect companies to earn in 2009. Because that ratio historically falls in the mid- to high teens, the current market seems cheap by comparison, meaning stocks could be poised to rise...
...down only about 10% from last year's peak), P/E ratios will still be in line with their 40-year average. "There's a major space for earnings to fall," says Buckland. "What we're saying is, a lot of that fall is already in the price...
After tickets to The Game sold out by Thursday afternoon, undergraduates found themselves scrambling to purchase them from their fellow students—barraging open e-mail lists with requests and offering resale prices as high as $100. On Friday, Harvard Athletics announced the release of 170 unclaimed tickets that were previously reserved for friends and family of the football team, but House and student group lists remained active until the morning of The Game, and some students were still unable to witness the 10-0 victory over Yale. According to Friday’s e-mail from Harvard Athletics...
...going to take chances at the lines, they do a good job protecting the puck, so you’ve got to earn your offense. In the past we’ve done a better job of doing that, but tonight we didn’t pay the price to get that done...
...Citi has already asked the government to restrict short-selling (where investors borrow stock in hopes that the price will fall) in its shares. Executives hope that getting rid of the people rooting for the firm's demise could relieve some pressure on the company's shares. What's more, to close their positions, short sellers would have to buy the shares they borrowed...