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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...
...these individuals, though, the benefit to risk ratio is “about as good as you can get,” Ridker said...
...Some predict Japan will fare marginally better in its recession than the U.S. or the Eurozone. The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) projects that 2009 GDP will grow 0.1% in Japan, compared with 0.9% in the U.S. and 0.5% across the Eurozone. "Financial-debt-to-GDP ratio is an advantage, and debt in the private sector has not increased, unlike in the U.S. and European countries," says Hiromichi Shirakawa, chief economist at Credit Suisse Japan. "The economy is less vulnerable." Nevertheless, he says, Japan is not an island: nothing points to an economic recovery in Japan unless...
...finding charitable causes for kids and ensuring that they see the results of their philanthropy. By researching different programs and working with a team of volunteers, youngsters can gain valuable perspective on how the rest of the world lives and how better to prioritize their own "give-save-spend ratio," says Willis. Helping others is a powerful tool for teaching children about sacrifice and detachment from material things, she says...
...common shares, retained earnings and non-cumulative preferred shares) to risk-adjusted assets - is 9.8%, several percentage points above the 7% required by Canada's federal bank regulator. That's a little better than major U.S. commercial banks like Bank of America, but significantly higher than an average capital ratio of about 4% for U.S. investment banks and 3.3% for European commercial banks...