Why 18.5 is the right PE ratio for the S&P 500

Originally posted May 28, 2012 Consistent long term growth rates are one of the tenets of buy and hold investing.  In the case of the S&P 500 this annual growth rate has averaged 5.9% since 1950 (dividends excluded, compounded monthly).  All you need to do is invest early, be patient, and wait for the inevitable payoff. The last 12 years have not been kind to …

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Review of StreetSmart Edge

Review Streetsmart Edge (SSE) can be launched/downloaded from the  Schwab website.  Schwab has made StreetSmart Edge available to all account holders.  A call to their helpline (800-435-9050) is required to set it up.   If you want to run SSE on an underpowered computer, are having performance problems, or want to run on a Mac check out the cloud version of SSE, see this post for …

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Review of Fidelity’s Active Trader Pro

My observations on Fidelity’s  Active Trader Pro® (10.7) The comments below related to the downloaded version of Active Trader Pro. Highlighted Functionality Active Trader Pro’s ability to export charts (including intraday data) for both regular securities and options is very helpful for doing analysis Quotes/Tracking for various volatility indexes (e.g., .VIX9D, .VIX3M, .VVIX, .VIF, etc.) has been added Greeks on VIX options are much better. …

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