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The S&P 500 is trading at just 14.5 times next year's expected earnings. 16 is the historical average

Posted 12-22-2018 at 05:12 PM by jdhpa

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You are right

The "dividend drop off ratio" is the ratio of stock price drop at ex-dividend to the dividend. The debate that recurrently rages on this forum is whether a $1 dividend causes the stock price to drop $1.

A few minutes of googling turned up a couple of studies / papers on the subject. This first paper discusses how choices about how to measure the effect change the estimate of the "dividend drop off ratio", so rather than thinking
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The Marshmallow-Hot Chocolate Rescue Caper

Posted 12-22-2018 at 04:20 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

Perhaps a real-life story can beat several fictitious Christmas stories on any given day. Just count on the holiday season to bring out the very best in a whole lot of people.

A friend of mine at work got me a Christmas gift to go with the Christmas card. It was a transparent, plastic Christmas ball ornament, and inside were some colored marshmallows and some cocoa mix. How about that, sports fans? Hot chocolate! I felt obliged to dig in, and I didn't care...
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Too Much Hype For Absolutely Nothing At All

Posted 12-20-2018 at 06:29 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

What passes for media in these great United States should just make people laugh sometimes. Something that doesn't really happen gets way too much hype. And even if that something comes to pass, I guarantee you, nobody will even notice, because things really won't change.

Wondering what this is, you might ask??

You've been hearing a lot about a government shutdown in Washington, D.C. You've heard about how it might take place soon if certain things...
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7 less known facts about coupons that you should know

Posted 12-19-2018 at 04:06 AM by juliathomas1

It’s no secret that coupons can help you save lots. In fact, in 2017 alone coupons helped consumers save $3.1 billion. That’s a big number, eh? What started as a marketing tactic by Coca-Cola has now gained so much traction, that we cannot even imagine a world without deals.
These days coupons and deals are very popular with internet coupons on the rise and printable coupons also not lagging behind in the race. But where you might know everything about how to skillfully and strategically...
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Egg-shaped daybed

Posted 12-18-2018 at 10:02 PM by Nn2036

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