The stock market is trading at its highest valuation in 18 years, according to data from FactSet. The S&P 500 traded at a forward price-earnings ratio of 20.4 last week, which is above its five-year, 10-year, 15-year, and 20-year average and is the highest since April 2002. Driving the surge […]

So far, blended quarterly earnings declined 14.5% in the first quarter with 9% of S&P 500 companies reporting, according to a Friday note from John Butters, a senior earnings analyst at FactSet. If earnings do decline 14.5% this quarter, it will be the largest fall since the 15.7% drop in […]

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