S&P Dividend Yield Below 10-Yr Treasury Yield (1.93% vs. 2.19%); Looking for Value?

In an email note today economist Steen Jakobsen notes the "S&P Dividend Yield is Below the 10-Yr Treasury Yield (1.93% vs. 2.19%)"

S&P Dividend Yield



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Steen asks "Why own stocks at lofty PE of 18 when you can get better yield and a free put option via fixed income'?"

Curve Watchers Anonymous notes this chart of US treasury yields.

US Treasury Yields Over Time



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$TYX - 30 Year Rate
$TNX - 10 Year Rate
$FVX - 05 Year Rate
$IRX - 03 Month Rate

Five Curve Watchers Anonymous Comments

1. The normalized S&P PE is an extremely lofty 24
2. Forward estimates are ridiculously optimistic (they always are except at major bottoms)
3. Earnings will revert to the mean
4. The S&P Dividend Yield under 2% is not at all attractive
5. Stock are certainly not cheap by any realistic measure

A Look at Select Miners

• Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM) has a trailing PE of 9.91 with a dividend yield of 4.40% (about 43% of earnings)
• Goldcorp Inc. (GG) has a PE of 15.41 and a dividend yield of 2.2% (about 34% of earnings)
• Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX) has a dividend yield of 4.2%

Looking for value? Then don't look where the herd is looking.

By the way, someone occasionally asks "who is curve watchers anonymous?" One person went so far as to do a search and wondered why the only references were to my blog. The reason is simple, I made up the name and have been using it for years.

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