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Investors Fearful as Stock Rally Best Since 1987
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index’s best start in 25 years is doing little to restore Americans’ confidence in the stock market. The benchmark gauge for U.S. shares has climbed 6.9 percent in 2012, the most since it rose 14 percent to begin 1987, data compiled by Bloomberg show. It traded at an average of 14.1 times earnings since the start of 2011, the lowest annual valuation since 1989. More than $469 billion has been pulled from U.S. equity mutual funds over five years and New York Stock Exchange volume slipped to the lowest since 1999. Pessimism is taking a toll on the securities industry, where more than ... (full story)
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