Thursday, May 1, 2014

EYC Ratio Continues Below 1.0....Despite the Sub Atomic Low Interest Rates High Grade Corporate Bonds are Slated to Out Perform Stocks!

Margin of Safety!

Central Concept of Investment for the purchase of Common Stocks.
"The danger to investors lies in concentrating their purchases in the upper levels of the market..."

Stocks compared to bonds:
Earnings Yield Coverage Ratio - [EYC Ratio]

EYC Ratio = [ (1/PE10) x 100] / Bond Rate
2.0 plus: Safe for large lump sums & DCA
1.5 plus: Safe for DCA

1.49 or less: Mid-Point - Hold stocks and purchase bonds.

1.00 or less: Sell stocks - rebalance portfolio - Re-think stock/bond allocation.

Current EYC Ratio: 0.90
As of 05-1-14

PE10 as report by Multpl.com
Bond Rate is the Moody's Seasoned Aaa Corporate bond rate as reported by the St. Louis Federal Reserve.
DCA is Dollar Cost Averaging.

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