Stocks looking cheap to some investors

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Dec 21, 2007
Given the credit crisis and recession worries, it's no surprise investors are wary of stocks.


But not Brian Rogers, chief investment officer at T. Rowe Price, which manages nearly $400 billion. "Good things normally happen from where we are right now, even when there is very little visibility to point to," he says.


Based on a valuation known as earnings yield — the inverse of price-earnings ratio — stocks look more attractive than bonds, as measured by the 10-year Treasury yield. The earnings yield of the S&P 500 is now around 5.5 percent, while the 10-year Treasury yields are about 4 percent.


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