Add the SP500 ttm Earnings Yield Spreads vs the 3 Month and 10 Year Treasury Rates. Short Spread = SP500 E/P ttm - 3 Month Treasury Rate Long Spread = SP500 E/P ttm - 10 Year Treasury Rate
Symbol "SP500_EARNINGS_YIELD_MONTH" as the SP500 Earnings Yield Symbol "US03MY" as the 3 Month Treasury Rate Symbol "US10Y" as the 10 Year Treasury Rate
Based on research suggesting Earnings Yield and Interest Rates may have predictive power of future returns: - Market-Timing Strategies That Worked? - Pu Shen [2002] - Valuation Ratios and the Long-Run Stock Market Outlook - Campbell and Shiller [1998]
Inputs: Short Term Spread - Line for Short Term Spread Long Term Spread - Line for Long Term Spread Zero Line - Horizontal line at 0 Color Lines Based on Spread - Color the spreads green/red if spread is positive/negative Short 10th PCT - Line for Short Term Spread 10th percentile of historical values Long 10th PCT - Line for Long Term Spread 10th percentile of historical values Shade Below 10 PCT: Spread Must be Negative - Requirement the spread is negative to shade background Shade Background Below Short 10th Percentile - Shade the background if the Short Term Spread is below its 10th percentile. (and spread is negative if input above chosen) Shade Background Below Long 10th Percentile - Shade the background if the Long Term Spread is below its 10th percentile. (and spread is negative if input above chosen)