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ctive valuations for US large cap growth stocks Post-dividend free cash flow margin ‘71 ‘74 ‘77 '80 '83 ‘86 '89 '92 '95 '98 ‘01 '04 ‘07 '10 Source: Empirical Research Partners. Michael Cembalest Chief Investment Officer CBO Congressional Budget Office OMB Office of Management and Budget EFSF European Financial Stability F

cap growth stocks Post-dividend free cash flow margin ‘71 ‘74 ‘77 '80 '83 ‘86 '89 '92 '95 '98 ‘01 '04 ‘07 '10 Source: Empirical Research Partners. Michael Cembalest Chief Investment Officer CBO Congressional Budget Office OMB Office of Management and Budget EFSF European Financial Stability Facility FICA Federa

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* PMI data areindexlevel. Housingprice toincome, cement production and steel productionare as of Dec. 2011. All the other data are as of Feb. 2012. Michael Cembalest Chief Investment Officer “What a diffrence a day makes’, Dinah Washington, 1959, Mercury Records “Banks Deleveraging and Real Estate”, Morgan Stanle

on. Attractive valuations for US large cap growth stocks Percent g% 7 70, 70 Nominal free cash yield Post-dividend free cash flow margin Source: Empirical Research Partners Q2 earnings season in the US is off to a good start. Nearly 30% of the S&P has reported, and results have generally been positive. Earnings are beat

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2005 2007 2000 2011 Lennar KBHome Toll Hovnanian OR Horton NVR Pultegroup Source: Corporate Reports. Empinaal Research Partners. Source: BuildFax, Empirical Research Partners Has the data really been that good? I heard better US economic data has a lot to do with the weather. Parts of the US experienced the warmest March

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al aid and ECB financing to prevent another one. _| Bank lending to HH/NFC, last 12 months None . HH/NFC = households and non-financial corporations Michael Cembalest Sources: IMF, OECD, EU, World Bank, CEPS Chief Investment Officer Sources “States of Bankruptcy, Part I: The Coming State Pensions Crisis”, Jot Eco

nd 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 benefits as a percentage Total increase in pre-tax margins of revenue Source: Corporate reports, Empirical Research Partners. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Source: Standard & Poor's, Empirical Research Partners. Last week's train wreck of a labor rep

across the region; and expect a Greek sovereign debt restructuring within the next 18 months (see chart from "Five Stages of Greece", June 30, 2011). Michael Cembalest Chief Investment Officer * JP Morgan's Prime Money Market Fund is indicative of industry concerns about a liquidity squeeze. The fund holds no Greece