�We are raising our S&P 500 dividend estimates and index return forecasts for 2013 through 2015. We expect S&P 500 index will rise by 5% from the current level to 1750 by year-end 2013, advance by 9% to 1900 in 2014, and climb by 10% to 2100 in 2015.

The macro investment environment supports an above-average S&P 500 valuation. Our standard valuation approaches point to a P/E multiple of 14x forward earnings.

Moreover, �should the S&P 500 'melt-up' above channel resistance, a longer-term measured move projects up to 1,775,� the analyst says.

The company brought in $44.9 billion in profit last fiscal year, making the most profitable company on an absolute basis, says S&P Capital IQ. Right behind Exxon Mobil was gadget maker Apple with its profit of $41.7 billion. And rounding out the top ...

"The forward 12-month P/E ratio for the S&P 500 now stands at 14.4, based on yesterday's closing price (1650.47) and forward 12-month EPS estimate ($114.94).

In the latest sign of improving sentiment, Goldman Sachs forecast further gains for the S&P 500 this year, expecting it to rise to 1,750 and then to 1,900 by the end of 2014.

Because of the market's strength, I was not surprised that my weekly scan of the stocks in the S&P 500 revealed that 23 closed above their weekly starc+ bands on Friday.

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Sam Stovall, chief equity strategist at S&P Capital IQ, published a research note on Monday saying that the S&P 500 High Beta Index is showing signs of life compared to its opposing S&P 500 Low Volatility Index. It's still early to call a trend, but to ...

A somewhat more encouraging indicator is 52-week forward consensus expected revenues for the S&P 500--the time-weighted average of analysts' estimates for the current and the coming year.