But in all eight cases, he said, the S.& P. 500-stock index was up a year later, by an average of 28 percent.
Total dividends paid by companies in the S.& P. 500-stock index last year.
Just 74 percent of the companies in the S.& P. 500-stock index paid dividends last year, a new low.
But much of the focus remained on the S.& P. 500 index.
And the S.& P. 500-stock index is off 11.1 percent, its worst year since 1977.
She predicted that the S.& P. 500 index would reach between 690 and 700 by the end of the year.
A similar investment in the S.& P. 500-stock index would be worth $1.89.
That was nearly twice the level for the S.& P. 500 index as a whole.
The stock is being added to the S.& P. 500 index.
Of the 10 industry sectors in the S.& P. 500 index, technology is the largest.