For instance, its credit exposures charge-off ratio for the third quarter was 1.4%, compared to 1.4% for JPM, 2.1% for BAC and 2.8% for Citigroup.
But that doesn't mean you should shrug off the expense ratio.
First off, the overall ratio for NPR stayed relatively the same from June 2012 to November 2012.
But its shares are trading well off its peak price to sales ratio.
It gets even more outrageous when one compares Apple to Salesforce.com, a company that trades at a price-to-earnings ratio that is literally off the charts.
Unfortunately the ratio of the ingredients was just off.
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In the month of November as the market plunged in its first sell-off in the rally, insiders began buying heavily, at a ratio of 100 shares bought for every 80 sold according to Argus Research.
The economist makes the argument that post-crisis GDP growth rates are about 11.9% off of historical standards, which, along with the employment-to-population ratio, suggest the current macroeconomic environment is a lot more challenging than in other recessions and will need the intervention of government to recover.
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That would help stop the debt-to-GDP ratio rising, and would also ensure that the authorities did not prematurely choke off a recovery because of concerns about inflation.
Off 60% from its 52-week highs, Suntech trades at a price-earnings ratio of 26.
With an average estimated price-to-earnings ratio of 28 for 2001, these stocks are still not cheap, but they are off at least 37% below their 52-week highs.
That logic seemed to work in January 2001 when the ratio hit a high of 0.97, suggesting that investors thought the index was ready to take off.
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