If the earnings are negative, the P/E itself is pointless;

如果收益是负值，市盈率就失去了意义；

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Once the earnings are weighted by market value, operating earnings rise to about $79.40, giving the market a very cheap P/E ratio of 10.

而如果用市值来计算盈利的话，经营利润上升至大约79.4美元，市盈率仅为10倍，非常便宜。

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The cyclically adjusted real p/e, developed by the US economist Robert Shiller, works on the basis of reported corporate earnings rather than broad economic activity.

美国经济学家罗伯特•希勒(Robert Shiller)提出的调整后的周期性实际市盈率，是建立在企业发布的收益、而非广泛的经济活动基础上的。

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The P, price, must fall, while the E, earnings, continues to grow.

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But this also means that if they are lost due to the earnings test, i.e.

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