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1. WP Autoblogging Plugin

   February 9th, 2010 at 11:50 am

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   As others pointed out, you can get the average PE for mutual funds. but more importantly, you should understand that you learn very little from that average. You would learn how aggressive (higher risk) the fund is compared to others but not much else. Stocks trade on expected earnings. PE ratios are on past earnings. Higher PEs are justified by faster growth rates, high cash flows, good balance sheets, reliability of earnings, etc. etc. PEs without other info means almost nothing.

2. Mark L

   February 9th, 2010 at 3:32 pm

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   I have seen average p/e ratios calculated in some of the research reports on specific mutual funds. The mutual fund semi annual reports also may provide such info.

3. jeff410

   February 9th, 2010 at 3:38 pm

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   Morningstar does it if you put the funds into a portfolio and then click Fundamental.