Chart of the Week: Capacity Utilization

S&P 500 earnings (blue line) have been rising despite the continued decrease in capacity utilization (gold line).

Earnings vs. Capacity Utilization
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Source: Chart of the Day

This excess capacity is the hangover from the massive over-investment in tech and telecom during the 90s bubble.

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