S&P Earnings - Dividends historically

Year	Earnings Yield	Dividend Yield	S&P 500	Earnings	Dividends
1960	5.34%	3.41%	58.11	3.10	1.98
1961	4.71%	2.85%	71.55	3.37	2.04
1962	5.81%	3.40%	63.1	3.67	2.15
1963	5.51%	3.13%	75.02	4.13	2.35
1964	5.62%	3.05%	84.75	4.76	2.58
1965	5.73%	3.06%	92.43	5.30	2.83
1966	6.74%	3.59%	80.33	5.41	2.88
1967	5.66%	3.09%	96.47	5.46	2.98
1968	5.51%	2.93%	103.86	5.72	3.04
1969	6.63%	3.52%	92.06	6.10	3.24
1970	5.98%	3.46%	92.15	5.51	3.19
1971	5.46%	3.10%	102.09	5.57	3.16
1972	5.23%	2.70%	118.05	6.17	3.19
1973	8.16%	3.70%	97.55	7.96	3.61
1974	13.64%	5.43%	68.56	9.35	3.72
1975	8.55%	4.14%	90.19	7.71	3.73
1976	9.07%	3.93%	107.46	9.75	4.22
1977	11.43%	5.11%	95.1	10.87	4.86
1978	12.11%	5.39%	96.11	11.64	5.18
1979	13.48%	5.53%	107.94	14.55	5.97
1980	11.04%	4.74%	135.76	14.99	6.44
1981	12.39%	5.57%	122.55	15.18	6.83
1982	9.83%	4.93%	140.64	13.82	6.93
1983	8.06%	4.32%	164.93	13.29	7.12
1984	10.07%	4.68%	167.24	16.84	7.83
1985	7.42%	3.88%	211.28	15.68	8.20
1986	5.96%	3.38%	242.17	14.43	8.19
1987	6.49%	3.71%	247.08	16.04	9.17
1988	8.69%	3.68%	277.72	24.12	10.22
1989	6.88%	3.32%	353.4	24.32	11.73
1990	6.86%	3.74%	330.22	22.65	12.35
1991	4.63%	3.11%	417.09	19.30	12.97
1992	4.79%	2.90%	435.71	20.87	12.64
1993	5.77%	2.72%	466.45	26.90	12.69
1994	6.91%	2.91%	459.27	31.75	13.36
1995	6.12%	2.30%	615.93	37.70	14.17
1996	5.49%	2.01%	740.74	40.63	14.89
1997	4.54%	1.60%	970.43	44.09	15.52
1998	3.60%	1.32%	1229.23	44.27	16.20
1999	3.52%	1.14%	1469.25	51.68	16.71
2000	4.25%	1.23%	1320.28	56.13	16.27
2001	3.38%	1.37%	1148.09	38.85	15.74
2002	5.23%	1.83%	879.82	46.04	16.08
2003	4.92%	1.61%	1111.91	54.69	17.88
2004	5.58%	1.60%	1211.92	67.68	19.407
2005	6.12%	1.79%	1248.29	76.45	22.38
2006	6.18%	1.77%	1418.3	87.72	25.05
2007	5.62%	1.89%	1468.36	82.54	27.73
2008	7.24%	3.11%	903.25	65.39	28.05
2009	5.45%	2.00%	1115.1	60.8	22.31
2010	6.65%	1.84%	1257.64	83.66	23.12