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Why GE Aerospace, Deere, and Caterpillar Stocks Slumped Today

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S&P 500 index of America 's 500 biggest companies fell more than 12% , before surging back 9.5% yesterday .

Yesterday , investors cheered an apparent 90-day delay in the imposition of President Donald Trump 's reciprocal tariffs on just about every country we trade with (except China ) Even blue chip industrial stocks are feeling kind of queasy.

Free cash flow at Cat is still an issue; the company generated only $8.8 billion in FCF last year .

Still, that only pushes the stock's P/FCF ratio up to 15.6 .

With a 7% long-term projected growth rate and a modest 1.9% dividend yield, Caterpillar stock is the least-worst stock of these three today .

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