Jeremy Siegel: Earnings growth bullish

Quarterly results so far suggest that corporate earnings would see strong growth through 2013, market bull Jeremy Siegel said Tuesday.

"This quarter's earnings look to be 4 percent above the previous quarter," the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania finance professor said. "Next week, I think we're going to get a zero handle on GDP growth, and Europe is still negative.

"I think that's pretty remarkable to even get 4 percent in a quarter where economic growth is pretty close to zero. If we get the acceleration that many economists and Ben Bernanke think in the second half of the year, we should see strong earnings growth."

Siegel, who holds a year-end price target of 17,000 for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said that the index would reach 18,000 in 2014.

(Read more: Jeremy Siegel Still Sees Dow 17,000)

"I think equities are the last asset class to sell at or below their long-term value, so, you know, I'm very, very bullish, still, on stocks," he said.

On CNBC's "Fast Money," Siegel conceded that higher interest rates could stall the stock market rally, noting that yields of 2.75 percent in the 10-year Treasury bond were now a "comfortable number."

"If bonds shoot up to 3, 3¼ for some reason, that's going to take another period to digest those higher yields, but at least right now that doesn't look to be in the cards," he added.

But Siegel also pointed out that more than two-thirds of companies reporting quarterly earnings so far have been beating estimates.

"Actually, that you can get revenue growth without the buybacks is a positive feature for the earnings and valuation going forward," he added.

— By CNBC's Bruno J. Navarro. Follow him on Twitter @Bruno_J_Navarro.

CNBC's Stephanie Landsman contributed to this article. Follow her on Twitter at @StephLandsman.

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