Keyword: market valuation

U.S. Market Valuation Chart suggesting that the U.S. stock market seems expensive in a number of ways. Image: Paolo Cardena

Emerging Market Valuations Chart suggesting that emerging market valuations are not cheap for bargain investors. Image: J.P. Morgan

Why the Stock Market Valuation Matters Before a Recession? When the stock market is VERY overvalued before a recession, it tends to be VERY undervalued. Like the swing of a pendulum, or the stretching of a rubber band, sooner or later it comes back very violently. This happened in 1973, 2000 and 2008. The US…

Valuation Gap Between U.S. and Emerging Markets ex-China According to BofA, emerging markets ex-China benefit from favorable demographics, modernization potential, and attractive valuations for the long term. Image: BofA Global Research

U.S. Stock Market – Valuation Metric Is the U.S. stock market overvalued? By historical standards, many traditional valuation metrics look expensive. Image: Charles Schwab

Valuation – Largest Company in Terms of Market Value in the S&P 500 At current level, Apple is the largest publicly traded U.S. company. Image: Financial Times

Valuation – U.S. Equity Market Capitalization to GDP Is the U.S. stock market overvalued? The equity capitalization-to-GDP ratio hits new all-time high. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research

Valuation – Apple Market Capitalization and S&P 500 Energy Apple is now worth more than the U.S. energy sector. Image: Financial Times

U.S. Market – Earnings, Valuation and Equity Risk Premium This chart shows that the P/E ratio is above average, but the equity risk premium is relatively high. Image: Fidelity Investments