Jeremy Siegel isn’t backing down from his contention that stocks are “dirt cheap”. While his recent comments about the market being undervalued have led to criticism, Siegel writes in Yahoo! Finance today that “Yes, Stocks Are Dirt Cheap”. Using a variety of long-term earnings figures, Siegel presents evidence supporting his view of the market’s current value. “The low level of stocks today is not a result of investors expecting current depressed levels of earnings will persist, but rather a result of record risk premiums in the debt and equity markets,” he writes. “When these extraordinary risk levels return to normal, we can expect much higher stock prices.”