In a recent Bloomberg article, columnist Nir Kaissar asserts that the U.S. stock market is not yet offering the “historic buying opportunity some investors have been waiting for.” In response…
Tag: Market Valuation
The Inexact Science of Market Valuation
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) — When it comes to market valuation, investors love certainty. They want to hear definitively that the market is cheap, or the market is expensive, and that…
Is the Market Really Overpriced?
A recent Barron’s article shares an interview with Evercore Wealth Management’s chief investment officer John Apruzzese, who believes that the market is reasonably valued. He bases his view on the…
The Market May Not Be As Expensive As You Think
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) — The consensus opinion among followers of the market has been pretty consistent for some time now. The general belief is that the stock market is trading…
GMO Team Member Says Stocks are "Obscenely Overvalued"
In a paper published earlier this month, GMO’s James Montier argues that the stock market is in the grip of a “cynical bubble,” according to an article in Bloomberg. Montier…
Hulbert: This Timing Model Says Bull Market Has Peaked
According to one dependable valuation model, writes Mark Hulbert in a recent article for MarketWatch, stocks are now more overvalued than they have been since 1969. The model Hulbert cites…
Investors Betting on Record Stock Market Run
In two months, the stock market’s recovery from the financial crisis will reach nine years, according to a recent CNBC article. “To be aggressively optimistic on this stock market now…
Bloomberg on Overbought Market
A recent Bloomberg article reports that in the first week of December, U.S. stocks reached their “most overbought level in more than two decades, according to the relative-strength index.” The…
Big Investors are Bearish
Nearly seven out of ten investors say stocks are currently overvalued, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. Citing data from Boston Consulting Group’s annual investor survey of…
Leon Cooperman Says Market Isn't Overvalued Yet
In a recent interview with CNBC, Omega Advisors CEO Leon Cooperman characterized the stock market as “reasonably fully valued,” arguing that he is not yet seeing investor euphoria. According to…