During the Trump years, it will be tougher for stocks to see the kind of gains that occurred during the Obama administration,” according to last week’s Wall Street Journal. This…
Tag: Market Valuation
More Upside in International Stocks
The continued grind of the bull market may not be justified, according to an article in this week’s Investment News. In fact, the article, written by Joe Smith, senior market strategist…
U.S. Stocks Show Increased Global Footprint
The post-election market rally coupled with the strength of the U.S. dollar has increased the share of U.S. stocks as a percentage of the global economy, according to this week’s…
A Buffett Market Valuation Indicator
There is a mixed bag of outlooks concerning the current bull market and its staying power. In an article posted yesterday on CNBC.com, Validea CEO John Reese describes one metric used…
Is Shiller's CAPE as Scary as it Seems?
In the 1990’s, economists Robert Shiller and John Campbell created a valuation metric called the “cyclically adjusted price-earnings” ratio, or CAPE. A Wall Street Journal article from earlier this month…
Hulbert Highlights Indicators of an Overvalued Market
There are six strong reasons why today’s bull market is on “weak legs” according to Mark Hulbert in a MarketWatch article from earlier this month. He offers the following chart…
Are Stocks Cheap or Expensive?
Yale’s Robert Shiller and Penn finance professor Jeremy Siegel have long dueled over whether stocks are cheap or expensive, and Daniel Fisher, of Forbes, reviews the arguments in his recent…
Big Opportunity In Small Stocks?
It’s no secret that the market doesn’t look too cheap right now. In fact, by many measures, it’s overpriced. But the difference in the valuation of small stocks and large…
Comparing CAPE 10 with CAPE 5 or 6 -- Market May Not be as Expensive as it Looks
Writing on ETF.com, Larry Swedroe of the BAM Alliance explains that the market looks less overvalued if one uses a period shorter than the commonly used 10-year period in applying…
Value Manager Tim Hartch Focuses on High Quality Businesses
Advisor Perspectives highlights the record of value investor Tim Hartch, co-manager of several Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. funds. In the published interview, Hartch explains that his BBH Core Select…