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Revisiting the Market Valuation in the Wake of This Year’s Decline

Validea

With the S&P 500 now close to 20% off its highs, I thought now might be a good time to look to our market valuation tool to see where things stand. But before I do that, I wanted to first cover two caveats I always put in articles about market valuation. With that all being said, let’s look at the current valuation data.

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Four Hard Investing Lessons From 2022 With Silver Linings

Validea

While some of that outperformance was due to improving fundamentals and earnings, most of it the returns came from the valuation investors assigned to these stocks. The chart below shows that of the tech sector’s 760% total return, 620% came from the change (increase) in valuation while 140% came from increasing earnings and dividends.

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Looking at the Rise of Money Losing Companies

Validea

Two weeks ago, I wrote an article where I looked at the valuation of the median stock and how it has changed over time. 12/30/2011 1.5% 12/30/2011 23.8% By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® ( @practicalquant ) —. Year End Date Negative Earner Percentage 12/30/2005 1.1% 12/29/2006 1.2% 12/31/2007 1.0% 12/31/2008 2.1% 12/31/2009 4.9%

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Paul Singer, Who Predicted The Economic Crises, On What’s Next

Validea

With valuations still high, the threat of a recession still looms over the economy, ushering in a prolonged period of low returns across the market, from stocks and real estate to corporate profits, as well as elevated inflation and unemployment rates.

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Where do we stand in the equity market cycle?

Truemind Capital

Sentiment cycles move from one extreme of greed to another extreme of fear which takes valuations also to extremes from their long-term averages. At the extreme of fear sentiment (which coincides with dirt-cheap valuations), the risk-reward is highly favorable i.e., higher potential upside with lower potential downside risk.

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Servotech Power Systems Delivers 3900% in 3yrs: What does the future look like?

Trade Brains

LEDs In the LED sector, Servotech commenced production in 2011, crafting energy-efficient luminaries for residential, industrial, and commercial use. The extent of this growth and its impact on the company’s valuation remains a topic for discussion and speculation. Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Weekly Market Insights – October 23, 2023

Cornerstone Financial Advisory

Existing home sales are on track to record their slowest year since 2011. Fixed income investments are subject to various risks including changes in interest rates, credit quality, inflation risk, market valuations, prepayments, corporate events, tax ramifications and other factors. Housing starts rebounded 7.0% month-over-month.