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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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Markets surge despite continued uncertainty

Nationwide Financial

This either sets the stage for upward revisions as pessimism eases or suggests the S&P 500 has gotten ahead of itself, with a valuation of 18x forward earnings. Pessimists argue about still elevated inflation, tightening financial conditions, the risk to earnings estimates, and rising valuations. The rig count in the U.S.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Jul’23

Truemind Capital

The recent rally in the market has made the valuations more expensive compared to historical standards. However, heightened valuations do not provide comfort in replicating higher returns of the past in the medium term. However, heightened valuations do not provide comfort in replicating higher returns of the past in the medium term.

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Private Credit Outshines Many High-Valuation Stocks, Bonds

Brown Advisory

Private Credit Outshines Many High-Valuation Stocks, Bonds. With interest rates at record lows and many publicly traded bonds and stocks approaching historically high valuations, private credit has become increasingly attractive to investors because of its total return prospects, steady income and role in diversification.

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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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Market Grief – What comes after acceptance?

David Nelson

I accept that rising rates means stock valuations have to go lower. this year so at the very least much of the valuation correction is behind us. Growth vs Value 2014-2021. Coming out of the financial crisis value and growth performed closely to each other but something happened around 2014. I accept that U.S.

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Chinese Tech Giants Lose Their Backers

Validea

Last month, Tencent posted the first revenue decline its seen since 2014, and present economic conditions in China make it unlikely to get back on track any time soon as the gaming industry deals with stricter regulations and ongoing Covid lockdowns. Meanwhile, BYD faces negative investor sentiment and wavering growth momentum.