Valuation Lens - August 31, 2026
China and real estate show the largest fair-value cushions, while U.S. equities remain expensive against a 4.04% one-year Treasury hurdle.
Valuation Lens - August 31, 2026
China and real estate screen cheaper; U.S. equities remain expensive
WHAT THIS REPORT DOES How Valuation Lens estimates present fair value and identifies markets that look cheap, fair, or expensive.
Valuation Lens helps investors judge whether current market pricing looks cheap, fair, or expensive relative to modeled present fair value.
Each asset class is evaluated by comparing today’s market price with a distribution of defensible current economic values. That fair-value distribution is built from asset-specific fundamentals, expected growth and cash-flow progression, valuation relationships and multiples, interest-rate and real-yield conditions, historical valuation context, and other relevant economic anchors. The result is not a pure price target: it is a structured estimate of what the asset could reasonably be worth today under a range of economically defensible assumptions.
Where market price sits within the modeled fair-value distribution determines the valuation score: toward the lower tail means cheaper, toward the upper tail means more expensive, and near the center is closer to fair.
The report highlights fair-value gap, modeled expected return, expected edge versus the 1Y Treasury benchmark, and confidence in the valuation signal.
Use the valuation score and fair-value curve as a disciplined decision aid alongside risk, diversification, and time-horizon considerations.
Valuation opportunity map
Green = cheaper relative to modeled fair value. Red = more expensive. Tiles are ordered from cheaper to more expensive.
Detailed valuation dashboard
Given today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, valuation relationships, interest rates, and other asset-specific economics, the chart shows the range of defensible current economic values.
| Asset class | Fair-value distribution | Valuation | Fair-value gap | 1Y expected | Expected edge vs 1Y Treasury | Val. confidence |
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China & Hong Kong Equities
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+1.4 Cheap | +12.0% Fair 112 | +9.0% -20% to +40% | +5.0% Treasury 4.0% | 82% high |
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Real Estate
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+1.2 Somewhat cheap | +9.0% Fair 109 | +7.5% -13% to +27% | +3.5% Treasury 4.0% | 84% high |
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Emerging Markets Equities
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+1.0 Somewhat cheap | +8.0% Fair 108 | +8.5% -18% to +37% | +4.5% Treasury 4.0% | 79% moderate-high |
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Fixed Income
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+0.7 Somewhat cheap | +3.0% Fair 103 | +5.5% -5% to +13% | +1.5% Treasury 4.0% | 89% high |
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Metals
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+0.6 Somewhat cheap | +5.0% Fair 105 | +6.5% -25% to +40% | +2.5% Treasury 4.0% | 72% moderate-high |
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Europe Equities
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+0.4 Somewhat cheap | +2.0% Fair 102 | +7.0% -15% to +30% | +3.0% Treasury 4.0% | 85% high |
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Energy
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+0.3 Fair | +2.0% Fair 102 | +5.5% -28% to +45% | +1.5% Treasury 4.0% | 72% moderate-high |
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Crypto
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+0.3 Fair | +10.0% Fair 110 | +10.0% -55% to +105% | +6.0% Treasury 4.0% | 57% moderate |
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Japan Equities
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-0.7 Somewhat expensive | -3.0% Fair 97 | +5.5% -16% to +28% | +1.5% Treasury 4.0% | 83% high |
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Developed Pacific Equities
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-0.8 Somewhat expensive | -4.0% Fair 96 | +5.0% -14% to +25% | +1.0% Treasury 4.0% | 81% high |
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US Equities
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-2.5 Exceptionally expensive | -13.0% Fair 87 | +4.0% -19% to +23% | 0.0% Treasury 4.0% | 89% high |
1 China & Hong Kong Equities MCHI · Median fair value 112 Valuation +1.4 Cheap Fair-value gap +12.0% vs market 100 Expected edge +5.0% vs 1Y Treasury Confidence 82% high
- Low forward multiple relative to global developed-market peers supports the fair-value range.
- Current fundamentals are valued with a wider risk premium to reflect China-specific growth and policy uncertainty.
| Symbol | Exposure | Last | Fair value | Valuation | 1Y expected |
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| MCHIChina Broad Market | direct | 54.72 | 112 | +1.4 · Cheap | +9.0% |
Weighted current-fundamental, peer-relative, rate-adjusted and historical-comparable scenarios anchored to MSCI China valuation metrics.
Limitations: Recent-price history exists in the upstream structured input, but only a partial or unavailable representative-benchmark OHLC subset was retained in this execution; this display-only layer does not affect valuation calculations.; No publication-grade conditional probability to beat the 1Y Treasury passed the upstream calibration gate; public probability fields remain null.
Sources: MSCI
2 Real Estate VNQ · Median fair value 109 Valuation +1.2 Somewhat cheap Fair-value gap +9.0% vs market 100 Expected edge +3.5% vs 1Y Treasury Confidence 84% high
- Listed REIT cash-flow growth and strong occupancy support current economic value.
- Moderate leverage and predominantly fixed-rate debt reduce near-term refinancing sensitivity.
| Symbol | Exposure | Last | Fair value | Valuation | 1Y expected |
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| VNQUS Real Estate | direct | 96.44 | 109 | +1.2 · Somewhat cheap | +7.5% |
REIT fair-value scenarios using industry FFO/NOI growth, implied cap rates, balance-sheet conditions and Treasury discount-rate sensitivity.
Limitations: Recent-price history exists in the upstream structured input, but only a partial or unavailable representative-benchmark OHLC subset was retained in this execution; this display-only layer does not affect valuation calculations.; No publication-grade conditional probability to beat the 1Y Treasury passed the upstream calibration gate; public probability fields remain null.
Sources: Nareit
3 Emerging Markets Equities VWO · Median fair value 108 Valuation +1.0 Somewhat cheap Fair-value gap +8.0% vs market 100 Expected edge +4.5% vs 1Y Treasury Confidence 79% moderate-high
Latest 3 trading sessions of raw daily prices. Trading sessions are shown consecutively, so non-trading days are skipped. Partial recent history.
- The low forward earnings multiple creates a favorable starting valuation versus major developed markets.
- Country and sector diversification provides multiple earnings-growth paths rather than a single regional anchor.
| Symbol | Exposure | Last | Fair value | Valuation | 1Y expected |
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| VWOEmerging Markets Broad Index | direct | 60.52 | 108 | +1.0 · Somewhat cheap | +8.5% |
Regional forward-multiple, dividend-yield, growth-quality and rate-adjusted scenarios emphasizing EM ex-China valuation anchors.
Limitations: Recent-price history exists in the upstream structured input, but only a partial or unavailable representative-benchmark OHLC subset was retained in this execution; this display-only layer does not affect valuation calculations.; No publication-grade conditional probability to beat the 1Y Treasury passed the upstream calibration gate; public probability fields remain null.
Sources: MSCI
4 Fixed Income BND · Median fair value 103 Valuation +0.7 Somewhat cheap Fair-value gap +3.0% vs market 100 Expected edge +1.5% vs 1Y Treasury Confidence 89% high
- High starting nominal yields provide meaningful carry and improve medium-horizon return arithmetic.
- The current curve offers a higher contractual cash-flow anchor than low-yield regimes.
- Further rate increases can reduce current bond prices, especially at long duration.
- Credit-spread widening can offset Treasury carry for corporate-bond exposures.
| Symbol | Exposure | Last | Fair value | Valuation | 1Y expected |
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| BNDUS Broad Bond Market | direct | 72.24 | 103 | +0.7 · Somewhat cheap | +5.5% |
Yield-curve, real-yield, duration and spread-regime scenarios using the supplied Treasury and credit macro layer.
Limitations: Recent-price history exists in the upstream structured input, but only a partial or unavailable representative-benchmark OHLC subset was retained in this execution; this display-only layer does not affect valuation calculations.; No publication-grade conditional probability to beat the 1Y Treasury passed the upstream calibration gate; public probability fields remain null.
5 Metals GLD · Median fair value 105 Valuation +0.6 Somewhat cheap Fair-value gap +5.0% vs market 100 Expected edge +2.5% vs 1Y Treasury Confidence 72% moderate-high
- Central-bank and investment demand provide a structural support channel for precious metals.
- Gold ETF inflows show continued portfolio demand even in a high-real-yield environment.
- High real yields raise the opportunity cost of non-yielding precious metals.
- Industrial metals retain materially different supply-demand economics, widening asset-class dispersion.
| Symbol | Exposure | Last | Fair value | Valuation | 1Y expected |
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| GLDGold | direct | 408.42 | 105 | +0.6 · Somewhat cheap | +6.5% |
Commodity-specific scenarios combining real-yield opportunity cost, gold demand structure and wider industrial-metals supply/demand ranges.
Limitations: Recent-price history exists in the upstream structured input, but only a partial or unavailable representative-benchmark OHLC subset was retained in this execution; this display-only layer does not affect valuation calculations.; No publication-grade conditional probability to beat the 1Y Treasury passed the upstream calibration gate; public probability fields remain null.
Sources: World Gold Council
6 Europe Equities VGK · Median fair value 102 Valuation +0.4 Somewhat cheap Fair-value gap +2.0% vs market 100 Expected edge +3.0% vs 1Y Treasury Confidence 85% high
- A mid-teens forward multiple and dividend yield provide a more balanced valuation than U.S. large caps.
- Sector diversification reduces dependence on a single high-duration growth cohort.
| Symbol | Exposure | Last | Fair value | Valuation | 1Y expected |
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| VGKEurope Broad Market | direct | 91.66 | 102 | +0.4 · Somewhat cheap | +7.0% |
Forward earnings-multiple, dividend-yield, peer-relative and global-rate-adjusted scenarios anchored to MSCI Europe.
Limitations: Recent-price history exists in the upstream structured input, but only a partial or unavailable representative-benchmark OHLC subset was retained in this execution; this display-only layer does not affect valuation calculations.; No publication-grade conditional probability to beat the 1Y Treasury passed the upstream calibration gate; public probability fields remain null.
Sources: MSCI
7 Energy USO · Median fair value 102 Valuation +0.3 Fair Fair-value gap +2.0% vs market 100 Expected edge +1.5% vs 1Y Treasury Confidence 72% moderate-high
Latest 10 trading sessions of raw daily prices. Trading sessions are shown consecutively, so non-trading days are skipped. Partial recent history.
- A material 3Q supply deficit and large observed inventory draw support the physical value of scarce barrels.
- Producer-equity cash generation can remain strong when realized commodity prices stay elevated.
- IEA forecasts a 2026 demand contraction, leaving fair value highly sensitive to normalization in supply disruptions.
- Commodity-price valuation is intrinsically cyclical and can change rapidly as spare capacity returns.
| Symbol | Exposure | Last | Fair value | Valuation | 1Y expected |
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| USOUS Crude Oil | direct | 133.70 | 102 | +0.3 · Fair | +5.5% |
Commodity and producer-equity scenarios using current physical balances, supply disruption, inventories and normalized commodity-price assumptions.
Limitations: Recent-price history exists in the upstream structured input, but only a partial or unavailable representative-benchmark OHLC subset was retained in this execution; this display-only layer does not affect valuation calculations.; No publication-grade conditional probability to beat the 1Y Treasury passed the upstream calibration gate; public probability fields remain null.
Sources: International Energy Agency
8 Crypto BTC-USD · Median fair value 110 Valuation +0.3 Fair Fair-value gap +10.0% vs market 100 Expected edge +6.0% vs 1Y Treasury Confidence 57% moderate
- MVRV near 1.5 indicates aggregate market value is above realized value but not at an extreme implied by high-cycle multiples.
- Institutional access and network usage can support higher-value scenarios.
| Symbol | Exposure | Last | Fair value | Valuation | 1Y expected |
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| BTC-USDBitcoin | direct | 78,888.27 | 110 | +0.3 · Fair | +10.0% |
Wide multi-anchor scenarios using realized-value/MVRV, network economics, liquidity and adoption; intentionally broad due to non-contractual cash-flow uncertainty.
Limitations: Recent-price history exists in the upstream structured input, but only a partial or unavailable representative-benchmark OHLC subset was retained in this execution; this display-only layer does not affect valuation calculations.; No publication-grade conditional probability to beat the 1Y Treasury passed the upstream calibration gate; public probability fields remain null.
Sources: Glassnode
9 Japan Equities EWJ · Median fair value 97 Valuation -0.7 Somewhat expensive Fair-value gap -3.0% vs market 100 Expected edge +1.5% vs 1Y Treasury Confidence 83% high
- Corporate profitability and shareholder-return reforms support justified valuation above older historical norms.
- A broad earnings base provides some resilience against individual-sector valuation pressure.
| Symbol | Exposure | Last | Fair value | Valuation | 1Y expected |
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| EWJJapan Broad Market | direct | 95.88 | 97 | -0.7 · Somewhat expensive | +5.5% |
Forward-multiple, dividend-yield, quality and rate-normalization scenarios anchored to MSCI Japan.
Limitations: Recent-price history exists in the upstream structured input, but only a partial or unavailable representative-benchmark OHLC subset was retained in this execution; this display-only layer does not affect valuation calculations.; No publication-grade conditional probability to beat the 1Y Treasury passed the upstream calibration gate; public probability fields remain null.
Sources: MSCI
10 Developed Pacific Equities EWA · Median fair value 96 Valuation -0.8 Somewhat expensive Fair-value gap -4.0% vs market 100 Expected edge +1.0% vs 1Y Treasury Confidence 81% high
Latest 6 trading sessions of raw daily prices. Trading sessions are shown consecutively, so non-trading days are skipped. Partial recent history.
- A relatively high dividend yield offsets part of the region's richer forward multiple.
- Financials and resource exposure provide different valuation drivers than U.S. growth equities.
| Symbol | Exposure | Last | Fair value | Valuation | 1Y expected |
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| EWAAustralia Broad Market | direct | 30.02 | 96 | -0.8 · Somewhat expensive | +5.0% |
Forward-multiple, dividend-yield, peer-relative and rate-adjusted scenarios anchored to MSCI Pacific ex Japan.
Limitations: Recent-price history exists in the upstream structured input, but only a partial or unavailable representative-benchmark OHLC subset was retained in this execution; this display-only layer does not affect valuation calculations.; No publication-grade conditional probability to beat the 1Y Treasury passed the upstream calibration gate; public probability fields remain null.
Sources: MSCI
11 US Equities SPY · Median fair value 87 Valuation -2.5 Exceptionally expensive Fair-value gap -13.0% vs market 100 Expected edge 0.0% vs 1Y Treasury Confidence 89% high
- Strong earnings growth and high profitability support a premium to long-run valuation anchors.
- Broad U.S. market quality and shareholder economics prevent the model from relying on CAPE alone.
- The market price lies in the expensive tail of the modeled current fair-value distribution.
- A 4.04% one-year Treasury and 2.42% 10-year real yield create a demanding opportunity-cost hurdle for high-duration equities.
| Symbol | Exposure | Last | Fair value | Valuation | 1Y expected |
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| SPYUS Large-Cap Index | direct | 767.05 | 87 | -2.5 · Exceptionally expensive | +4.0% |
Forward earnings, CAPE, growth-quality, peer-relative and real-rate-adjusted scenarios for broad U.S. large caps.
Limitations: Recent-price history exists in the upstream structured input, but only a partial or unavailable representative-benchmark OHLC subset was retained in this execution; this display-only layer does not affect valuation calculations.; Shiller historical-date analysis uses the current/revised workbook filtered to the requested date rather than true publication-vintage snapshots.; No publication-grade conditional probability to beat the 1Y Treasury passed the upstream calibration gate; public probability fields remain null.
Valuation instruments 11
China & Hong Kong Equities
MCHI · China Broad Market
Given today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, valuation relationships, interest rates, and other asset-specific economics, this chart shows the range of defensible current economic values — not a future-price forecast.
Holds today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, rates, and fair-value distribution constant. It changes price only; it does not model why price changed.
- Low forward multiple relative to global developed-market peers supports the fair-value range.
- Current fundamentals are valued with a wider risk premium to reflect China-specific growth and policy uncertainty.
- Weaker domestic growth or lower-quality earnings can justify a persistent valuation discount.
- A high global risk-free hurdle reduces the value of distant cash flows and limits multiple expansion.
Real Estate
VNQ · US Real Estate
Given today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, valuation relationships, interest rates, and other asset-specific economics, this chart shows the range of defensible current economic values — not a future-price forecast.
Holds today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, rates, and fair-value distribution constant. It changes price only; it does not model why price changed.
- Listed REIT cash-flow growth and strong occupancy support current economic value.
- Moderate leverage and predominantly fixed-rate debt reduce near-term refinancing sensitivity.
- The 10-year Treasury yield near 5% competes directly with property yields and limits cap-rate compression.
- Property-sector dispersion means broad REIT fair value can mask weaker subsegments.
Emerging Markets Equities
VWO · Emerging Markets Broad Index
Given today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, valuation relationships, interest rates, and other asset-specific economics, this chart shows the range of defensible current economic values — not a future-price forecast.
Holds today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, rates, and fair-value distribution constant. It changes price only; it does not model why price changed.
Latest 3 trading sessions of raw daily prices. Trading sessions are shown consecutively, so non-trading days are skipped. Partial recent history.
- The low forward earnings multiple creates a favorable starting valuation versus major developed markets.
- Country and sector diversification provides multiple earnings-growth paths rather than a single regional anchor.
- A high U.S. Treasury hurdle and currency risk can absorb part of the valuation discount.
- The ex-China valuation anchor is not a perfect proxy for every supplied country exposure.
Fixed Income
BND · US Broad Bond Market
Given today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, valuation relationships, interest rates, and other asset-specific economics, this chart shows the range of defensible current economic values — not a future-price forecast.
Holds today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, rates, and fair-value distribution constant. It changes price only; it does not model why price changed.
- High starting nominal yields provide meaningful carry and improve medium-horizon return arithmetic.
- The current curve offers a higher contractual cash-flow anchor than low-yield regimes.
- Further rate increases can reduce current bond prices, especially at long duration.
- Credit-spread widening can offset Treasury carry for corporate-bond exposures.
Metals
GLD · Gold
Given today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, valuation relationships, interest rates, and other asset-specific economics, this chart shows the range of defensible current economic values — not a future-price forecast.
Holds today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, rates, and fair-value distribution constant. It changes price only; it does not model why price changed.
- Central-bank and investment demand provide a structural support channel for precious metals.
- Gold ETF inflows show continued portfolio demand even in a high-real-yield environment.
- High real yields raise the opportunity cost of non-yielding precious metals.
- Industrial metals retain materially different supply-demand economics, widening asset-class dispersion.
Europe Equities
VGK · Europe Broad Market
Given today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, valuation relationships, interest rates, and other asset-specific economics, this chart shows the range of defensible current economic values — not a future-price forecast.
Holds today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, rates, and fair-value distribution constant. It changes price only; it does not model why price changed.
- A mid-teens forward multiple and dividend yield provide a more balanced valuation than U.S. large caps.
- Sector diversification reduces dependence on a single high-duration growth cohort.
- Energy-sensitive inflation and higher discount rates can compress regional multiples.
- Currency translation and country-level dispersion make broad-index fair value less precise.
Energy
USO · US Crude Oil
Given today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, valuation relationships, interest rates, and other asset-specific economics, this chart shows the range of defensible current economic values — not a future-price forecast.
Holds today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, rates, and fair-value distribution constant. It changes price only; it does not model why price changed.
Latest 10 trading sessions of raw daily prices. Trading sessions are shown consecutively, so non-trading days are skipped. Partial recent history.
- A material 3Q supply deficit and large observed inventory draw support the physical value of scarce barrels.
- Producer-equity cash generation can remain strong when realized commodity prices stay elevated.
- IEA forecasts a 2026 demand contraction, leaving fair value highly sensitive to normalization in supply disruptions.
- Commodity-price valuation is intrinsically cyclical and can change rapidly as spare capacity returns.
Crypto
BTC-USD · Bitcoin
Given today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, valuation relationships, interest rates, and other asset-specific economics, this chart shows the range of defensible current economic values — not a future-price forecast.
Holds today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, rates, and fair-value distribution constant. It changes price only; it does not model why price changed.
- MVRV near 1.5 indicates aggregate market value is above realized value but not at an extreme implied by high-cycle multiples.
- Institutional access and network usage can support higher-value scenarios.
- There is no universally accepted intrinsic-value model, producing the widest fair-value distribution in the report.
- High risk-free and real yields increase the opportunity cost of holding non-cash-flow crypto assets.
Japan Equities
EWJ · Japan Broad Market
Given today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, valuation relationships, interest rates, and other asset-specific economics, this chart shows the range of defensible current economic values — not a future-price forecast.
Holds today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, rates, and fair-value distribution constant. It changes price only; it does not model why price changed.
- Corporate profitability and shareholder-return reforms support justified valuation above older historical norms.
- A broad earnings base provides some resilience against individual-sector valuation pressure.
- Current pricing sits modestly above the central modeled fair-value estimate.
- Domestic rate normalization and currency swings can reduce justified equity multiples.
Developed Pacific Equities
EWA · Australia Broad Market
Given today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, valuation relationships, interest rates, and other asset-specific economics, this chart shows the range of defensible current economic values — not a future-price forecast.
Holds today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, rates, and fair-value distribution constant. It changes price only; it does not model why price changed.
Latest 6 trading sessions of raw daily prices. Trading sessions are shown consecutively, so non-trading days are skipped. Partial recent history.
- A relatively high dividend yield offsets part of the region's richer forward multiple.
- Financials and resource exposure provide different valuation drivers than U.S. growth equities.
- The forward multiple is above the central fair-value assumption under current global discount rates.
- Australia-heavy benchmark exposure makes the broad regional proxy sensitive to domestic rates and commodities.
US Equities
SPY · US Large-Cap Index
Given today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, valuation relationships, interest rates, and other asset-specific economics, this chart shows the range of defensible current economic values — not a future-price forecast.
Holds today’s fundamentals, growth expectations, rates, and fair-value distribution constant. It changes price only; it does not model why price changed.
- Strong earnings growth and high profitability support a premium to long-run valuation anchors.
- Broad U.S. market quality and shareholder economics prevent the model from relying on CAPE alone.
- The market price lies in the expensive tail of the modeled current fair-value distribution.
- A 4.04% one-year Treasury and 2.42% 10-year real yield create a demanding opportunity-cost hurdle for high-duration equities.
Where current market price (100) sits within the modeled fair-value distribution. Positive = cheaper; negative = more expensive.
Median modeled fair value relative to today’s price. It is not an expected return or a timing forecast.
A separate forward return scenario distribution that can differ materially from the fair-value gap.
Modeled 1Y expected return minus the current 1Y Treasury benchmark. Positive values indicate modeled return above the benchmark.
When available, this is the calibrated share of comparable historical starting regimes that beat the contemporaneous 1Y Treasury benchmark. Long-run base rates are not substituted for it.
Evidence-strength score displayed as a percentage for readability. It is not a probability that the valuation is correct.