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title: "Valuation Lens — September 15, 2026"
type: "valuation_lens"
date: "2026-09-15"
data_cutoff: "2026-09-15T22:51:21Z"
status: "final"
schema_version: "3.4.0"
methodology_version: "cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4"
run_id: "cxpw_valuation_lens_2026-09-15_260915001"
canonical_url: "https://cxprowealth.com/valuation-lens-2026-09-15/"
publisher: "CXProWealth"
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# Valuation Lens — September 15, 2026

> Valuation Lens answers "what is this worth?". Every fair-value figure is an INDEX where today's market price = 100. A median of 112.5 means the model's median fair value is 12.5% above the current price. Valuation scores run -3 to +3 where POSITIVE means cheap — the opposite convention to Market Lens scores. Modeled returns are scenario distributions under stated assumptions, not forecasts.

**Data cutoff:** Sep 15, 2026, 6:51 PM EDT  
**One-year Treasury hurdle:** 4.39% (TREASURY_1Y)  
**Methodology:** cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4

## Overall

**With the 1-year Treasury paying 4.39% and 10-year real yields at the top of their decade range, modeled economic value sits below market price across US equities, REITs, Japan and crude oil, while China, emerging markets and investment-grade bonds are the only places where the modeled fair-value distribution sits meaningfully above today's price.**

The 1-year Treasury par yield of 4.39% sets today's annual hurdle while 10-year nominal and real yields of 5.00% and 2.62% both sit at the top of their 10-year ranges, raising the discount rate applied to every long-duration cash-flow asset.

## Asset classes, cheap to expensive

| Asset class | Benchmark | Score | Label | Median FV | P25–P75 | Upside to median | 1y modeled | vs Treasury |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| China & Hong Kong Equities | MCHI | +1.7 | Cheap | 115.0 | 103.0–129.0 | +15.0% | +11.0% | +6.6% |
| Emerging Markets Equities | VWO | +1.5 | Cheap | 110.0 | 100.0–122.0 | +10.0% | +10.5% | +6.1% |
| Fixed Income | BND | +1.0 | Somewhat cheap | 103.0 | 98.5–107.0 | +3.0% | +5.6% | +1.2% |
| Crypto | BTC-USD | +0.5 | Somewhat cheap | 108.0 | 85.0–136.0 | +8.0% | +7.0% | +2.6% |
| Europe Equities | VGK | -1.1 | Somewhat expensive | 93.0 | 85.0–103.0 | -7.0% | +8.0% | +3.6% |
| Developed Pacific Equities | EWA | -1.2 | Somewhat expensive | 93.0 | 86.0–102.0 | -7.0% | +6.8% | +2.4% |
| Metals | GLD | -1.4 | Expensive | 89.0 | 79.0–101.0 | -11.0% | +1.0% | -3.4% |
| Real Estate | VNQ | -1.9 | Expensive | 85.0 | 76.0–95.0 | -15.0% | +4.2% | -0.2% |
| Energy | USO | -1.9 | Expensive | 84.0 | 75.0–95.0 | -16.0% | -6.0% | -10.4% |
| Japan Equities | EWJ | -1.9 | Expensive | 86.0 | 78.0–96.0 | -14.0% | +5.5% | +1.1% |
| US Equities | SPY | -2.0 | Expensive | 85.0 | 76.0–95.0 | -15.0% | +6.5% | +2.1% |

### China & Hong Kong Equities — +1.7 (Cheap)

Benchmark: MCHI (China Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 92.0, P25 103.0, median 115.0, P75 129.0, P90 143.0. The market price sits at the 20.9th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +11.0%, P10 -24.0% to P90 +42.0%. Scenario total return decomposed into forward earnings growth, trailing distribution yield and valuation change, with only partial convergence toward modeled fair value permitted over a one-year horizon. Dispersion is widened for policy, regulatory and currency risk specific to this market.

### Emerging Markets Equities — +1.5 (Cheap)

Benchmark: VWO (Emerging Markets Broad Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 90.0, P25 100.0, median 110.0, P75 122.0, P90 134.0. The market price sits at the 25.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +10.5%, P10 -18.0% to P90 +34.0%. Scenario total return decomposed into forward earnings growth weighted by country composition, distribution yield, valuation change and a US dollar translation term, with only partial convergence toward modeled fair value over one year.

### Fixed Income — +1.0 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: BND (US Broad Bond Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 94.5, P25 98.5, median 103.0, P75 107.0, P90 111.0. The market price sits at the 33.3th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.6%, P10 -2.5% to P90 +12.8%. Starting yield to maturity of 5.25% as the carry anchor, plus roll-down along a positively sloped curve, plus a price term equal to minus the 5.7-year duration times the modeled yield change, less an expected credit-loss allowance sized to the portfolio's investment-grade composition.

**Probability note:** the 58% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 44%.

### Crypto — +0.5 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: BTC-USD (Bitcoin)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 66.0, P25 85.0, median 108.0, P75 136.0, P90 168.0. The market price sits at the 41.3th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +7.0%, P10 -52.0% to P90 +95.0%. Scenario total return derived from movement in the market-value-to-realized-value ratio combined with the ongoing rise in aggregate cost basis and net supply issuance. There is no carry, coupon or shareholder yield term, so the entire distribution is a valuation-change distribution and its width reflects that.

### Europe Equities — -1.1 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: VGK (Europe Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 77.0, P25 85.0, median 93.0, P75 103.0, P90 112.0. The market price sits at the 67.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.0%, P10 -13.0% to P90 +24.0%. Scenario total return decomposed into forward earnings growth, the region's relatively high distribution yield, a modest multiple-normalisation drag, and a dollar translation term, with only partial convergence toward modeled fair value over one year.

### Developed Pacific Equities — -1.2 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: EWA (Australia Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 79.0, P25 86.0, median 93.0, P75 102.0, P90 111.0. The market price sits at the 69.4th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.8%, P10 -13.0% to P90 +21.0%. Scenario total return decomposed into modest forward earnings growth, the region's high cash distribution yield, a multiple-normalisation drag, and a currency translation term, with only partial convergence toward modeled fair value over one year.

### Metals — -1.4 (Expensive)

Benchmark: GLD (Gold)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 69.0, P25 79.0, median 89.0, P75 101.0, P90 113.0. The market price sits at the 72.9th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +1.0%, P10 -22.0% to P90 +22.0%. Scenario total return combining partial convergence toward modeled fair value with the path of real yields, the broad dollar and structural demand. There is no coupon, dividend or carry term for the physical metal, so the entire distribution is a valuation-change distribution; the mining-equity members contribute a free-cash-flow term at the asset-class level.

**Probability note:** the 42% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 71%.

### Real Estate — -1.9 (Expensive)

Benchmark: VNQ (US Real Estate)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 68.0, P25 76.0, median 85.0, P75 95.0, P90 106.0. The market price sits at the 81.8th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +4.2%, P10 -16.0% to P90 +20.0%. Scenario total return decomposed into the current 3.68% distribution yield, modeled AFFO growth, and a valuation-change term driven by the modeled path of the REIT dividend-yield spread over the 10-year Treasury, with only partial convergence toward modeled fair value over one year.

### Energy — -1.9 (Expensive)

Benchmark: USO (US Crude Oil)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 65.0, P25 75.0, median 84.0, P75 95.0, P90 106.0. The market price sits at the 81.8th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median -6.0%, P10 -38.0% to P90 +28.0%. Scenario total return for a front-month crude vehicle, combining the modeled spot price path toward the published 2027 forecast, a roll-yield term reflecting the curve shape implied by falling inventories, and collateral interest earned on the fund's cash at short Treasury rates.

**Probability note:** the 36% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 60%.

### Japan Equities — -1.9 (Expensive)

Benchmark: EWJ (Japan Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 70.0, P25 78.0, median 86.0, P75 96.0, P90 105.0. The market price sits at the 81.7th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.5%, P10 -18.0% to P90 +26.0%. Scenario total return decomposed into continued strong forward earnings growth, a rising but still modest shareholder yield from buybacks and dividends, a multiple-normalisation drag from a cyclically adjusted multiple at the top of its range, and a yen translation term.

### US Equities — -2.0 (Expensive)

Benchmark: SPY (US Large-Cap Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 68.0, P25 76.0, median 85.0, P75 95.0, P90 105.0. The market price sits at the 82.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.5%, P10 -16.0% to P90 +25.0%. Scenario total return decomposed into earnings-per-share growth haircut from the exceptional consensus rate toward a sustainable path, the 1.07% dividend yield plus net buyback contribution, and a modest multiple-normalisation drag. The long-run historical equity return is used only as an unconditional prior and is explicitly adjusted for today's starting valuation, the 4.39% risk-free rate and the record profit share.

## Sources

1. FactSet Earnings Insight — September 11, 2026 — FactSet Research Systems — https://advantage.factset.com/hubfs/Website/Resources%20Section/Research%20Desk/Earnings%20Insight/EarningsInsight_091126.pdf
2. Global P/E Ratios (Price-Earnings) by Country — Siblis Research — https://siblisresearch.com/data/pe-ratios-by-country/
3. Europe P/E (Price-Earnings) Ratio & Earnings Growth — European Equity Valuations — Siblis Research — https://siblisresearch.com/data/europe-pe-ratio/
4. Nikkei 225 (Japan) P/E Ratio & Earnings Growth — Siblis Research — https://siblisresearch.com/data/japan-nikkei-pe-cape/
5. Emerging Markets Equity Valuations — Siblis Research — https://siblisresearch.com/data/emerging-markets-valuations/
6. Shiller PE Ratio — Multpl — https://www.multpl.com/shiller-pe
7. S&P 500 PE Ratio — Multpl — https://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-pe-ratio
8. S&P 500 Dividend Yield — Multpl — https://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-dividend-yield
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