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title: "Valuation Lens — September 24, 2026"
type: "valuation_lens"
date: "2026-09-24"
data_cutoff: "2026-09-24T23:30:00Z"
status: "final"
schema_version: "3.4.0"
methodology_version: "cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4"
run_id: "cxpw_valuation_lens_20260924_001"
canonical_url: "https://cxprowealth.com/valuation-lens-2026-09-24/"
publisher: "CXProWealth"
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# Valuation Lens — September 24, 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 24, 2026, 7:30 PM EDT  
**One-year Treasury hurdle:** 4.51% (TREASURY_1Y)  
**Methodology:** cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4

## Overall

**Today's market price sits above the central modeled fair value in seven of eleven asset classes, with the 5.18% 10-year Treasury and a 2.85% 10-year real yield doing most of the work; real estate, Chinese equities and the broad bond market are the only classes whose central fair value sits at or above market.**

A 4.51% one-year par yield sets a high cash hurdle while the 10-year at 5.18% and the 10-year real yield at 2.85% sit at the top of their ten-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 |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Real Estate | VNQ | +0.6 | Somewhat cheap | 103.1 | 91.7–106.5 | +3.1% | +7.5% | +3.0% |
| China & Hong Kong Equities | MCHI | +0.3 | Fair | 105.1 | 75.0–115.3 | +5.1% | +10.0% | +5.5% |
| Fixed Income | BND | +0.1 | Fair | 100.3 | 97.9–102.3 | +0.3% | +5.5% | +1.0% |
| Japan Equities | EWJ | -0.4 | Somewhat expensive | 97.2 | 86.3–104.0 | -2.8% | +8.0% | +3.5% |
| Metals | GLD | -0.4 | Somewhat expensive | 97.0 | 83.5–104.5 | -3.0% | +4.0% | -0.5% |
| Europe Equities | VGK | -0.6 | Somewhat expensive | 95.0 | 91.5–101.2 | -5.0% | +7.5% | +3.0% |
| Crypto | BTC-USD | -0.6 | Somewhat expensive | 88.8 | 77.1–113.7 | -11.2% | +5.0% | +0.5% |
| Emerging Markets Equities | VWO | -1.4 | Expensive | 83.6 | 73.4–101.2 | -16.4% | +5.0% | +0.5% |
| Energy | USO | -1.5 | Expensive | 87.1 | 78.8–100.0 | -12.9% | -10.0% | -14.5% |
| US Equities | SPY | -1.6 | Expensive | 94.3 | 84.5–99.6 | -5.7% | +8.0% | +3.5% |
| Developed Pacific Equities | EWA | -1.8 | Expensive | 86.6 | 80.7–93.5 | -13.4% | +2.5% | -2.0% |

### Real Estate — +0.6 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: VNQ (US Real Estate)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 82.8, P25 91.7, median 103.1, P75 106.5, P90 107.2. The market price sits at the 39.8th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +7.5%, P10 -11.0% to P90 +19.5%. Total return decomposed into the 3.8% index dividend yield plus AFFO-per-share growth plus the price effect of a change in the implied capitalisation rate. Scenarios span a 50 basis-point cap-rate compression to a 150 basis-point expansion against the 5.18% 10-year Treasury yield.

### China & Hong Kong Equities — +0.3 (Fair)

Benchmark: MCHI (China Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 63.5, P25 75.0, median 105.1, P75 115.3, P90 122.0. The market price sits at the 45.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +10.0%, P10 -24.0% to P90 +38.0%. Total return decomposed into forward earnings growth of -8% to +16%, a change in the justified forward multiple between 8.0x and 13.0x against the current 11.2x, and a 2.0% distribution yield. The wide range reflects tariff, governance and deflation risk rather than any momentum input.

### Fixed Income — +0.1 (Fair)

Benchmark: BND (US Broad Bond Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 96.4, P25 97.9, median 100.3, P75 102.3, P90 103.4. The market price sits at the 48.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.5%, P10 -1.3% to P90 +11.6%. One-year total return modeled as 5.4% of income and roll-down carry plus the duration and convexity effect of a change in the 10-year par yield, with an assumed one-year standard deviation of yield changes of about 0.75 percentage points. A loss requires yields to rise about 93 basis points.

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

### Japan Equities — -0.4 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: EWJ (Japan Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 72.1, P25 86.3, median 97.2, P75 104.0, P90 109.9. The market price sits at the 56.8th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.0%, P10 -15.0% to P90 +25.0%. Total return decomposed into forward earnings growth of -6% to +14%, a change in the justified trailing multiple between 15.0x and 20.5x against the current 19.34x, and a 2.3% index dividend yield. Yen translation is treated as a symmetric unhedged exposure for a USD investor.

### Metals — -0.4 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: GLD (Gold)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 75.1, P25 83.5, median 97.0, P75 104.5, P90 114.6. The market price sits at the 56.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +4.0%, P10 -19.0% to P90 +23.0%. Price-only total return for a non-cash-flow asset, with storage and expense carry treated as a small negative. Scenarios span continued record official-sector accumulation against the drag from a 2.85% 10-year real yield at its ten-year high.

**Probability note:** the 49% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 71%.

### Europe Equities — -0.6 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: VGK (Europe Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 81.8, P25 91.5, median 95.0, P75 101.2, P90 104.9. The market price sits at the 60.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +7.5%, P10 -13.0% to P90 +23.0%. Total return decomposed into forward earnings growth of -4% to +12%, a change in the justified forward multiple between 11.8x and 15.5x against roughly 14.6x today, and a 2.6% distribution yield. Euro translation is treated as a symmetric unhedged exposure for a USD investor.

### Crypto — -0.6 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: BTC-USD (Bitcoin)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 67.2, P25 77.1, median 88.8, P75 113.7, P90 134.1. The market price sits at the 59.4th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.0%, P10 -45.0% to P90 +78.0%. Price-only total return with no cash-flow anchor. The distribution is set by the range between the aggregate cost basis and the long-term-average market-value-to-realized-value price, widened for the historical dispersion of one-year crypto outcomes and for the drag of a 2.85% ten-year real yield on a zero-yield asset.

### Emerging Markets Equities — -1.4 (Expensive)

Benchmark: VWO (Emerging Markets Broad Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 66.1, P25 73.4, median 83.6, P75 101.2, P90 117.6. The market price sits at the 74.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.0%, P10 -22.0% to P90 +28.0%. Total return decomposed into forward earnings growth of -10% to +16%, a change in the justified forward multiple between 12.5x and 19.0x against roughly 18.0x today, and a 2.0% distribution yield. The downside case is driven by semiconductor margin normalisation rather than by any price-trend input.

### Energy — -1.5 (Expensive)

Benchmark: USO (US Crude Oil)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 74.2, P25 78.8, median 87.1, P75 100.0, P90 103.4. The market price sits at the 75.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median -10.0%, P10 -33.0% to P90 +19.0%. One-year total return for a front-month crude vehicle, combining convergence toward the EIA 2027 Brent path with the negative roll yield implied by a declining forward curve. The upside case is persistence or escalation of the Middle East export disruption that lifted the second-half 2026 forecast by USD 8 a barrel.

**Probability note:** the 26% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 60%.

### US Equities — -1.6 (Expensive)

Benchmark: SPY (US Large-Cap Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 74.4, P25 84.5, median 94.3, P75 99.6, P90 109.7. The market price sits at the 75.9th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.0%, P10 -16.0% to P90 +25.5%. Total return decomposed into forward earnings growth of -5% to +18%, a change in the forward multiple between 15.0x and 21.5x against roughly 19.2x today, and a shareholder yield of about 1.9% comprising roughly 1.15% dividends and 0.75% net buybacks. Long-run average equity returns are used only as an unconditional prior and are explicitly adjusted for today's starting valuation and the 4.51% risk-free rate.

### Developed Pacific Equities — -1.8 (Expensive)

Benchmark: EWA (Australia Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 65.2, P25 80.7, median 86.6, P75 93.5, P90 110.0. The market price sits at the 79.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +2.5%, P10 -20.0% to P90 +22.0%. Total return decomposed into forward earnings growth of -10% to +9%, a change in the justified trailing multiple between 15.1x and 21.7x against 20.44x today, and a 3.6% dividend yield. The high cash yield is the main reason the central estimate stays positive despite a clearly negative fair-value gap.

## Sources

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2. Financial Accounts of the United States (Z.1), market value of public corporate equities — Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System — https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/
3. National Income and Product Accounts (nominal GDP, corporate profits after tax with IVA and CCAdj) — U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/
4. Consumer Price Index — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — https://www.bls.gov/cpi/
5. Effective Federal Funds Rate — Federal Reserve Bank of New York — https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/reference-rates/effr
6. National Financial Conditions Index — Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago — https://www.chicagofed.org/research/data/nfci/current-data
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