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title: "Valuation Lens — September 25, 2026"
type: "valuation_lens"
date: "2026-09-25"
data_cutoff: "2026-09-25T23:45:00Z"
status: "final"
schema_version: "3.4.0"
methodology_version: "cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4"
run_id: "cxpw_valuation_lens_20260925_001"
canonical_url: "https://cxprowealth.com/valuation-lens-2026-09-25/"
publisher: "CXProWealth"
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# Valuation Lens — September 25, 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 25, 2026, 7:45 PM EDT  
**One-year Treasury hurdle:** 4.50% (TREASURY_1Y)  
**Methodology:** cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4

## Overall

**With the 10-year Treasury at 5.17% and its real yield at 2.83%, contractual cash-flow assets carry the widest modeled fair-value premium to market, while the US equity aggregate, crude oil and gold trade above their modeled economic value.**

Cash and short Treasuries pay 4.08%-4.50%, and the 10-year real yield of 2.83% sits near the top of its ten-year range, so every risk asset must clear an unusually high opportunity cost.

## Asset classes, cheap to expensive

| Asset class | Benchmark | Score | Label | Median FV | P25–P75 | Upside to median | 1y modeled | vs Treasury |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Fixed Income | BND | +2.1 | Cheap | 104.3 | 101.4–107.4 | +4.3% | +5.5% | +1.0% |
| Real Estate | VNQ | +1.9 | Cheap | 110.2 | 102.2–118.9 | +10.2% | +8.0% | +3.5% |
| China & Hong Kong Equities | MCHI | +1.9 | Cheap | 115.2 | 103.8–127.5 | +15.2% | +10.0% | +5.5% |
| Europe Equities | VGK | +1.7 | Cheap | 109.2 | 101.2–117.9 | +9.2% | +8.5% | +4.0% |
| Japan Equities | EWJ | +1.3 | Cheap | 105.9 | 99.1–113.3 | +5.9% | +7.5% | +3.0% |
| Emerging Markets Equities | VWO | +1.3 | Cheap | 108.8 | 98.6–120.0 | +8.8% | +8.0% | +3.5% |
| Crypto | BTC-USD | -0.2 | Fair | 97.6 | 80.3–113.5 | -2.4% | +5.0% | +0.5% |
| Developed Pacific Equities | EWA | -0.7 | Somewhat expensive | 97.1 | 89.7–103.9 | -2.9% | +5.5% | +1.0% |
| Metals | GLD | -1.5 | Expensive | 90.3 | 79.8–100.0 | -9.7% | +1.5% | -3.0% |
| US Equities | SPY | -2.0 | Expensive | 90.1 | 82.7–96.9 | -9.9% | +6.5% | +2.0% |
| Energy | USO | -2.1 | Expensive | 82.9 | 70.5–94.2 | -17.2% | -6.0% | -10.5% |

### Fixed Income — +2.1 (Cheap)

Benchmark: BND (US Broad Bond Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 99.0, P25 101.4, median 104.3, P75 107.4, P90 110.3. The market price sits at the 15.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.5%, P10 -2.5% to P90 +13.0%. Starting yield to maturity of 5.42% carried for one year, plus price change from a distribution of justified-yield outcomes applied to a 5.7-year duration with a convexity adjustment, less a small expected credit-loss allowance on the 31% non-government sleeve.

**Probability note:** the 57% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 44%.

### Real Estate — +1.9 (Cheap)

Benchmark: VNQ (US Real Estate)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 95.5, P25 102.2, median 110.2, P75 118.9, P90 127.0. The market price sits at the 19.1th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.0%, P10 -14.0% to P90 +24.0%. Distribution yield plus same-store NOI-driven AFFO growth, plus partial closure of the NAV discount, less a distribution of cap-rate and refinancing-cost outcomes driven by the 10-year Treasury.

### China & Hong Kong Equities — +1.9 (Cheap)

Benchmark: MCHI (China Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 94.1, P25 103.8, median 115.2, P75 127.5, P90 139.1. The market price sits at the 18.2th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +10.0%, P10 -20.0% to P90 +38.0%. Earnings growth from consensus estimates haircut for the historically high downgrade rate in this market, plus distribution and buyback yield, plus a distribution of multiple outcomes around an 11.1x offshore forward P/E starting point.

### Europe Equities — +1.7 (Cheap)

Benchmark: VGK (Europe Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 94.5, P25 101.2, median 109.2, P75 117.9, P90 126.0. The market price sits at the 21.6th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.5%, P10 -12.0% to P90 +24.0%. Dividend yield of roughly 3.2% plus mid-single-digit earnings growth, plus a distribution of multiple outcomes around a 15.4x forward starting point, with an explicit euro-dollar translation component for the unhedged US-listed benchmark.

### Japan Equities — +1.3 (Cheap)

Benchmark: EWJ (Japan Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 93.3, P25 99.1, median 105.9, P75 113.3, P90 120.3. The market price sits at the 28.2th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +7.5%, P10 -13.0% to P90 +23.0%. Earnings growth plus a rising payout from the ongoing buyback and cross-shareholding unwind, plus a distribution of multiple outcomes around a 16.6x forward starting point, with an explicit unhedged yen translation component.

### Emerging Markets Equities — +1.3 (Cheap)

Benchmark: VWO (Emerging Markets Broad Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 89.9, P25 98.6, median 108.8, P75 120.0, P90 130.4. The market price sits at the 28.2th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.0%, P10 -17.0% to P90 +29.0%. Country-weighted earnings growth and dividend yield, plus a distribution of multiple outcomes built bottom-up from the individual market forward multiples rather than from the distorted aggregate, less a dollar-funding and local-currency component.

### Crypto — -0.2 (Fair)

Benchmark: BTC-USD (Bitcoin)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 64.0, P25 80.3, median 97.6, P75 113.5, P90 127.0. The market price sits at the 53.9th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.0%, P10 -50.0% to P90 +85.0%. Scenario distribution over on-chain valuation bands and institutional flow outcomes; the distribution is intentionally very wide and the median carries little information relative to its own dispersion.

### Developed Pacific Equities — -0.7 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: EWA (Australia Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 82.7, P25 89.7, median 97.1, P75 103.9, P90 109.7. The market price sits at the 60.9th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.5%, P10 -14.0% to P90 +20.0%. High regional dividend yield plus low-single-digit earnings growth, less a distribution of multiple outcomes from an 18.7x Australian forward starting point that sits above the global index.

### Metals — -1.5 (Expensive)

Benchmark: GLD (Gold)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 69.9, P25 79.8, median 90.3, P75 100.0, P90 108.2. The market price sits at the 75.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +1.5%, P10 -21.0% to P90 +24.0%. Price-change distribution only, since the core holdings generate no cash flow; built from real-yield sensitivity, official-sector and investment demand scenarios, and industrial balances, with a separate free-cash-flow component for the producer equities.

**Probability note:** the 43% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 71%.

### US Equities — -2.0 (Expensive)

Benchmark: SPY (US Large-Cap Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 75.9, P25 82.7, median 90.1, P75 96.9, P90 102.7. The market price sits at the 84.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.5%, P10 -14.0% to P90 +23.0%. Forward earnings roll of roughly 12% on consensus estimates, haircut for the historical tendency of consensus to overstate, plus a 1.1% dividend yield, less a distribution of forward-multiple outcomes centred on modest compression from 19.4x.

### Energy — -2.1 (Expensive)

Benchmark: USO (US Crude Oil)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 58.9, P25 70.5, median 82.9, P75 94.2, P90 103.9. The market price sits at the 85.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median -6.0%, P10 -34.0% to P90 +24.0%. Blended commodity and producer-equity distribution: the official and independent forward price paths applied to the front-month benchmark including positive roll yield from the current backwardation, combined with producer free-cash-flow valuation at a range of realised strip prices.

**Probability note:** the 31% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 60%.

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