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title: "Valuation Lens — September 28, 2026"
type: "valuation_lens"
date: "2026-09-28"
data_cutoff: "2026-09-28T22:30:00Z"
status: "final"
schema_version: "3.4.0"
methodology_version: "cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4"
run_id: "cxpw_valuation_lens_2026-09-28_001"
canonical_url: "https://cxprowealth.com/valuation-lens-2026-09-28/"
publisher: "CXProWealth"
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# Valuation Lens — September 28, 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 28, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT  
**One-year Treasury hurdle:** 4.59% (TREASURY_1Y)  
**Methodology:** cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4

## Overall

**Real discount rates at the top of their observed range leave U.S. equities and crude oil priced above modeled economic value, while intermediate bonds, Japan, emerging markets and listed real estate carry modest positive fair-value gaps.**

A 4.59% one-year Treasury par yield alongside a 2.90% ten-year real yield at the top of its ten-year range sets an unusually demanding opportunity cost for every risk asset in this report.

## Asset classes, cheap to expensive

| Asset class | Benchmark | Score | Label | Median FV | P25–P75 | Upside to median | 1y modeled | vs Treasury |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Fixed Income | BND | +1.1 | Somewhat cheap | 103.0 | 98.9–107.1 | +3.0% | +6.0% | +1.4% |
| Japan Equities | EWJ | +1.1 | Somewhat cheap | 105.7 | 97.7–113.7 | +5.7% | +7.5% | +2.9% |
| Emerging Markets Equities | VWO | +1.1 | Somewhat cheap | 107.3 | 97.4–116.5 | +7.3% | +8.0% | +3.4% |
| Real Estate | VNQ | +1.0 | Somewhat cheap | 105.8 | 96.7–114.8 | +5.8% | +6.5% | +1.9% |
| Crypto | BTC-USD | +0.9 | Somewhat cheap | 110.0 | 93.8–126.2 | +10.0% | +10.0% | +5.4% |
| Europe Equities | VGK | +0.8 | Somewhat cheap | 103.6 | 96.2–111.1 | +3.6% | +7.0% | +2.4% |
| China & Hong Kong Equities | MCHI | +0.1 | Fair | 101.0 | 90.2–111.8 | +1.0% | +6.0% | +1.4% |
| Metals | GLD | -0.3 | Fair | 98.0 | 87.2–108.8 | -2.0% | +3.0% | -1.6% |
| Developed Pacific Equities | EWA | -0.7 | Somewhat expensive | 96.5 | 88.7–104.7 | -3.6% | +4.5% | -0.1% |
| US Equities | SPY | -0.9 | Somewhat expensive | 96.0 | 88.4–103.1 | -4.0% | +6.5% | +1.9% |
| Energy | USO | -1.8 | Expensive | 84.7 | 71.5–97.0 | -15.3% | -9.0% | -13.6% |

### Fixed Income — +1.1 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: BND (US Broad Bond Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 95.9, P25 98.9, median 103.0, P75 107.1, P90 110.2. The market price sits at the 31.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.0%, P10 -2.0% to P90 +13.5%. Starting portfolio yield plus modeled duration revaluation across justified-yield scenarios, less expected credit loss; carry held separate from the fair-value calculation.

**Probability note:** the 59% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 44%.

### Japan Equities — +1.1 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: EWJ (Japan Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 91.3, P25 97.7, median 105.7, P75 113.7, P90 119.8. The market price sits at the 31.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +7.5%, P10 -13.0% to P90 +24.0%. Scenario decomposition of sustainable earnings growth, rising dividend and buyback yield, and partial multiple convergence toward the modeled fair-value distribution, expressed in unhedged USD terms.

### Emerging Markets Equities — +1.1 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: VWO (Emerging Markets Broad Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 88.8, P25 97.4, median 107.3, P75 116.5, P90 123.8. The market price sits at the 31.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.0%, P10 -16.0% to P90 +27.0%. Scenario decomposition of local-currency earnings growth, dividend yield and partial multiple convergence, translated at a flat-to-softer broad dollar and discounted at a USD cost of equity.

### Real Estate — +1.0 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: VNQ (US Real Estate)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 89.5, P25 96.7, median 105.8, P75 114.8, P90 121.8. The market price sits at the 33.2th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.5%, P10 -16.0% to P90 +24.0%. Distribution yield plus modeled AFFO growth plus partial convergence toward the rate-adjusted NAV scenarios, net of refinancing drag at prevailing coupon levels.

### Crypto — +0.9 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: BTC-USD (Bitcoin)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 80.6, P25 93.8, median 110.0, P75 126.2, P90 139.4. The market price sits at the 34.2th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +10.0%, P10 -46.0% to P90 +80.0%. Scenario mixture over cost-basis convergence, adoption and issuance paths; the distribution is intentionally very wide and the central value carries little information relative to its spread.

### Europe Equities — +0.8 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: VGK (Europe Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 90.2, P25 96.2, median 103.6, P75 111.1, P90 116.8. The market price sits at the 36.8th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +7.0%, P10 -14.0% to P90 +23.0%. Scenario decomposition of modest local earnings growth, a high dividend plus buyback yield, and partial multiple convergence, translated into unhedged USD terms.

### China & Hong Kong Equities — +0.1 (Fair)

Benchmark: MCHI (China Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 81.4, P25 90.2, median 101.0, P75 111.8, P90 120.6. The market price sits at the 47.7th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.0%, P10 -24.0% to P90 +33.0%. Scenario decomposition of earnings growth, distribution and buyback yield, and multiple change across policy-support and policy-disappointment paths; the wide range reflects genuinely bimodal outcomes rather than estimation noise.

### Metals — -0.3 (Fair)

Benchmark: GLD (Gold)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 78.4, P25 87.2, median 98.0, P75 108.8, P90 117.6. The market price sits at the 54.6th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +3.0%, P10 -20.0% to P90 +26.0%. Scenario mixture over real-yield paths, official-sector demand and industrial balances; no carry or yield component is credited to the physical metals.

**Probability note:** the 47% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 71%.

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

Benchmark: EWA (Australia Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 82.7, P25 88.7, median 96.5, P75 104.7, P90 111.8. The market price sits at the 61.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +4.5%, P10 -15.0% to P90 +19.5%. Scenario decomposition of modest earnings growth, a compressed distribution yield and mild multiple contraction toward the modeled fair-value distribution, in unhedged USD terms.

### US Equities — -0.9 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: SPY (US Large-Cap Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 81.7, P25 88.4, median 96.0, P75 103.1, P90 108.6. The market price sits at the 64.2th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.5%, P10 -15.0% to P90 +27.0%. Scenario decomposition of next-twelve-month earnings growth, a roughly 2.4% shareholder yield, and partial multiple drift toward the modeled fair-value distribution. Long-run average equity returns were used only as an unconditional prior and adjusted for today's starting valuation and risk-free rate.

### Energy — -1.8 (Expensive)

Benchmark: USO (US Crude Oil)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 60.1, P25 71.5, median 84.7, P75 97.0, P90 106.7. The market price sits at the 80.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median -9.0%, P10 -38.0% to P90 +24.0%. Scenario mixture over the official supply-normalisation path, disruption-persistence and escalation cases, net of the roll cost a front-month futures vehicle incurs; producer equities are modeled separately on mid-cycle free cash flow.

**Probability note:** the 30% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 60%.

## Sources

1. Earnings Insight — September 25, 2026 — FactSet Research Systems — https://advantage.factset.com/hubfs/Website/Resources%20Section/Research%20Desk/Earnings%20Insight/EarningsInsight_092526.pdf
2. Short-Term Energy Outlook — Global Oil Markets, September 2026 — U.S. Energy Information Administration — https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/global_oil.php
3. ICE BofA US High Yield Index Option-Adjusted Spread (BAMLH0A0HYM2) — Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) — https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BAMLH0A0HYM2
4. ICE BofA US Corporate Index Option-Adjusted Spread (BAMLC0A0CM) — Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) — https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BAMLC0A0CM
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6. Europe P/E (Price-Earnings) & EPS — Siblis Research — https://siblisresearch.com/data/europe-pe-ratio/
7. Emerging Markets Equity Valuations — Siblis Research — https://siblisresearch.com/data/emerging-markets-valuations/
8. Compelling Valuations in Japan — Hennessy Funds — https://www.hennessyfunds.com/insights/investment-idea-japan-valuations
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11. Onchain Valuation: What Bitcoin's Realized Price Says About 2026 — Amberdata — https://blog.amberdata.io/onchain-valuation-what-bitcoins-realized-price-says-about-2026

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