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title: "Valuation Lens — October 6, 2026"
type: "valuation_lens"
date: "2026-10-06"
data_cutoff: "2026-10-08T16:10:00Z"
status: "final"
schema_version: "3.4.0"
methodology_version: "cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4"
run_id: "vl-2026-10-06-001"
canonical_url: "https://cxprowealth.com/valuation-lens-2026-10-06/"
publisher: "CXProWealth"
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# Valuation Lens — October 6, 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:** Oct 8, 2026, 12:10 PM EDT  
**One-year Treasury hurdle:** 4.58% (TREASURY_1Y)  
**Methodology:** cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4

## Overall

**A 5.26% ten-year Treasury yield sets a high bar for every cash-flow asset: Chinese equities carry the only clearly positive modelled fair-value gap, broad U.S. bonds sit closest to fair value, and U.S., emerging-market and developed-Pacific equities price at the widest premium to modelled economic value.**

A 4.58% one-year Treasury par yield and a 5.26% ten-year yield, with a 2.91% ten-year real yield and 2.35% ten-year breakeven, put the risk-free hurdle near its highest level in two decades.

## 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 | +0.6 | Somewhat cheap | 102.3 | 90.2–114.1 | +2.3% | +7.5% | +2.9% |
| Fixed Income | BND | +0.2 | Fair | 100.4 | 99.0–102.3 | +0.4% | +5.5% | +0.9% |
| Real Estate | VNQ | -0.1 | Fair | 99.1 | 88.8–105.3 | -0.9% | +6.5% | +1.9% |
| Metals | GLD | -0.1 | Fair | 97.8 | 84.6–104.9 | -2.2% | +3.0% | -1.6% |
| Crypto | BTC-USD | -0.1 | Fair | 96.8 | 76.7–112.8 | -3.2% | +4.0% | -0.6% |
| Japan Equities | EWJ | -0.6 | Somewhat expensive | 93.9 | 87.9–107.5 | -6.1% | +6.0% | +1.4% |
| Europe Equities | VGK | -0.7 | Somewhat expensive | 97.4 | 90.2–107.0 | -2.6% | +6.5% | +1.9% |
| Energy | XLE | -0.7 | Somewhat expensive | 89.8 | 83.8–104.2 | -10.2% | +2.5% | -2.1% |
| Developed Pacific Equities | EWA | -1.1 | Somewhat expensive | 90.1 | 86.8–102.0 | -9.9% | +4.5% | -0.1% |
| US Equities | SPY | -1.2 | Somewhat expensive | 92.8 | 87.4–100.3 | -7.2% | +5.5% | +0.9% |
| Emerging Markets Equities | VWO | -1.2 | Somewhat expensive | 91.4 | 81.2–104.3 | -8.6% | +6.5% | +1.9% |

### China & Hong Kong Equities — +0.6 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: MCHI (China Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 82.1, P25 90.2, median 102.3, P75 114.1, P90 120.5. The market price sits at the 39.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +7.5%, P10 -26.0% to P90 +35.0%. Scenario total return decomposed into a 7.56% trailing earnings yield, mid-single-digit sustainable earnings growth, a 1.99% distribution yield and a modest valuation-convergence term, with the dispersion widened for policy, governance and investability risk.

### Fixed Income — +0.2 (Fair)

Benchmark: BND (US Broad Bond Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 95.7, P25 99.0, median 100.4, P75 102.3, P90 104.4. The market price sits at the 46.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.5%, P10 -2.0% to P90 +12.5%. Starting 5.52% average yield to maturity plus roll-down, with a distribution of one-year yield and spread changes applied through a 5.68-year effective duration and a 0.30 convexity allowance.

**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 — -0.1 (Fair)

Benchmark: VNQ (US Real Estate)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 81.5, P25 88.8, median 99.1, P75 105.3, P90 108.7. The market price sits at the 51.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.5%, P10 -17.0% to P90 +24.0%. A 3.38% distribution yield plus mid-single-digit adjusted cash-flow growth, with a distribution of one-year cap-rate changes driven by the modelled range of required spreads over the ten-year Treasury.

### Metals — -0.1 (Fair)

Benchmark: GLD (Gold)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 76.7, P25 84.6, median 97.8, P75 104.9, P90 112.9. The market price sits at the 52.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +3.0%, P10 -22.0% to P90 +26.0%. Expected return is modelled as the change in the real metal price, from the distribution of required real yields and physical balances, plus realised inflation; these holdings generate no cash flow, so there is no carry component and storage costs are a small drag.

**Probability note:** the 47% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 72%.

### Crypto — -0.1 (Fair)

Benchmark: BTC-USD (Bitcoin)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 68.0, P25 76.7, median 96.8, P75 112.8, P90 123.2. The market price sits at the 52.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +4.0%, P10 -48.0% to P90 +75.0%. Expected return is modelled purely as price change, since the asset generates no contractual cash flow: the scenario set combines adoption-driven demand growth, roughly 0.8% annual issuance dilution and the drag from a 4.58% risk-free alternative, with an intentionally very wide dispersion.

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

Benchmark: EWJ (Japan Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 83.3, P25 87.9, median 93.9, P75 107.5, P90 111.4. The market price sits at the 60.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.0%, P10 -16.0% to P90 +23.5%. Scenario total return combining a 3.66% distribution yield plus roughly two percentage points of buyback accretion, mid-single-digit earnings growth and a modest multiple drag, with dispersion widened for dollar-yen translation risk on a dollar-denominated benchmark.

### Europe Equities — -0.7 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: VGK (Europe Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 84.9, P25 90.2, median 97.4, P75 107.0, P90 111.0. The market price sits at the 61.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.5%, P10 -14.0% to P90 +23.0%. Scenario total return combining a 2.59% distribution yield plus roughly 1.2 percentage points of buyback accretion, mid-single-digit earnings growth led by financials and industrials, and a modest multiple drag.

### Energy — -0.7 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: XLE (US Energy Sector)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 79.0, P25 83.8, median 89.8, P75 104.2, P90 110.2. The market price sits at the 61.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +2.5%, P10 -26.0% to P90 +28.0%. Scenario total return combining a roughly 6% sector dividend and buyback yield, an earnings decline consistent with the official crude-oil forecast falling from a 96 to an 84 dollar annual average, and a small multiple drag; dispersion is wide because commodity prices dominate the outcome.

**Probability note:** the 46% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 61%.

### Developed Pacific Equities — -1.1 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: EWA (Australia Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 81.9, P25 86.8, median 90.1, P75 102.0, P90 107.4. The market price sits at the 67.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +4.5%, P10 -15.0% to P90 +18.5%. Scenario total return combining a roughly 3.9% standardised yield, low-single-digit earnings growth for a bank-and-miner-weighted market and a modest multiple drag from the elevated starting price-to-book.

### US Equities — -1.2 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: SPY (US Large-Cap Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 82.1, P25 87.4, median 92.8, P75 100.3, P90 106.0. The market price sits at the 69.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.5%, P10 -16.0% to P90 +24.0%. Scenario total return decomposed into realised earnings growth shaded below the consensus forward path, a 1.06% dividend yield, buyback accretion already inside earnings per share, and a modest multiple drag as the forward multiple drifts toward the level implied by a 5.26% ten-year Treasury yield.

### Emerging Markets Equities — -1.2 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: VWO (Emerging Markets Broad Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 78.5, P25 81.2, median 91.4, P75 104.3, P90 109.1. The market price sits at the 69.8th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.5%, P10 -22.0% to P90 +29.0%. Scenario total return combining a 2.19% distribution yield, high-single-digit to low-double-digit earnings growth led by the semiconductor cohort and a multiple drag from the elevated starting price-to-book, with dispersion widened for currency and dollar-funding risk.

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2. iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) fund profile — BlackRock — https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239726/ishares-core-sp-500-etf
3. iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF (EZU) fund profile — BlackRock — https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239644/ishares-msci-eurozone-etf
4. iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ) fund profile — BlackRock — https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239665/ishares-msci-japan-etf
5. iShares MSCI China ETF (MCHI) fund profile — BlackRock — https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239619/ishares-msci-china-etf
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