---
title: "Valuation Lens — October 9, 2026"
type: "valuation_lens"
date: "2026-10-09"
data_cutoff: "2026-10-10T00:06:00Z"
status: "final"
schema_version: "3.4.0"
methodology_version: "cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4"
run_id: "cxpw_valuation_lens_2026-10-09_v340"
canonical_url: "https://cxprowealth.com/valuation-lens-2026-10-09/"
publisher: "CXProWealth"
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# Valuation Lens — October 9, 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 9, 2026, 8:06 PM EDT  
**One-year Treasury hurdle:** 4.47% (TREASURY_1Y)  
**Methodology:** cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4

## Overall

**The broad U.S. investment-grade bond market screens as the cheapest asset class against today's modeled fair-value distributions, while gold-led metals, crude oil and developed Pacific equities trade at the widest premiums to modeled economic value.**

A 4.47% one-year Treasury par yield sets a demanding cash hurdle, and a 2.91% ten-year real yield in the 99.8th percentile of its ten-year distribution raises the discount rate applied to every long-duration asset.

## Asset classes, cheap to expensive

| Asset class | Benchmark | Score | Label | Median FV | P25–P75 | Upside to median | 1y modeled | vs Treasury |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Fixed Income | BND | +1.3 | Cheap | 102.1 | 99.6–104.5 | +2.1% | +6.5% | +2.0% |
| Emerging Markets Equities | VWO | +0.4 | Somewhat cheap | 101.0 | 87.3–109.8 | +1.0% | +11.0% | +6.5% |
| Real Estate | VNQ | +0.2 | Fair | 102.2 | 90.0–108.9 | +2.2% | +8.0% | +3.5% |
| Europe Equities | VGK | +0.1 | Fair | 100.5 | 92.2–106.8 | +0.5% | +9.0% | +4.5% |
| US Equities | SPY | -0.5 | Somewhat expensive | 96.0 | 81.0–103.6 | -4.0% | +8.0% | +3.5% |
| Crypto | BTC-USD | -0.5 | Somewhat expensive | 92.7 | 74.2–111.8 | -7.3% | +3.0% | -1.5% |
| China & Hong Kong Equities | MCHI | -0.6 | Somewhat expensive | 93.7 | 87.3–105.4 | -6.3% | +9.0% | +4.5% |
| Japan Equities | EWJ | -1.2 | Somewhat expensive | 92.6 | 81.3–103.2 | -7.4% | +8.0% | +3.5% |
| Developed Pacific Equities | EWA | -1.7 | Expensive | 92.2 | 87.3–98.0 | -7.8% | +6.0% | +1.5% |
| Energy | USO | -1.8 | Expensive | 89.4 | 84.0–97.4 | -10.6% | -8.0% | -12.5% |
| Metals | GLD | -1.9 | Expensive | 89.4 | 83.8–96.7 | -10.6% | +1.0% | -3.5% |

### Fixed Income — +1.3 (Cheap)

Benchmark: BND (US Broad Bond Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 97.8, P25 99.6, median 102.1, P75 104.5, P90 106.2. The market price sits at the 29.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.5%, P10 -1.5% to P90 +13.5%. Starting index yield to maturity of 5.52% carried for one year, plus a duration-and-convexity price change across a distribution of one-year yield outcomes centred on a 20 basis-point decline and spanning roughly plus or minus 120 basis points. No credit-loss drag is applied beyond the adverse scenario because the index is 68.9% government guaranteed.

**Probability note:** the 63% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 44%.

### Emerging Markets Equities — +0.4 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: VWO (Emerging Markets Broad Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 80.3, P25 87.3, median 101.0, P75 109.8, P90 118.5. The market price sits at the 44.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +11.0%, P10 -17.0% to P90 +33.0%. A 2.02% dividend yield plus earnings growth haircut from the 53% implied in the trailing-to-forward multiple gap down to about 10%, plus a small positive contribution from partial convergence toward a median fair-value index of 101.0. The range is widened for currency, index-concentration and governance risk.

### Real Estate — +0.2 (Fair)

Benchmark: VNQ (US Real Estate)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 86.1, P25 90.0, median 102.2, P75 108.9, P90 112.7. The market price sits at the 46.7th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.0%, P10 -13.0% to P90 +23.0%. A derived large-capitalisation distribution yield near 3.7%, plus cash-flow growth tapered down from the 14.8% funds-from-operations rate reported for the first quarter of 2026 toward the 2.8% median same-store net-operating-income growth of the second quarter, plus a small contribution from partial convergence toward a median fair-value index of 102.2. The range reflects the sector's high sensitivity to the long Treasury yield.

### Europe Equities — +0.1 (Fair)

Benchmark: VGK (Europe Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 84.9, P25 92.2, median 100.5, P75 106.8, P90 109.6. The market price sits at the 48.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +9.0%, P10 -13.0% to P90 +26.0%. A 2.87% dividend yield plus earnings growth haircut from the 17.3% implied in the trailing-to-forward multiple gap down to about 8%, plus a negligible contribution from valuation convergence given a median fair-value index of 100.5. The range reflects unhedged euro, sterling and franc exposure.

### US Equities — -0.5 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: SPY (US Large-Cap Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 73.6, P25 81.0, median 96.0, P75 103.6, P90 108.2. The market price sits at the 59.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.0%, P10 -15.0% to P90 +27.0%. Forward earnings growth over the coming twelve months modeled at a central 9%, tapered down from the 32.4% consensus growth for calendar 2026 because revenue growth of 12.3% implies the balance came from margin expansion and the profit share of output is already at a record; plus about 1.1% dividend income, with buybacks captured inside per-share earnings growth; plus a multiple change from one quarter of the way toward the justified multiple implied by the median fair-value index of 96.0.

### Crypto — -0.5 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: BTC-USD (Bitcoin)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 62.6, P25 74.2, median 92.7, P75 111.8, P90 123.3. The market price sits at the 59.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +3.0%, P10 -48.0% to P90 +72.0%. The asset pays no cash flow, so the one-year return is pure price change: partial convergence toward a median fair-value index of 92.7 offset by an adoption drift term. The range is set from the asset's own realised volatility regime, which has included a drawdown of more than half within the past year, and is the widest in the artifact by design.

### China & Hong Kong Equities — -0.6 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: MCHI (China Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 73.5, P25 87.3, median 93.7, P75 105.4, P90 113.9. The market price sits at the 59.4th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +9.0%, P10 -24.0% to P90 +38.0%. A 2.43% dividend yield plus earnings growth haircut from the 28.4% implied in the trailing-to-forward multiple gap down to about 10%, less roughly 1.6 percentage points from a quarter of the way converging toward a median fair-value index of 93.7, with a further judgemental haircut for policy and governance uncertainty. The range is widened for the asset class's realised dispersion.

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

Benchmark: EWJ (Japan Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 71.2, P25 81.3, median 92.6, P75 103.2, P90 112.7. The market price sits at the 69.3th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.0%, P10 -15.0% to P90 +26.0%. A 1.84% dividend yield plus earnings growth haircut from the 24.2% implied in the trailing-to-forward multiple gap down to about 8%, less roughly 1.9 percentage points from a quarter of the way converging toward a median fair-value index of 92.6. The range reflects unhedged yen exposure for a dollar-based holder.

### Developed Pacific Equities — -1.7 (Expensive)

Benchmark: EWA (Australia Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 77.7, P25 87.3, median 92.2, P75 98.0, P90 109.0. The market price sits at the 78.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.0%, P10 -12.0% to P90 +20.0%. A 3.49% dividend yield plus earnings growth haircut from the 6.7% implied in the trailing-to-forward multiple gap down to about 4.5%, less roughly 1.95 percentage points from a quarter of the way converging toward a median fair-value index of 92.2. The range is narrower than the other equity blocks because income is a larger share of the total.

### Energy — -1.8 (Expensive)

Benchmark: USO (US Crude Oil)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 78.0, P25 84.0, median 89.4, P75 97.4, P90 108.4. The market price sits at the 79.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median -8.0%, P10 -38.0% to P90 +26.0%. The benchmark holds no cash-flow-bearing asset, so the one-year return is a crude price change plus roll yield. The price component follows the official forecast path, which has Brent falling from $105 a barrel in the fourth quarter of 2026 to about $87 by the second quarter of 2027; the roll component is modeled as positive because global inventories fell 1.9 million barrels a day in the third quarter of 2026 and are forecast to fall a further 0.7 million in the fourth, conditions historically associated with a backwardated curve. The range is the widest of the non-crypto asset classes.

**Probability note:** the 31% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 61%.

### Metals — -1.9 (Expensive)

Benchmark: GLD (Gold)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 70.7, P25 83.8, median 89.4, P75 96.7, P90 108.5. The market price sits at the 81.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +1.0%, P10 -22.0% to P90 +22.0%. The asset pays no cash flow, so the one-year return is pure price change: a quarter of the way converging toward a median fair-value index of 89.4, offset by nominal cost-push drift broadly in line with the 2.33% ten-year breakeven and by the structural deficit support in the silver sleeve. The range reflects the metal's realised volatility, including a roughly 25% retreat from its January 2026 high.

**Probability note:** the 42% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 72%.

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