--- title: "Valuation Lens — October 12, 2026" type: "valuation_lens" date: "2026-10-12" data_cutoff: "2026-10-12T23:55:00Z" status: "final" schema_version: "3.4.0" methodology_version: "cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4" run_id: "cxpw_valuation_lens_2026-10-12" canonical_url: "https://cxprowealth.com/valuation-lens-2026-10-12/" publisher: "CXProWealth" --- # Valuation Lens — October 12, 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 12, 2026, 7:55 PM EDT **One-year Treasury hurdle:** 4.47% (TREASURY_1Y) **Methodology:** cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4 ## Overall **Emerging-market and Chinese equities carry the widest modelled discounts to economic value, investment-grade bonds now pay a 5.47% yield to maturity, and crude-linked energy, US large-cap and developed-Pacific equities sit above their modelled value ranges while the one-year Treasury pays 4.47%.** Cash-like Treasury exposure pays 4.47% for one year on an investment basis while the 10-year real yield of 2.91% sits in the top percentile of the past twenty years, so every long-duration asset is being discounted at an unusually high real rate. ## Asset classes, cheap to expensive | Asset class | Benchmark | Score | Label | Median FV | P25–P75 | Upside to median | 1y modeled | vs Treasury | | --- | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Emerging Markets Equities | VWO | +1.3 | Cheap | 110.1 | 97.3–120.7 | +10.1% | +10.5% | +6.0% | | Fixed Income | BND | +0.8 | Somewhat cheap | 101.1 | 99.6–103.2 | +1.1% | +5.4% | +0.9% | | Europe Equities | VGK | +0.5 | Somewhat cheap | 101.7 | 95.6–105.6 | +1.7% | +8.5% | +4.0% | | China & Hong Kong Equities | MCHI | +0.5 | Somewhat cheap | 105.9 | 93.7–114.6 | +5.9% | +9.5% | +5.0% | | Crypto | BTC-USD | +0.1 | Fair | 101.0 | 89.9–108.0 | +1.0% | +6.0% | +1.5% | | Japan Equities | EWJ | -0.6 | Somewhat expensive | 98.8 | 93.0–105.6 | -1.2% | +8.0% | +3.5% | | Real Estate | VNQ | -0.8 | Somewhat expensive | 98.9 | 91.2–103.0 | -1.1% | +7.5% | +3.0% | | Metals | GLD | -1.2 | Somewhat expensive | 94.6 | 85.9–102.5 | -5.4% | +3.0% | -1.5% | | US Equities | SPY | -1.7 | Expensive | 96.0 | 83.3–99.5 | -4.0% | +7.0% | +2.5% | | Developed Pacific Equities | EWA | -1.7 | Expensive | 92.1 | 90.4–99.2 | -7.9% | +6.5% | +2.0% | | Energy | USO | -2.2 | Expensive | 86.9 | 82.0–95.8 | -13.1% | -4.0% | -8.5% | ### Emerging Markets Equities — +1.3 (Cheap) Benchmark: VWO (Emerging Markets Broad Index) **Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 87.1, P25 97.3, median 110.1, P75 120.7, P90 134.4. The market price sits at the 29.0th percentile of that distribution. **One-year modeled return:** median +10.5%, P10 -14.0% to P90 +32.0%. Dividend yield of 2.02% plus a sustainable earnings growth contribution shrunk well below the 53% growth implied by the gap between trailing and forward multiples, plus one fifth of the modelled valuation gap as slow convergence. Quantiles reflect the historically wide dispersion of emerging-market returns and unhedged currency exposure. ### Fixed Income — +0.8 (Somewhat cheap) Benchmark: BND (US Broad Bond Market) **Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 97.6, P25 99.6, median 101.1, P75 103.2, P90 104.2. The market price sits at the 36.5th percentile of that distribution. **One-year modeled return:** median +5.4%, P10 -2.5% to P90 +12.5%. Starting yield to maturity of 5.47% as the carry anchor, less a small allowance for tight credit spreads, with the quantiles generated by applying a plausible one-year range of yield changes to an average duration of 5.7 years including convexity. **Probability note:** the 56% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 44%. ### Europe Equities — +0.5 (Somewhat cheap) Benchmark: VGK (Europe Broad Market) **Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 89.3, P25 95.6, median 101.7, P75 105.6, P90 113.9. The market price sits at the 41.6th percentile of that distribution. **One-year modeled return:** median +8.5%, P10 -12.0% to P90 +27.0%. Dividend yield of 2.87% plus sustainable earnings growth of about 5% to 6% plus a small positive contribution from slow convergence toward the modelled median, with quantiles set from the historical dispersion of unhedged dollar returns on developed European equity. ### China & Hong Kong Equities — +0.5 (Somewhat cheap) Benchmark: MCHI (China Broad Market) **Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 78.7, P25 93.7, median 105.9, P75 114.6, P90 129.3. The market price sits at the 41.5th percentile of that distribution. **One-year modeled return:** median +9.5%, P10 -22.0% to P90 +40.0%. Dividend yield of 2.43% plus mid-cycle earnings growth plus a modest contribution from slow convergence toward the modelled median. Quantiles are deliberately the widest of any equity universe here to reflect the historical volatility of policy-driven re-ratings in this market. ### Crypto — +0.1 (Fair) Benchmark: BTC-USD (Bitcoin) **Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 80.8, P25 89.9, median 101.0, P75 108.0, P90 132.7. The market price sits at the 48.0th percentile of that distribution. **One-year modeled return:** median +6.0%, P10 -52.0% to P90 +85.0%. No cash flow or carry exists, so the modelled return is the expected change in the valuation ratio from its last published level toward the middle of its historical normal band, with quantiles set from the realized dispersion of this asset class across prior cycles. The median is close to zero excess over the hurdle and the range is deliberately very wide. ### Japan Equities — -0.6 (Somewhat expensive) Benchmark: EWJ (Japan Broad Market) **Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 86.0, P25 93.0, median 98.8, P75 105.6, P90 113.9. The market price sits at the 59.7th percentile of that distribution. **One-year modeled return:** median +8.0%, P10 -14.0% to P90 +27.0%. Dividend yield of 1.84% plus sustainable earnings growth supported by continuing improvement in returns on equity and payout ratios, less a small drag from the modelled valuation gap. Quantiles reflect the historical dispersion of unhedged dollar returns on Japanese equity, which adds currency variance to the equity variance. ### Real Estate — -0.8 (Somewhat expensive) Benchmark: VNQ (US Real Estate) **Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 83.9, P25 91.2, median 98.9, P75 103.0, P90 114.0. The market price sits at the 64.0th percentile of that distribution. **One-year modeled return:** median +7.5%, P10 -14.0% to P90 +26.0%. Distribution yield of 3.90% plus funds-from-operations growth shrunk well below the 14.8% most recent year-over-year rate toward a sustainable mid-single-digit pace, less a drag from the modelled valuation gap. Quantiles reflect the rate sensitivity created by roughly 32% leverage on property assets. ### Metals — -1.2 (Somewhat expensive) Benchmark: GLD (Gold) **Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 79.5, P25 85.9, median 94.6, P75 102.5, P90 107.9. The market price sits at the 70.0th percentile of that distribution. **One-year modeled return:** median +3.0%, P10 -20.0% to P90 +24.0%. These assets generate no cash flow, so the modelled return is the expected change in the real price plus the modelled valuation gap spread over several years, less the implied carrying cost of holding a non-yielding asset against a 2.91% real risk-free rate. Quantiles reflect the realized dispersion of precious-metal returns including the 8.5% single-month decline recorded in September. **Probability note:** the 47% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 72%. ### US Equities — -1.7 (Expensive) Benchmark: SPY (US Large-Cap Index) **Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 79.2, P25 83.3, median 96.0, P75 99.5, P90 107.5. The market price sits at the 77.5th percentile of that distribution. **One-year modeled return:** median +7.0%, P10 -14.0% to P90 +26.0%. Dividend yield of 1.11% plus sustainable earnings growth of about 9%, well below the 32.4% consensus growth for 2026, less roughly three points of annual drag from slow convergence of the modelled valuation gap. Quantiles reflect realized large-cap return dispersion with a modest left skew for index concentration. ### Developed Pacific Equities — -1.7 (Expensive) Benchmark: EWA (Australia Broad Market) **Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 82.6, P25 90.4, median 92.1, P75 99.2, P90 107.2. The market price sits at the 77.6th percentile of that distribution. **One-year modeled return:** median +6.5%, P10 -11.0% to P90 +21.0%. Dividend yield of 3.49% plus sustainable earnings growth of about 4% to 5%, which is the slowest among the developed markets covered here, less a drag from the modelled valuation gap. Quantiles are narrower than for other equity markets because the return is more income-weighted. ### Energy — -2.2 (Expensive) Benchmark: USO (US Crude Oil) **Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 75.5, P25 82.0, median 86.9, P75 95.8, P90 103.8. The market price sits at the 86.0th percentile of that distribution. **One-year modeled return:** median -4.0%, P10 -34.0% to P90 +26.0%. Blends a commodity component whose central path follows the published official forecast of Brent falling from 105 dollars in the fourth quarter to an 84 dollar average in 2027, partly offset by carry from a backwardated curve, with a producer-equity component whose earnings consensus itself turns negative from the second quarter of 2027. 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