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title: "Valuation Lens — October 15, 2026"
type: "valuation_lens"
date: "2026-10-15"
data_cutoff: "2026-10-16T00:05:00Z"
status: "final"
schema_version: "3.4.0"
methodology_version: "cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4"
run_id: "vl_2026-10-15_340_001"
canonical_url: "https://cxprowealth.com/valuation-lens-2026-10-15/"
publisher: "CXProWealth"
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# Valuation Lens — October 15, 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 15, 2026, 8:05 PM EDT  
**One-year Treasury hurdle:** 4.49% (TREASURY_1Y)  
**Methodology:** cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4

## Overall

**A 4.49% one-year Treasury and a 2.78% ten-year real yield reprice everything: broad US bonds and Chinese equities screen cheap, while US large-cap, Japanese, emerging-market and Pacific equities trade above modeled economic value.**

A 4.49% one-year Treasury par yield alongside a 2.78% ten-year real yield near the top of its ten-year range sets an unusually high 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 | +1.3 | Cheap | 103.5 | 99.5–107.2 | +3.5% | +5.8% | +1.3% |
| China & Hong Kong Equities | MCHI | +1.0 | Somewhat cheap | 110.0 | 93.8–122.8 | +10.0% | +10.0% | +5.5% |
| Crypto | BTC-USD | +0.4 | Somewhat cheap | 105.0 | 82.7–132.7 | +5.0% | +8.0% | +3.5% |
| Real Estate | VNQ | -0.2 | Fair | 99.0 | 91.6–106.8 | -1.0% | +7.0% | +2.5% |
| Metals | GLD | -1.1 | Somewhat expensive | 92.0 | 79.9–103.5 | -8.0% | +3.0% | -1.5% |
| Energy | USO | -1.2 | Somewhat expensive | 89.5 | 78.0–102.7 | -10.5% | +2.0% | -2.5% |
| Europe Equities | VGK | -1.3 | Expensive | 93.0 | 85.2–101.4 | -7.0% | +7.0% | +2.5% |
| US Equities | SPY | -1.6 | Expensive | 92.0 | 84.5–99.4 | -8.0% | +6.0% | +1.5% |
| Japan Equities | EWJ | -1.7 | Expensive | 90.0 | 80.9–98.4 | -10.0% | +5.5% | +1.0% |
| Emerging Markets Equities | VWO | -1.7 | Expensive | 88.0 | 77.5–98.1 | -12.0% | +8.5% | +4.0% |
| Developed Pacific Equities | EWA | -2.1 | Expensive | 87.0 | 78.2–95.4 | -13.0% | +4.5% | +0.0% |

### Fixed Income — +1.3 (Cheap)

Benchmark: BND (US Broad Bond Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 95.8, P25 99.5, median 103.5, P75 107.2, P90 110.6. The market price sits at the 28.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.8%, P10 -1.9% to P90 +12.9%. Starting yield to maturity of 5.47% as the dominant carry anchor, plus roll-down and a partial convergence of the justified yield toward a neutral real rate, less expected credit loss on the corporate sleeves; dispersion set from the class duration of roughly six years against a 70bp annual yield-volatility assumption plus spread risk.

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

### China & Hong Kong Equities — +1.0 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: MCHI (China Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 79.2, P25 93.8, median 110.0, P75 122.8, P90 134.4. The market price sits at the 33.9th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +10.0%, P10 -23.5% to P90 +40.5%. Forward income of about 2.3%, sustainable earnings growth of about 8% after a policy-risk haircut to the consensus path, and roughly a fifth of the fair-value gap assumed to close over the year; dispersion set from this market's own forward return variability, which is the second widest among the equity classes here.

### Crypto — +0.4 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: BTC-USD (Bitcoin)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 62.7, P25 82.7, median 105.0, P75 132.7, P90 157.6. The market price sits at the 44.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.0%, P10 -53.5% to P90 +85.0%. No carry is available, so the distribution is built entirely from a partial reversion of the market-value-to-realised-value ratio toward its long-run average, with dispersion set from this asset's own realised return variability. The ranges are intentionally the widest in this report and the confidence the lowest.

### Real Estate — -0.2 (Fair)

Benchmark: VNQ (US Real Estate)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 84.9, P25 91.6, median 99.0, P75 106.8, P90 113.7. The market price sits at the 53.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +7.0%, P10 -15.0% to P90 +27.0%. Forward distribution income of about 3.4%, adjusted funds-from-operations growth of about 4% after the refinancing drag, and a small negative multiple adjustment reflecting the modeled fair-value gap; dispersion set from listed property's own forward return variability, which is wider than broad equities because of the embedded leverage.

### Metals — -1.1 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: GLD (Gold)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 68.9, P25 79.9, median 92.0, P75 103.5, P90 113.8. The market price sits at the 68.1th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +3.0%, P10 -25.0% to P90 +30.0%. Bullion carries no income and a small storage cost, so its contribution is valuation change only; mining equities contribute roughly 1.5% of dividends plus free-cash-flow accretion at realised prices; industrial metals contribute demand-led price drift against a marginal cost of supply. Dispersion is set from each component's own forward return variability.

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

### Energy — -1.2 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: USO (US Crude Oil)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 67.7, P25 78.0, median 89.5, P75 102.7, P90 114.5. The market price sits at the 70.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +2.0%, P10 -31.3% to P90 +34.0%. Producer sleeves contribute roughly 4.5% of combined dividends and buybacks plus free-cash-flow growth; the futures-based sleeves contribute the normalisation of spot toward the official forward forecast, with the current backwardation treated as positive carry and kept separate from fair value. Natural gas carries an explicit structural roll drag. Dispersion is set from the complex's own forward return variability.

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

### Europe Equities — -1.3 (Expensive)

Benchmark: VGK (Europe Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 78.3, P25 85.2, median 93.0, P75 101.4, P90 109.0. The market price sits at the 71.2th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +7.0%, P10 -15.5% to P90 +27.5%. Forward income of about 2.9%, sustainable earnings growth of about 7% from fiscal and defence spending and bank profitability, and a negative multiple adjustment of roughly 2.5 points reflecting the modeled fair-value gap; dispersion widened for the unhedged currency translation faced by a dollar investor.

### US Equities — -1.6 (Expensive)

Benchmark: SPY (US Large-Cap Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 77.8, P25 84.5, median 92.0, P75 99.4, P90 106.0. The market price sits at the 76.9th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.0%, P10 -15.0% to P90 +25.0%. Dividend yield of 1.1%, earnings growth of about 7% after a two to three point haircut to the roughly 10% consensus path for next year, and a multiple change of about -2 points from assuming roughly a quarter of the modeled fair-value gap closes within the year. Dispersion is set from a 15% to 17% forward annual return standard deviation, well above the current 9.6% twenty-session realised volatility, because realised volatility is a poor forward dispersion estimate.

### Japan Equities — -1.7 (Expensive)

Benchmark: EWJ (Japan Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 72.7, P25 80.9, median 90.0, P75 98.4, P90 106.0. The market price sits at the 78.8th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.5%, P10 -17.5% to P90 +26.5%. Forward income of about 2.0% on the standardised measure rather than the inflated trailing figure, sustainable earnings growth of about 6% from reflation and payout reform, and a multiple change of about -2.5 points reflecting the modeled fair-value gap; dispersion widened for the unhedged yen translation faced by a dollar investor.

### Emerging Markets Equities — -1.7 (Expensive)

Benchmark: VWO (Emerging Markets Broad Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 68.1, P25 77.5, median 88.0, P75 98.1, P90 107.2. The market price sits at the 78.8th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.5%, P10 -18.5% to P90 +33.5%. Forward income of about 2.0%, earnings growth of about 10% led by technology hardware, and a multiple change of about -3 points reflecting the modeled fair-value gap; dispersion widened for unhedged local-currency translation and for the cyclicality of the semiconductor earnings base.

### Developed Pacific Equities — -2.1 (Expensive)

Benchmark: EWA (Australia Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 70.3, P25 78.2, median 87.0, P75 95.4, P90 103.0. The market price sits at the 85.1th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +4.5%, P10 -16.5% to P90 +23.5%. Forward income of about 3.6%, which is the highest of any equity class here, sustainable earnings growth of about 4.5% reflecting slower structural growth and a bank-heavy index, and a multiple change of about -3.5 points reflecting the widest modeled fair-value gap of any equity class.

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