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The outlook for corporate profits remains weak; the country’s equity supply is growing; and
valuations
are stretched.
Current
valuations
put four Chinese banks in the global top ten by market capitalization.
This is a good time to do so, as these banks’
valuations
have plunged.
Add to that the $250 of newly-bought shares, and next year the portfolio will be worth $10,700 – more if stock-market
valuations
rise, and less if they fall.
Using classic economic
valuations
of everything from lost lives, bad health, and illiteracy to wetlands destruction and increased hurricane damage from global warming, the economists show how much each problem costs.
Moreover, US accounting standards have been unable to cope with bookkeeping's uncharted frontiers of off-balance sheet transactions, structured financing methods, and Byzantine contract
valuations.
Monopoly rents translate into high market
valuations.
Then high technology and new economy became the buzz words in getting
valuations
higher than in the US.
Simultaneously, the stock market
valuations
associated with the New Economy are unreal, in the sense that they reflect more of a speculative bubble than fundamental
valuations.
If US bond yields rose substantially above 3%, this would certainly raise a question mark about US asset
valuations.
Likewise, we must move far more quickly towards market-driven currency
valuations
around the world – and towards addressing the massive indebtedness of many developed countries.
In the post-crisis context, the most likely justification for higher asset-price
valuations
is the global decline in the “price” of savings (the natural rate of interest), or R-star.
First, to the extent that the gap between trend growth and natural rates drives up asset valuations, marginal changes in that gap should lead to changes in those
valuations.
The second key cause for concern is that higher
valuations
do not necessarily mean higher returns or better volatility-adjusted returns.
Even if the positive gap between potential growth and natural interest rates justifies higher asset valuations, lower potential growth denotes lower returns across asset classes.
As interest rates rise toward the natural rate, financial conditions should tighten, and risky asset
valuations
should fall.
Equity and credit
valuations
are not cheap; but they are not egregiously expensive, either.
Exchange rates have a nasty habit of overshooting their equilibrium values, then knifing back on countries, especially those who have been spending too much based on inflated income
valuations.
NEW HAVEN – The US stock market today is characterized by a seemingly unusual combination of very high valuations, following a period of strong earnings growth, and very low volatility.
Once the past bear markets were identified, it was time to assess stock
valuations
prior to them, using an indicator that my Harvard colleague John Y. Campbell and I developed in 1988 to predict long-term stock-market returns.
Investors today are also concerned about rising interest rates, which not only put a damper on consumption and investment, but also reduce the market value of companies (particularly tech firms) whose
valuations
depend heavily on profit growth far in the future.
Slow growth has hit equity
valuations
hard, and both economies are at risk of a major downturn.
Similarly, the gravity of weaker growth will most likely overcome the levitational effect on equity prices from more quantitative easing, particularly given that equity
valuations
today are not as depressed as they were in 2009 or 2010.
Already, early movers in fourth-generation technologies command eye-popping
valuations.
The problem is that exchange-rate shifts now represent the only mechanism for reconciliation, and the divide between certain market
valuations
and their fundamentals has become so large that prices are vulnerable to bouts of volatility.
Despite its irrational aspects, the internet boom was more than a matter of inflated
valuations.
I have proposed an alternative explanation based on the two-way connection between fundamentals and
valuations
which I call “reflexivity”.
Similarly, a 2014 Credit Suisse report found that firms with greater gender diversity on governing boards performed better in the stock market, with higher
valuations
and dividends.
The hope has been that more buoyant market
valuations
would boost consumption (via the “wealth effect,” whereby asset-owning households feel wealthier and thus more inclined to spend) and investment (via “animal spirits,” which bolster entrepreneurs’ willingness to invest in new plant, equipment, and hiring).
But in the near term, the political backlash against the industry will pose a bigger threat to
valuations
than will “stranded assets.”
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