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Increasing intangible investment – implications for equity prices

If corporate expenditure on intangible assets is treated as investment, rather than as an expense, the US stock market appears much less overvalued than traditional barometers of “fair” value suggest. While this does not preclude equity prices from falling, it could limit the downside.

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