Several factors have probably reduced the equilibrium level of the equity risk premium (ERP) in the US to a level that is well below its long-run average. Partly as a result, the stock market is unlikely to be anywhere near as overvalued as the bears assert. Their wait for an “inevitable” crash is likely to go on.
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