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Four reasons not to put much store by Shiller’s CAPE

By comparing the current level of Robert Shiller’s well-known cyclically-adjusted price/earnings ratio (CAPE) with its long-run average, the equity bears assert that the US stock market is vastly overvalued. However, we think the market is nowhere near as expensive as this comparison suggests.

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