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Bernardo de La Paz

(58,839 posts) Wed Sep 24, 2025, 10:05 AM Wednesday

If stock market Price-Earnings ratio alarms you when historically compared, this will scare you

(also discussion at https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220670847)

PE ratios of S&P 500 are high. https://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-pe-ratio

It's the Shiller PE Ratio that is scary (if you own stocks directly or indirectly). It is computed accounting for inflation. https://www.multpl.com/shiller-pe

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If stock market Price-Earnings ratio alarms you when historically compared, this will scare you (Original Post) Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday OP

Most asset classes have rocketed in anticipation of inflation bucolic_frolic Wednesday #1

bucolic_frolic

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1. Most asset classes have rocketed in anticipation of inflation

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Wed Sep 24, 2025, 10:28 AM

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The unfinished federal budget looms. If there were a correction as the economy softens, would traditional hedges provide protection? Precious metals, hard assets, bonds, even crypto? Seems to me they'd all be in for a dunking. There is no place to hide. Short index ETFs. And good luck getting the timing anywhere near correct.

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