Hussman Index Says Stocks are Overvalued
01/04/2011 0 comments
John Hussman, manager of Hussman Strategy Growth Fund (HSGFX) has a price to peak 10 year average earnings as a long term stock market valuation metric.
Compared with the normal one year price to earning ratio, Price to Peak Earnings would eliminate short term noise. he proposes to "buy when Price to Peak Earnings is lower than 15 and sell when it exceeds 19.5"
MyPlanIQ has been tracking this index and present the current status. This will be reported every other week (bi-weekly)
On Dec 31, 2010, the ratio of Real Price to the average of the last 10 years' Peak Real Earnings(14.1) to its long term average (11.93) is 1.18. This index points to the US stock market being over valued.
The Shiller Index agrees that the market is overvalued whereas the Buffet Index points to the market being in the fair range.
While we have enjoyed strong gains in the US market -- perhaps buoyed by QEII, there are continuing concerns about a correction and having assets in multiple major asset classes remains critical.
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