In addition, while the housing market is recovering, any measure of its health like housing starts still will show a very depressed
market by historical standards.
Not exact matches
«The S&P 500 has risen 200 % since the bull
market began in March 2009 — not unprecedented
by historical standards.
By historical standards, this implies sustained double - digit losses on bond holdings, subpar growth in developed
markets, and balance sheet risks for banking systems with a large home bias.
World growth will remain low on average but negative in the UK and Europe; price inflation will remain sufficiently subdued for a while longer so as to impose no constraint on monetary expansion; central banks will sustain a regime of negative real interest rates and rapid monetary expansion; the risk of a eurozone collapse is off the table for now; finally, stock
markets should continue to perform better than expected, even though the four - year old cyclical bull
market is long
by historical standards.
Valuations in this segment of the
market remain high
by historical standards.
And in stock
markets, here is a paper from the Treasury's Office of Financial Research arguing «that U.S. stock prices today appear high
by historical standards» and discussing relevant financial - stability issues.
Based on the above research findings, with the S&P 500 Index's current ten - year normalized PE of 20.3 and ten - year normalized dividend yield of 2.1 %, investors should be aware of the fact that the
market is
by historical standards expensive.
Financial
markets are wildly overvalued, overbought and over bullish
by historical standards.
But the prescription offered
by the Taylor rule changes significantly if one instead assumes, as I do, that appreciable slack still remains in the labor
market, and that the economy's equilibrium real federal funds rate — that is, the real rate consistent with the economy achieving maximum employment and price stability over the medium term — is currently quite low
by historical standards.
Adding to the concerns about valuations is that
by historical standards, the current bull
market is no spring chicken.
The level of bond yields in
markets globally continues to be low
by historical standards.
Although emerging
markets are bargain priced
by historical standards, we will maintain a much more limited exposure to them in the future, including, as much as possible, an emphasis on situations with catalysts for the realization of underlying value.
For my argument to hold merit obviously the condition of the debt
markets would have to be worse than
historical precedent which
by virtually any
standard seems to be the case.
But there is also risk in trusting your savings to a fickle
market when both stocks and bonds are both expensive
by historical standards.
Some measures indicate the
market is richly valued
by historical standards, but no one knows what the future holds.
But opportunity can be measured systematically
by the
market's dispersion, and dispersion in 2015, though slightly above 2014's level, remained quite low
by historical standards.
Not only is the sector more attractive
by historical standards, but arguably, compared to most other
market sectors as well.
The current two percentage point spread between emerging
market bonds and U.S. government bonds is low
by historical standards, suggesting to some observers that emerging
market bonds are overvalued.
SMI has written extensively about how today's
market valuation indicators clearly show that stocks are very expensive
by historical standards.
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By historical standards, however, the apartment
market is still strong, especially in some coastal areas and regions of robust job growth, like Texas.
The
market's seven - year recovery period has been a long one
by historical standards, but is there an end date on it?
Nonetheless, interest rates remain relatively low
by historical standards, and January's stock
market volatility could encourage diversification.
Genworth's Summer 2007 Metropolitan Condominium Outlook report finds the condo
market demand easing slightly nationally, although new construction and resale activity remain high
by historical standards.
«In terms of its impact on the resale
market,
by historical standards, this recession was one of the mildest.
While that may not sound spectacular
by historical standards in real estate, battle - weary investors who have been burned in the stock
market have come to value stability.
While this is still low
by historical standards, the pressure on the
market will only build in the