Stock Market Valuation Articles and Guides
TickerPosts guides and articles tagged stock market valuation. Plain-English, calm, and written for everyday investors. 5 posts.
Research Paper Proposes an Accounting-Adjusted Way to Read CAPE
A working paper argues that R&D expensing and special items may distort historical CAPE comparisons, and proposes a historically comparable alternative.
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What Does the Shiller CAPE Measure—and What Can It Miss?
CAPE compares prices with a decade of inflation-adjusted earnings. Learn what the ratio can describe and why it cannot time a market decline.
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CAPE-H Explained: What the Proposed Accounting Adjustments Change
A plain-English guide to CAPE-H, the research measure that adjusts for R&D expense and special items—and to the assumptions it leaves open.
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How Share Buybacks Can Change a CAPE Comparison
A shift from dividends toward repurchases can affect per-share earnings growth. Learn why payout policy is a separate issue from R&D accounting adjustments.
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CAPE, Accounting and Long-Term Stock Returns: A Plain-English Pillar Guide
A guide to the Shiller CAPE ratio, reported earnings, the proposed CAPE-H adjustment and the limits of long-term return forecasts.
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