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Economic fundamentals and stock market valuation: a CAPE-based approach

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  • Maria Ludovica Drudi

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Federico Calogero Nucera

    (Bank of Italy)

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This paper estimates a fair-value model, based on macroeconomic fundamentals, of the Shiller Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-Earnings (CAPE) ratio. By performing a multi-country analysis, we find that CAPE – a widely used metric for stock market valuations – is, in general, positively related to economic growth and negatively related to the real long-term interest rate and to measures of economic volatility computed using industrial production and inflation data. Empirical evidence arising from predictive regressions of real stock market returns indicates that deviations of CAPE from its estimated fair value are negatively related to future stock returns. A prediction model based on these deviations outperforms, in many cases, a model based on the CAPE levels both in sample and out of sample.

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  • Maria Ludovica Drudi & Federico Calogero Nucera, 2022. "Economic fundamentals and stock market valuation: a CAPE-based approach," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 1393, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
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    Keywords

    stock market valuation; CAPE; macroeconomic fundamentals; macroeconomic volatility; return predictability;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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