Even as the stock market is just trying to claw its way out of a bear market, multiple Wall Street firms on Thursday raised concerns that equities are already overvalued.
Following a breakout in the past month, the S & P 500 is up more than 20% from its October low and is at a 13-month high.
But while an official bull market is not yet confirmed (S & P 500 needs to hit a new all-time high for that), the stock market may already be overvalued, some major strategists said.
.SPX ALL mountain S & P 500 long term The S & P 500 is trading at forward price-earnings ratio of 18.8, compared to the average valuation of 15.4 times the last four decades, according to UBS.
Nevertheless, normally uber-bullish Wall Street is having trouble seeing boom times ahead for equity investors with valuations already so high.
Persons:
Solita Marcelli, annualized, Jonathan Golub, Michael Bloom
Organizations:
UBS, Global Wealth Management, Americas, JPMorgan, Credit Suisse