Trésor-Economics No. 22 - Are stockmarkets overvalued?
The very sharp rise in equity prices until summer 2007, at a time when the US economy was showing signs of running out of steam, suggested that the markets were being unduly optimistic over earnings growth, especially since the latter already appeared to be very high at the beginning of the year. We consider this question here using the different types of "multiples" used in financial analysis, su... Lire la suite