Economy

“the stock market has predicted nine out of the last five recessions”


As attributed to Paul Samuelson. So, with trepidation, I show the SP500 and CAPE over the last half decade:

Figure 1: SP500 (blue, left scale), CAPE (tan, right scale). NBER defined peak-to-trough recession dates shaded gray. Source: Shiller, NBER.

Even including todays rebound, the SP500 looks like a substantial decline.

And what are movements in the SP500 associated with (in addition to interest rates, VIX):

Figure 2: SP500 close (blue, left log scale), EPU (pink, right scale). Source: FRED, policyuncertainty.com.

 



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