Just how overvalued is the US stock market now?

Shiller’s cyclically-adjusted price/earnings (CAPE) ratio for the S&P 500 has climbed to around 32. The last time it rose to such a high level was in the late 1990s, shortly before equity prices in the US plunged. Nonetheless, we don’t think that they will collapse under their own weight in 2018.

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