P/E vs. real rates and inflation

  • Two great charts from KKR Macro Insight.
  • They plot the markets trailing P/E ratio against CPI inflation (right hand side) and the 10-year real treasury yield (left hand side).
  • The data is from 1948 to today and sourced from BofAML
  • As real-rates go negative or inflation falls multiples tend to be lower.
  • KKR analysis suggests there isn’t some funny data skewing results here.
  • What about today? at the current real 10-year yield of -1.5% and inflation rate of 2.3% (likely to fall) the 17.5x P/E ratio for the market (since increased) stands out as too high.
  • These types of equity strategy charts are good to hang on to.
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