Those who claim that the US stock market is bound to hit the skids soon point to the fact that Shiller’s cyclically-adjusted price/earnings ratio is now more than double its long-run average of 14. However, their argument is based on a misconception that this average is a normal level to which the ratio will inevitably revert. It fails to recognise that investors’ required return from US equities has fallen.
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