Market Valuation Monitor

Credit Spreads

Moody's Baa corporate bond yield minus the 10-year Treasury, used here in place of junk-bond spreads because it has public history back to 1953. Tight spreads mean investors are comfortable with credit risk.

Latest: +1.46 pts · −0.56σ vs trend · Neutral · as of Oct 2026

Composite valuation

Composite since 1962, monthly

Composite (σ)±1σ / ±2σ bands
Month-end readings; last point updates with each trading day

Where every model stands

Expected returns

Expected real S&P 500 return per year, dividends included, implied by today's composite reading. Pick a horizon.

Composite vs return over the next 10 years

Weights and each model's correlation with future returns
How the weights were chosen, and the caveats