from Jurrien Timmer, macro strategist at Fidelity:
from today on Twitter:
https://x.com/TimmerFidelity/status/1867264853913522303
pasted words without charts
My sense is that we are in the 7th inning of a secular bull market which began in 2009. I know many technicians (including my esteemed colleagues) use a later start date (2013), and they may well be right. But I like my method in that it uses multiple approaches that yield the same conclusion.í ¾í·µ
Per the chart below, I use the deviation from the 150-year trendline as the guide to start the clock. On that basis the current regime began in 2009 (and was confirmed in 2013), and the previous three started in 1982, 1949, and 1920. /2
This approach is further supported by the CAPE model, which also pegs the start in 2009. The CAPE model states that the 10-year trailing P/E ratio (or in the case below the 5-year price/cash ratio) is strongly predictive of the forward 10-year return (CAGR). The CAPE model bottomed in 2009 and peaked in 2019. /3
Finally, if we consider the slope of the market’s ascent off the secular low (top panel below), and add a 2nd derivative in the form of the 10-year CAGR (bottom panel), we see that a 2009 start date lines up nicely with both the 1982-2000 and 1949-1968 super-cycles. The market rockets higher in the first 10 years and then peaks in 2019 on a rate-of-change basis (but not level). From that point on, the market continues to advance, but a slowing rate of change. /4
When and how will this secular bull eventually end? My guess is either a reversal of the Mag 7 (leading to lower valuations), or higher inflation and interest rates (also leading to lower valuations). Valuation is the key to secular regimes. /END
Note: the 3 major valuation calculations are
* Price / Book
* Price / Next years earnings
* Equity Risk Premium : Next 5 years earnings growth' plus cash dividend plus buybacks, less the 10 year Treasury interest rate,
Current price to book is near all time highs
Current Price to Next year's earnings is near all time highs on huge CY25 growth
Equity Risk premium low to negative
So yes, we are nearer the end than to the beginning. .
good luck to us!