洪灝:市场确认了一个重要的拐点(Market Inflection Point is C(11)

Valuationexplainsthebulkofstockreturn;earningsabilityasecondaryconcern.Asecondlogicalinferencefromthisobservationisthat,givencorporateshavelesspricingpowerinanenvironmentwithcollapsingmacrovolatility,earningswillmatterlessinpricingthosecorrespondingstocks.Andfortheobservedstockmarketgyrations,especiallyastheyarenow,otherfactorsdeterminingstockreturnsmustbeatwork.

Wethendecomposestockreturnsintotwocomponents:earningsgrowthandvaluationexpansion.Asdiscussedabove,earningsgrowthshouldcontributelesstostockreturns,ascorporatepricingpowerisdiminishinginthenewmacroenvironment.Therefore,valuationmultiple,theremainingcandidate,shouldbethemostimportantsourceofstockreturns.

Indeed,wecanseethatearningsgrowthhasaccountedforlessandlessofstockreturnsince2006,whilethechangesinvaluationmultiplehavebeenincreasinglydrivingthereturns(Figure6).Sucheffectwasmostpalpableduringtherallyin2009andthebubblein2015,whenliquiditywasabundantbutfundamentalsweredownthedrain.Asharescanrallywithoutfundamentalsforawhile,untilvaluationstraystoofarfromthem,andtherallycollapsesbyitsownweight.

Figure6:Changesinvaluationexplainthebulkofreturn;earningsgrowthissecondary

洪灝:市场确认了一个重要的拐点(Market Inflection Point is C

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