www.reuters.com/article/...ays-its-hard-to-tell-idUSKBN28S0KE
....pockets of the market have already entered overvalued territory.
“In aggregate, (stock valuations) are elevated .. relative to history. In certain parts of the market, there is definitely a bubble,” said Walter Todd, chief investment officer at Greenwood Capital.
...The S&P 500 is up 66% from its March lows and hit a record high on Thursday, even as data showed the number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, offering more evidence economic recovery was faltering.
Skeptics point to a 680% rally this year in Tesla shares, Bitcoin’s climb to $20,000, and money pouring into special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, as evidence of bubble-like investor behavior.
Meanwhile, a BofA Global Research survey showed this week that stock-hungry fund managers dropped cash levels so low it triggered a “sell” signal for equities in the bank’s model.
...Valuations of mega-cap companies with huge weight in the S&P 500 are also skewing overall market valuations higher, said Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial.
The valuations of the market’s “most dormant” companies “are not stretched by any means at this point,” Krosby said.