Key word: historically.
Look forward. Not backwards.
It’s 2026. Diff economy from 1985, from which these old data sets draw from.
Regime change is a thing kids.
People like this will keep fighting the mkt and lose money.
It’s been happening since 2009.
Howard Marks is the biggest bear right now—the S&P 500's trailing P/E ratio is 26 times, while the forward estimate is 21 times—both at elevated levels.
Historically, when the P/E ratio has reached around 23 times, the 10-year annualized return that follows has ranged from 2% to −2%, with no exceptions.
Even in the best case, it's negative after inflation adjustment. History proves that buying at high valuations makes asset building difficult…