Individual Markets¶
Explanation of Calculations:¶
1. Earnings Yield Minus Nominal Yield (EY - NY)¶
This metric measures the spread between equity earnings yield and the 10-year nominal government bond yield:
The Bloomberg field BESTPE_RATIO is pulled with the _blended forward override, which gives a 12-month forward P/E ratio, derived by weighting this year’s and next year’s earnings estimates according to the number of days in each period. This ensures a continuous forward-looking valuation metric that updates daily throughout the year. It is also what we show under ‘PE’ in the tables.
2. Nominal Implied Earnings Growth (NIEG)¶
The nominal implied growth in earnings is estimated by adding the nominal yield and the equity risk premium, then subtracting the dividend yield:
Where the dividend yield is calculated as the earnings yield multiplied by the dividend payout ratio:
This comes from reworking the equation that sets expected equity returns equal to those of nominal bonds:
3. Real Implied Earnings Growth (RIEG)¶
To calculate real (inflation-adjusted) implied earnings growth, we subtract expected inflation from the nominal implied earnings growth:
We use the 10Y breakeven from Bloomberg (XXXGBE10 Index) where XXX is the currency of the market.
