The Stock Market Is Sounding a Dire Warning for 2026 -- but Are Investors Paying Attention?

The first comes courtesy of the S&P 500's Shiller Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio, which is also referred to as the cyclically adjusted P/E Ratio, or CAPE Ratio. Whereas the traditional P/E ratio looks back on trailing 12-month earnings per share (EPS), the Shiller P/E is based on inflation-adjusted EPS over the trailing decade. Examining 10 years' worth of inflation-adjusted EPS history provides the closest thing to an apples-to-apples valuation comparison of Wall Street's most-followed stock index (the S&P ...