Robert Shiller

Why is it that the S&P 500 has been consistently hitting new all-time highs for over a week now and so many investors are having such a hard time enjoying it? With the S&P 500 now trading more than 37 percent above its pre-crisis high, it’s hard not to start to wonder just how much...

A decade after the height of the U.S. housing bubble, the impact of its collapse is still playing out in the U.S. market. The graph below shows how the percentage of Americans that own homes and the percentage of Americans that rent housing have changed since 2000. Home ownership rates...

For many investors, curling up with a good book is less about murder mysteries and forbidden love triangles and more about equity bubbles and high-frequency trading strategies. Here’s a look at five trending books that investors should have on their spring reading list. 1. 'Industries Of...

Tobin's Q, a measure of long-term stock market valuation, shows that equity markets through the end of 2015 were undervalued, according to Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM US LLP. This implies that the market could still be attractive for long-term investors. As per the Q ratio, the...

Nobel Laureate economist and author of the bestselling book "Irrational Exuberance," Robert Shiller, was on CNBC Wednesday to discuss the current valuation of the stock market overall and the health of the housing market. Lowest Confidence Since 2000 "Well, the valuation is high...

Nobel Laurete economist Robert J. Shiller has been talking up a stock market bubble. "It's high," Shiller, appearing on National Public Radio, said of U.S. equities markets. "The only times it's been this high has been 1929 and 2000, and 2007. So I'm worried about...

After a strong close to trading last week, the S&P 500 is once again nearing all-time highs. The six-year bull market that followed the Financial Crisis has been good to many investors.

Ray Dalio and Mark Dinner of Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world in terms of assets under management, wrote a note warning investors that with the Federal Reserve increasing rates soon and fast could result in a 1937-like slump in the markets.  Although the note was...

Many breathed a tentative sigh of relief Friday morning after news that European Union policymakers and Greece’s Syriza party have taken steps toward deal making after days of butting heads. Earlier this week, an emergency meeting of the region’s finance ministers suggested that the...

It's easy for any trader keeping up with the daily moves of certain stocks and watching short-term catalysts to lose sight of the big picture. That’s why it’s important to take a step back from time to time and remember exactly what’s going on from a historical perspective....

There has been an awful lot of discussion lately on the topic of stock market valuations. Yale's Robert Shiller, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2013, has been quite vocal with his view that stocks are extremely overvalued at this time and that investors should be worried. In...

With the S&P (NYSE: SPY) moving back to new all-time highs, the debate over valuation levels in the stock market is heating up again. Therefore, this would appear to be a good time to continue our in-depth look at a multitude of valuation indicators. Much of the attention last week was...