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	<title>Canadian Business Blogs &#124; Advice on Investment in Canada, Stock Market, Small Businesses Opportunities &#187; Tobin&#8217;s Q</title>
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		<title>Are stocks bargains now?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry MacDonald</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tobin's Q]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stocks are in bargain territory going by Tobin’s Q Ratio, an indicator that tracks the ratio of market values to replacement costs for companies listed on stock exchanges. According to a recent Argus Research newsletter, the most recent level for Tobin’s indicator stood at 0.68 (based on second-quarter Flow of Funds data from the Federal [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stocks are in bargain territory going by <a href="http://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/qratio.asp">Tobin’s Q Ratio</a>, an indicator that tracks the ratio of market values to replacement costs for companies listed on stock exchanges. According to a recent <a href="http://www.argusgroup.com/">Argus Research</a> newsletter, the most recent level for Tobin’s indicator stood at 0.68 (based on second-quarter Flow of Funds data from the Federal Reserve) for U.S. stocks, down noticeably from the all-time high of 1.85 in 1999.</p>
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<p>The long-term average (since 1955) for Tobin’s Q is 0.75, so stocks have become relatively cheap. But Tobin’s Q is not good at timing rebounds. In the past, there have been occasions when undervaluation got worse before it turned around. Indeed, in 1982, the Q ratio fell all the way to 0.26. Still, stocks are currently inexpensive going by historical norms.</p>
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