(Harvest) Since the great recession officially ended in June 2009, risk has been rewarded and many risk assets have become very expensive in the process. The US central bank’s vast financial engineering effort has created excessive liquidity in the banking system that, in turn, fueled asset bubbles. According to Citi, “eight years into the cycle—and one where QE has been the asset market driver—virtually every market appears rich” (Citi Research— Asset Allocation, 25 May 2017). Minutes from a Federal Reserve meeting indicate some members of the central bank opined that equity markets were significantly overvalued.
Investing in an Overvalued Market and Tail-Risk Hedging
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