Warren Buffett Sends Investors a $344 Billion Warning. History Says the Stock Market Will Do This Next.

The cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings (CAPE) ratio is a valuation metric typically used to gauge whether entire stock market indexes are overvalued or undervalued. It was developed by Nobel-winning economist Robert Shiller during the dot-com bubble, so it is sometimes referred to as the Shiller P/E ratio.