Investment achs Management Bitcoin’s Recent Performance is Suggestive of Bubble Territory Division 100% 80% - 60% - 40% - 20% || 0% 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 ; 2 b b > b % % % © © © o A A A FS ES CES EE EEF EE EE EE S = A bubble-detection test that measures explosive price behavior based on the S&P 500’s price-to-dividend ratio! suggests only a 16% probability that the US stock market is currently in a bubble. = Bitcoin’s price performance, on the other hand, suggests the asset has been in bubble territory since early this year. (1) Peter C.B. Phillips, Shu-Ping Shi and Jun Yu, “Testing for Multiple Bubbles: Historical Episodes of Exuberance and Collapse in the S&P 500,” International Economic Review, Oct 28, 2015. Source: Investment Strategy Group, Bloomberg. 19 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025682