Trichet Says ECB Weighing `New Non-Standard Measures'
BlackRock's Doll Says U.S. Stocks to Rise, Likes Energy
Somers Says Bankruptcy May Be `Positive Option' for GM
Tinsley Says BOE Hedging Bets on Scale of Asset Purchase\
And under "Portfolio Matters",
Federated's Duessel Sees S&P 500 Bottoming at 600-660. (It is now about 691.)
Where's the panic? All I see is concern.
Note: Bob Doll has come on CNBC forever with the same song. He's always nibbling on some tasty morsel of the stock market. In a rational world he would be off the air and out of a job. With plenty of stuff to snack on.
The S&P 500 was around 16 about 60 years ago. If it returned 7% yearly for 60 years, it would have grown to 94 today if it also averaged a 4% dividend yield. As is, counting dividends, it has returned about 10% per year for the last 60 years. This cannot be sustainable if inflation was 4% yearly. Thus there is no inherent reason to expect the stock market to rise from here in real terms.
The stock market is probably only back to average valuations; real estate remains overvalued on an historical standard; and the U.S. has effectively become a country where a mainstream newsweekly can one week proclaim that we are all Socialists, and another week have a cover that is largely in Arabic and that promotes radical Islam.
Where is there shelter from this storm?
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