The business of financial advising is not the realm of the skeptic. The industry controls the message, because frankly profit is tied to the S&P 500 performance, critical thinking be damned. Then there is any negative is perceived as a critique on the Biden Administration economic policies. They share the blame for this mess with past Administrations, but the paper overing of economic weakness and clear paying for votes is beyond anything I have ever seen.
Pretty wild that in the context of Igy's world, 'critical thinking' means 'don't try to make money betting with the markets.'
"Critical thinking' should mean 'serve the clients wisely.' Which recommenders of the broad market indices have done for their clients over the past 16 years. "Critical thinking' should not keep you out of one of the strongest bull markets in our lifetimes. SP500 +14.4% per year for 15 years.
Critical thinking is not regurgitating CNBC or WSJ.
Very nice contribution, Seattle. I think Aunt Bee deserved a mention. Maybe Goober too but nice one overall.
Best options trader - Eddie Haskell? He might have gone the Bernie Madoff route.
Yeah, quite likely. Regardless, he would have led Beaver astray in the process, or at least started to.... Anyways, he would have definitely been up to something.
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Asset inflation, the direct result of zirp and out-of-control parabolic govt spending.
It HAS been a wild ride, and everyone is now wondering for how long it can continue. I would like 14% for each of the next 5 years, holding nothing other than VOO, and doing nothing.
More talk from a year ago that we need to buy non-US stocks because they are much cheaper. And another year of US massive outperformance.
So much for being contarian! 1 year: SP500; +27% Rest of World: +11%
Meb Faber @MebFaber What if you only had to make one BIG decision as an allocator in your lifetime, might this be it? Foreign (orange) & US (blue) stock valuations (10-year CAPE ratios) at two points in time. A near mirror image separated by three decades. 37 and 17 flips to 18 and 38.
More talk from a year ago that we need to buy non-US stocks because they are much cheaper. And another year of US massive outperformance.
So much for being contarian! 1 year: SP500; +27% Rest of World: +11%
Meb Faber @MebFaber What if you only had to make one BIG decision as an allocator in your lifetime, might this be it? Foreign (orange) & US (blue) stock valuations (10-year CAPE ratios) at two points in time. A near mirror image separated by three decades. 37 and 17 flips to 18 and 38.
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The alt-types are still reciting that mantra: Rosenberg, that Europe is cheap; Faber, that HK, Asia, and Latin America are cheap; Schiff, that EM is cheap; etc.
In today's environment "cheap" is not synonymous with "growth potential".
My personal favorite is that miners are "cheap".
Still waiting for a dip to buy the S&P. I will forego the opportunity to pick up some cheap stocks.
Things seemingly going haywire today, yields up, stocks up, my biggest equity holding up over 10%, all on "the news" of lower consumer sentiment.
Consider the QCEW, it will be interesting when the latest one is released. Also, apparently somewhere between 50-60% of the "job openings" in the last jolts number were from the birth-death model.
