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发表于 2011-1-15 01:01 AM
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a primary or secular bull market requires a positive exogenous shock to the economy. One that is self-sustaining. One that adds to the productive capital stock. Not only did we have the baby boom stimulating demand growth in that 1949-66 secular bull run, but we also had Eisenhower roll out the nation’s highway network, which exerted a powerful multi-year impact on transportation costs and productivity. In the 1982-2000 era, we had a central banker committed to dampening inflation (today we have a Fed Chairman who is committed to creating it) with obvious beneficial impacts to the market multiple. The P/E expansion in that cycle was responsible for two-thirds of the entire secular bull market. The other one-third that was earnings-related did not require financial engineering from the government but reflected the prosperity ignited by the wave of technology spending which greatly enhanced the growth of the nation’s capital stock and provided an enormous and enduring boost to productivity growth. In these two secular bull markets of the post-WWII era, what we had on our hands was true prosperity. Today, we have a capital stock that has stagnated and an illusion of prosperity created by the rapid expansion of the Fed and federal government balance sheet. |
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