Stock Tailwinds Persist
Chris Ciovacco | Oct 16, 2017 12:36PM ET
When interest rates are low and economic data is improving, stocks typically get an added opportunity-cost boost relative to bonds. From The Wall Street Journal:
h3 The Voice Of Experience/h3Leaders of the world’s largest central banks indicated that weak inflation in advanced economies could prolong the post-crisis era of easy-money policies. Despite a broad-based improvement in the global economy, wages and consumer prices remain stubbornly low, making central bankers wary of removing their stimulus measures too quickly, they told a Group of 30 banking conference here on Sunday.
Given the favorable tailwinds for equities, this week’s video explores a prudent question:
What Advice Would Jesse Livermore Have For Investors In 2017?
Valuations Impacted By Low Rates
Even though the facts question the utility of valuations from a stock-market timing perspective, PE ratios are
still widely followed on Wall Street. It is difficult to get overly concerned about stock valuations when the world’s greatest value investor uses terms such as cheap. From Forbes:
/h2In his characteristically unshakeable manner, Buffett opines on the elevated market with CNBC’s Becky Quick: “We’re not in a bubble territory or anything of the sort.” In fact, he argues, “measured against interest rates, stocks actually are on the cheap side compared to historic valuations.”
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