Big Al Speaks

pms laflame at mindspring.com
Wed Jan 20 18:28:25 PST 1999



>"...the remarkable generation of capital gains of recent years has
>resulted from the dramatic fall in inflation expectations and associated
>risk premiums, and broad advances in a wide variety of technologies that
>produced critical synergies in the 1990s."
>
>

Does the first part of this, the dramatic fall in inflation expectations and associated risk premiums, translate-the lowered interest rates that are keeping the economy poppin' tend to send people to the market looking for better returns-?


>>But he said he had serious objections to a a provision allowing a
government board to direct about a quarter of those savings into stock market investments. It is unlikely that these investments could be insulated from political considerations, he said.
>>

So, not one word about all the other reasons it wouldn't work? Like expenses, etc. Did he say it would be ok if individuals invested?

thanks-p



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