[lbo-talk] where we are

Mike Ballard swillsqueal at yahoo.com.au
Sun Aug 22 15:58:47 PDT 2010


My personal 'macro' measuring stick is the Dow Jones Industrial Average. When I left the USA in 2000, it was 11,000.

Mike B)

On Aug 19, 2010, at 10:56 PM, Jay R wrote:


> This is interesting but the problem with comparing stock performance
> is that it only shows the % change since of start of the recession and
> doesn't reflect valuation multiples (so for example if the US stock
> market was more overvalued going into the recession, it would make
> sense that the % decline was sharper).

But valuation norms also differ. So you'd have to normalize valuations, which would be a big pain in the ass.

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