[lbo-talk] Stock Markets vs the Real Economy

michael perelman michael.perelman3 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 8 15:16:45 PDT 2011


I am thinking of corporations moving from real investment to finance -- I call it reverse finance capital.

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Aug 8, 2011, at 5:57 PM, michael perelman wrote:
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>> When few good prospects for real investment exist, people look for
>> financial opportunities.
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> But different people do real investment and financial investment. Real sector managers are not the same as portfolio managers. Pension funds do not finance the purchase of machine tools or retail inventory.
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> Doug
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