Since the bull market began on October 9th, 2002, the S&P 500 is up 84.4%, the S&P 500 Value index is up 102.8%, and the S&P 500 Growth index is up 68.2% (not total return). Since the October 9th, 2007 peak in the S&P 500, however, growth stocks have handily outperformed both the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 Value index. As shown in the second chart below, the Growth index is down 4.93%, while the Value index is down 11.99%. If the market ends up making new highs before hitting the -20% bear market threshold (keeping the longer-term bull market intact), will the second act be led by growth instead of value?
The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It's bullshit. You got ninety percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own.
Monday, May 19, 2008
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