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"The only concern: can the US (or the NASDAQ) do what Japan
has done for the past 10 years (ie, an "L" recovery?)"
At present the chances for such an outcome are relatively small. The latest economic data (employment data) confirmed the underlying strength of the US economy. And as long as the economy is not heading towards a deep recession (or better say towards a recession), the investment activity (capital spending) will resume sooner rather than later. So repetition of the 1929 scenario is very unlikely. Consider here the liquidity issue - the liquidity is at record high. Just like 1987 when the liquidity created by the Fed (i.e. Greenspan) prevented the repetition of the 1929 scenario.
And as soon as the economy regains speed, technology capex will resume (because technology spending cuts costs and enhances productivity and therefore improves the bottom line of any company- strong incentive to resume tech capex!). The latter means that technology companies will have their time again (i.e. next year).
And now what is the moral of the above story, which is still in progress? Every story has a moral, right?
The moral for the Fed: the increased productivity level of the US economy (which unlike many predictions still holds very well even in the current economy weakness - the latter means that the increased productivity is structural not cyclical, i.e. not based on the economy of scale) "have propelled the economy to a PERMANENTLY higher non-inflationary growth path" as George Gilder says. "The Telecosm economy has just begun." So the Fed has to acknowledge (Greenspan already did it) that their target GDP growth rate of 3% is very low and not consistent with the new economic realities. On my opinion their target growth rate should be around 4.5-5%.
The moral for the technology investors: (1) Never ever base your investment decisions on lofty expectations. Be CAUTIOUS. (2) Never ever fight the Fed.
That said, I think the worst is over. Better times are coming. "Blink and you will miss the recession, Bull market lift-off directly ahead" as D. Rowe says in his latest monthly commentary. Anyway bear in mind that the first half earnings of the tech companies will be DISMAL and still earnings are king in the minds of investors. Hopefully most of the latter is already priced in the stocks. Tech capex activity will resume by the end of the year. 2002 will be very strong. "The current US technology revolution is just half-way through" (AG).
"The only concern: can the US (or the NASDAQ) do what Japan
has done for the past 10 years (ie, an "L" recovery?)"
At present the chances for such an outcome are relatively small. The latest economic data (employment data) confirmed the underlying strength of the US economy. And as long as the economy is not heading towards a deep recession (or better say towards a recession), the investment activity (capital spending) will resume sooner rather than later. So repetition of the 1929 scenario is very unlikely. Consider here the liquidity issue - the liquidity is at record high. Just like 1987 when the liquidity created by the Fed (i.e. Greenspan) prevented the repetition of the 1929 scenario.
And as soon as the economy regains speed, technology capex will resume (because technology spending cuts costs and enhances productivity and therefore improves the bottom line of any company- strong incentive to resume tech capex!). The latter means that technology companies will have their time again (i.e. next year).
And now what is the moral of the above story, which is still in progress? Every story has a moral, right?
The moral for the Fed: the increased productivity level of the US economy (which unlike many predictions still holds very well even in the current economy weakness - the latter means that the increased productivity is structural not cyclical, i.e. not based on the economy of scale) "have propelled the economy to a PERMANENTLY higher non-inflationary growth path" as George Gilder says. "The Telecosm economy has just begun." So the Fed has to acknowledge (Greenspan already did it) that their target GDP growth rate of 3% is very low and not consistent with the new economic realities. On my opinion their target growth rate should be around 4.5-5%.
The moral for the technology investors: (1) Never ever base your investment decisions on lofty expectations. Be CAUTIOUS. (2) Never ever fight the Fed.
That said, I think the worst is over. Better times are coming. "Blink and you will miss the recession, Bull market lift-off directly ahead" as D. Rowe says in his latest monthly commentary. Anyway bear in mind that the first half earnings of the tech companies will be DISMAL and still earnings are king in the minds of investors. Hopefully most of the latter is already priced in the stocks. Tech capex activity will resume by the end of the year. 2002 will be very strong. "The current US technology revolution is just half-way through" (AG).
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