Thursday, September 22, 2011

Why Identifying a Bubble Is So Much Trouble: John H. Cochrane - Bloomberg

Why Identifying a Bubble Is So Much Trouble: John H. Cochrane - Bloomberg:

Perfect review of last week's behavioral finance class:

" High valuations are, on average, followed by many years of poor returns, and vice versa. High valuations are not, on average, followed by years of good cash-flow growth, or by ever-higher valuations.

This fact holds across markets:

-- High stock price/dividend, price/earnings, or market/book ratios are on average followed by years of poor returns, not years of higher dividend and earnings growth, or permanently higher prices, and vice versa for low prices.

-- High yield spreads (low prices) on long-term bonds are on average followed by good returns on long-term bonds, not by increases in short-term interest rates, and vice versa"

Class: read it! :)

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