Analysis and Discussion with Phillip Roth of Miller Tabak & Co. (Final Word)
Bloomberg, February 07, 2009
The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight. ~Jesse Livermore
Without getting into a discussion on healthcare and its politics, one reality of our soon to be new system is the inevitable further rise in government spending that is headed to 25% of US GDP from its long term average of about 20%. In order to finance this, there will be a smaller private sector and as a result, there will be slower economic growth as nothing is for free. Should the average P/E ratio over the past 100 years of 15x still apply going forward or should there be a revaluation of the multiple paid for US corporate earnings?...
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