Shiller and Siegel debate stock valuations: Yale economist Robert Shiller and Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel square off over the best method for calculating market value — and offer conflicting assessments
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"Dollar depreciation leads to higher inflation and ultimately forces foreign creditors to question their rationale and indeed their sanity for continuing purchases of U.S. Treasuries." -Bill Gross
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended Feb 18th totaled 351k, 4k less than expected but the prior week was revised up by 3k to 351k. The 4 week average did fall to 359k from 366k, the lowest since Mar '08. Continuing Claims fell by 52k to the lowest since Aug '08. Also, Extended Benefits fell a net 69k. Bottom line, the data still points to a labor market that continues to improve however lumpy the process feels for many. ...
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April 27th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Never trust a sell-side analyst.
Guess which one that is.
April 27th, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Why don’t interviewers ever start off like this: “Professor Shiller you called the housing bubble perfectly. And Professor Siegel you cluelessly said bank stocks were cheap to book in the summer of 2008. Not such a good call.” Isn’t the track record of the guests ever relevant?
April 28th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
how hilarious, two smart guys that are always two steps removed from their stock market forecast as they have to predict their indicators
April 28th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
Siegel was a gun for hire for every mutual fund company out there in the 90s. And isn’t he part of Wisdom Tree?