Yesterday Nouriel Roubini appeared on CNBC, and he was in full-on Dr. Doom mode, talking about the ISM, the question marks surrounding the initial claims report, and generally being himself.
Everything he said was perfectly defensible, except one thing didn't quite sit right.
He said equities had more to fall, because the bad news wasn't priced in, which he knew because the consensus GDP for the first half of 2010 is still way too high in his opinion.
Sorry, it doesn't work like that.
It may be totally true that consensus GDP is still way too high, but it does not follow that the market is necessarily taking its cues from the consensus among sell-side macro analysts. In fact, it almost certainly doesn't.
It's impossible to say what the market has "priced in" and it may be that the market does indeed fall a lot. But to say that the economic outlook has to fall more, and thus stocks have to fall more is inaccurate.
What's more, the connection, even over a decade, between economic health (as measured by GDP) and stock market performance is tenuous (per yesterday's Chart Of The Day), which makes investing based on this kind of reasoning even more hazardous.
Don't miss: 9 signs that the Double Dip is dead >
Join the conversation about this story »
See Also:
- Roubini Says ISM Was Terrible, Endorses A Suspension Of The Payroll Tax
- CHART OF THE DAY: It's True, Stock Market Performance Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With The Economy
- Economists Slash U.S. GDP Forecasts Yet Again
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment