[FRIAM] Stock Market

[Russ Abbott]

You may be interested in this piece
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-14/as-trump-charms-wall-street-robert-shiller-gets-dot-com-deja-vu>
about
Robert Schiller.

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 6:41 PM Steven A Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:

> I know this is pretty general or vague, and a redux of something I
> already asked, but is there any collective wisdom in this crowd about
> the soaring stock-market as *apparently* boosted by Trump's ascendancy?
>
> It looks (naively) to me as if the portion of the market that is
> climbing fastest is that which is most benefited by rolling back all
> regulations and lighting up the extractive/exploitative industries
> domestic as well as foreign.    On the other hand, the Tech sector is
> soaring too, and it isn't as *conventionally* extractive or
> exploitative, though I suppose it is even worse about offshoring than
> heavier industry?
>
> My utopian fantasy is that the Trumpian ascendency will lead to a
> terrible crash of the "Titans", leaving a very few astute high tech
> companies continuing to rise like an untethered balloon?  Seems like
> disruptive/transformative industries might do well whether Trump and his
> cronies hit a wall or not?   TSLA and their vision?   I can't tell if
> AAPL has run it's course, it has done pretty well in spite of Jobs'
> passing..
>
> I'm not looking for stock tips here, just trying to read the writing on
> the wall of this particular sector/subject?
>
> - Steve
>
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