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- From: cs101a64@eng-nxt04.cso.uiuc.edu (cs101 student)
- Subject: Re: Clinton and the Stock Market (Jason Hsu)
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:23:25 GMT
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- In article <1eh175INN5oe@mizar.usc.edu> ciarlett@mizar.usc.edu (Joni
- Ciarletta) writes:
- > I am new to this list, so I don't know if this subject has
- > already be hashed out. It probably has, but I'll ask anyway.
- >
- > I currently have investments amounting to about $15,000 in
- > my retirement account through Fidelity. This account allows
- > you to move money around between any of Fidelity's cash accounts,
- > bonds, stocks, etc. This money is in for the long term, so I would
- > think that slight fluctuations in the market won't hurt me
- > much.
- >
- > Now that Clinton is President Elect, everyone says to "prepare
- > for inflation". Should I be concerned? Should I move my money
- > to a certain type of account to avoid losing much money? Or since
- > it is in for the long haul, do I not need to worry? Are they
- > specific accounts to avoid? Any recommendations on specific
- > funds?
- >
- > Any help or advise you could give would be appreciated, as I am
- > new to this game. Please respond to me directly at
- ciarlett@mizar.usc.edu,
- > as I rarely have time to read the boards. If there is any interest,
- > I will post the responses I receive.
- >
- > Thanks!!!
- >
- > Joni
- I predict inflation and interest rates will rise, but not because of
- Clinton. Both are very low. Currently, long-term interest rates are much
- higher than short-term interest rates. Every time this happened in the
- last 30 years (1964, 1973, 1977, 1986), rising interest rates followed.
- On the other hand, interest rate peaks occur when short-term rates are as
- high or higher than long-term rates (1970, 1974, 1981, 1990). I suggest
- you avoid long-term bonds like the plague. Keep your maturities no longer
- than a year. I predict that the biggest bear market since 1974 in stocks
- will begin in late 1993 or early 1994. I suggest keeping a lot of money
- in money market funds so you can save your skin and be liquid enough to
- buy stocks when more opportunities are available and bonds when interest
- rates are high but peaking (when money market fund maturities are short
- but lengthening). For now, buy top-yielding CD's of no more than a year
- in maturity and buy stocks with price/book value ratios of 2/3 or less and
- either a yield of at least 5% or PE in the single digits. These
- Graham-and-Dodd bargains will dodge the bullet when the bear pounces on
- Wall Street.
-