Thursday, March 29, 2007

Are Growth Stock Prices Reflecting a Cheery Consensus?

In one of his chairman's letters, Warren Buffett once stated that ...

"The future is never clear, you pay a very high price in the stock market for a cheery consensus."

I just looked at the 10 year returns of the Russell 1000 Value Index, and the Russell 1000 Growth Index.

Frightening, the cost of a cheery consensus, particularly those orienting towards the growth side of the equation.

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The difference in the current valuation metrics on the two indices are significant, scary, and points to, may I suggest, more of the same looking forward.



JW

The Confused Capitalist

1 comment:

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