你仰慕國際商業機器公司(IBM)、微軟(Microsoft)、惠普公司(Hewlett-Packard Co.)、英特爾(Intel Corp.)以及思科系統(Cisco Systems Inc.)這些科技巨頭嗎?這些都是世界頂尖的科技公司。他們都收益豐厚,負債很少或者沒有負債,或持有現金盈餘。相對於下財年預期收益,這些公司目前市盈率都不到15倍。
When did Evan Newmark write this article? He is too optimistic! DOW was already below 8000 last Friday. I told my friends DOW 8000 in the Feb. this year. 8 months later, it reached the number! I expected that it would take around 2 years to reach that number. It happened much quickly than what I thought. I was optimistic with DOW 8000. Now I believe it is necessary to lower the estimate as this recession will be much severe than the last several recessions. Only great depression is comparable.
Why DOW 4500? DOW 4500 is over 30% of DOW's peak of 14xxx. This is the mild view. Until last Friday, DOW lost more than 40% of its value already. It could lose close to 70% of its peak value.
Japanese NIKKEI 225 index lost close to 80% of its value between 1989 and 2004. This recession is much severe than Japan's. 70% off is still relatively optimistic.
I would expect stock market to reach that number in another year or so. If it reaches that number sooner, it only means that I am still too optimistic now.