Why Investors Shouldn't Care About The Economy

View this email online | Add newsletter@businessinsider.com to your address book
		Tech Media Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Tools Travel Politics Latest Video Thursday, April 7, 2011 Why Investors Shouldn't Care About The Economy Equity investors should ignore economists and GDP forecasts because these predictions have nothing to do with where stocks go, according to Societe Generale's Albert Edwards. He cites the research of Andrew Lapthorne of SocGen, whose data on GDP and equities shows the two have little to do with one another historically. Note, equity returns actually have a small negative correlation to GDP growth, according to this data. Edwards cautions, however, that this trend may be changing in the U.S.. He points to profits now rising in line with economic momentum, which suggests that our new economic environment is more like Japan's economic Ice Age. Read » Also On Clusterstock Today: Bernie Madoff: JPMorgan Doesn't Have A Chance In Hell And HSBC And UBS Are Going To "Have Problems" Citibank Presents: The Top 10 Ways Women Sabotage Their Careers Raj Rajaratnam's Defense Lawyers File For Acquittal The 10 Greatest Trial Movies Of All Time Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: The Incredible Impact Of Republican Cuts On The US Deficit CHART OF THE DAY: These Inflation Levels Signal A Post-WW2-Style Stock Market Boom CHART OF THE DAY: The Scariest Jobs Chart Ever Share this email: Buzz Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.careers@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the Clusterstock RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely unsubscribe.