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To: Tax-chick
Capital gains taxes diminish investment, which affects employment.

I call bologna. The market and the economy are decoupled at this point. The former is a bubble - an epiphenomenon of QE, the latter is a victim of automation and offshoring.

I predict that the DOW will hit 15K this year (on devalued FRNs) -- for I do not believe the Fed will cut off QE in June, or the Fed will perhaps go into stealth mode QE -- and the U6 will remain above 16%,

370 posted on 04/02/2011 4:18:33 PM PDT by Big Bronson
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To: Big Bronson

You can balogna all you want - I’m not fond of it, myself - but taxes on investment income affect investment and employment. There are many different forms of investment besides publicly-traded stocks.

Bubbles are a phenomenon of many different types of markets, but not a key point in any way. Over the long term, the real factors that determine ROI drive what is happening out in Real Life.


374 posted on 04/02/2011 4:47:35 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nadie me ama como Jesus.)
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