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Foreclosure Datapoint of the Day   Blogonomics: Tipjoy
Mar 5 2008 10:11AM EST

Healthy Stocks, Unhealthy Economy

Warren Buffett loves to talk about "moats": things which protect his portfolio companies from competition. And his core business - reinsurance - has some of the highest barriers to entry in the world. Chris Dillow takes these ideas to their logical conclusion:

A booming stock market is no proof of a healthy economy; the Zimbabwean market is doing well now. Indeed, in a really healthy competitive economy, stock markets would do badly - if they existed at all - because profits would be incessantly bid down by fierce competition. A rising stock market can therefore be evidence of a lack of dynamism in the economy, that incumbent firms are being sheltered from competition. The French market has out-performed the US over the long-term.

Try telling that to the talking heads on CNBC.

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