Pat Dorsey, the director of equity research at Morningstar, and author of two books on investing:
The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing and
The Little Book That Builds Wealth, had an interesting conversation with John Rekenthaler about whether to buy bonds now. They talked about
Warren Buffett's recent statement that stocks are cheaper then equities. Dorsey said that first grade math would show that getting a fixed coupon so low versus a 7 or 8% coupons that will grow over time. While they did not say there was a bond bubble, they said it seems investors are always thinking about what did best, the past ten years thinking the next ten years will be the same.
Below is the beginning of the script, followed by the video.
Pat Dorsey: Hi. I'm Pat Dorsey, director of equity research at Morningstar.
Earlier this week, John Rekenthaler, who is joining me today, the vice president of research at Morningstar, e-mailed me an interesting little quote from an interview that
Warren Buffett did on CNBC, and that's sparked kind of fascinating e-mail chain that we had. Why don’t you tell me what the quote was, John?
John Rekenthaler: Well, Warren was speaking at Fortune's Most Powerful Women group or gathering.
Dorsey: Has Warren had an operation recently that I am not aware of?
Rekenthaler: Apparently, he is not one of the most powerful women, but he is definitely one of the most powerful men. He said that it's become quite clear to him that stocks are cheaper than bonds, which of course there was then a headline that tied in Warren to pronouncing on the bond bubble. I mean, there has been a lot of talk about a bond bubble.
Now, I didn't think he went that far when you look through there. He just said, he felt stocks were cheaper than bonds, and he couldn't see really any reason to add to a bond portfolio at this stage.
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