Transcript
Introduction
Patrick
My guest today is Jesse Livermore. I've worked with Jesse as part of our research partners program at O'Shaughnessy Asset Management for years now. Whenever there is a huge important and complex issue to be studied, I believe he's among the best minds in the world to tackle it. He did that recently on the topic of what he calls, “upside-down markets,” which is the topic of this conversation. We seek to answer a simple question “against the horrible economic backdrop, how can the stock market still be near all-time highs?” Jesse explains in detail the impact that fiscal policy has had on the market, and may have in the future. Please enjoy this masterclass on upside-down markets.
The Upside-Down
So Jesse the topic of conversation today is a short book that you put out on what we're going to call upside-down markets. I think the best place to begin would be with you explaining that term. What do you mean in this piece by an upside-down market?