Quote from Ash1972:
Does anyone realise <b>how much</b> the economy needs to grow in order merely to catch up with where the stock market is right now?
We would need pre 2007 Chinese growth figures.
Why do you say that?
A PE of 16 isn't reasonable for the SPX?
When we were at 1500ish in 2007, the nominal earnings in the SPX were 75. Today it's closer to 100.