Fed’s Fisher Says “Investors Have Beer Goggles From Liquidity”, Joins Goldman In Stock Correction Warning
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
01/14/2014
“Continuing large-scale asset purchases risks placing us in an untenable position, both from the standpoint of unreasonably inflating the stock, bond and other tradable asset markets and from the perspective of complicating the future conduct of monetary policy,” warns the admittedly-hawkish Dallas Fed head. Fisher goes on to confirm Peter Boockvar’s “QE puts beer goggles on investors,” analogy adding that while he is “not among those who think we are presently in a ‘bubble’ mode for stocks or bonds; he is reminded of William McChesney Martin comments – the longest-serving Fed chair – “markets for anything tradable overshoot and one must be prepared for adjustments that bring markets back to normal valuations.”
The eye of the needle of pulling off a clean exit is narrow; the camel is already too fat. As soon as feasible, we should change tack. We should stop digging. I plan to cast my votes at FOMC meetings accordingly.
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