Post #8225 by mungofitch on the Berkshire Hathaway board

Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (8)

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

No. of Recommendations: 8

I'm not sure manufacturing has much relevance to general equity valuations.
AIUI manufacturing is only ~11% of US GDP and falling over time, so other parts of the economy are more important.

Fair points.

Though cheer up, it's only falling as a share of GDP, or per capita. Real total US manufacturing output is holding up rather than falling. Currently a little higher than its temporary peak in Q2 2000, a little lower than its temporary peaks in 2007 and 2018. Still way higher than in the 1980s or 1990s. It's not shrinking, it's just that other things are growing in real terms.

Jim

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

Print the post

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (8)

Prev | Next

Announcements

Berkshire Hathaway FAQ

Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

A community forum supporting civilized, and highly helpful, self-educating investors that come together for Shrewdness and merry spirits. These message boards closely follow the look and feel of the old message boards at boards.fool.com prior to the boards redirected to discussion.fool.com. Shrewd'm is not affiliated with the comprehensive and excellent investment website, The Motley Fool (TMF), in any way. The Shrewd commmunity here has owed, and continues to owe, gratitude to The Motley Fool for nurturing a culture of jovial irreverence towards Wall St, and that tradition will continue here.