FLECKENSTEIN: Rabid Financial News Anchors Make Me Think We're In A Bubble
In case you missed it, back in September, CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis asked Fleckenstein if he would admit to misunderstanding monetary policy. DeAngelis argued that if people listened to Fleckentein's recommendations, the would've "missed out on a big piece of the market gain."
Fleckenstein's response to that: "So what?"
"I thought 'Wow, I'm getting 'schooled' here by a TV talking head-or an online TV talking head-I thought that's all part of the psychological mosaic, right?' You could look at all the sentiment polls. You could look to the behavior of the participants. Now, when the newscasters are castigating you for not understanding monetary policy-um yeah-I mean I thought that was an extreme moment. About a week later...I was on Bloomberg and the same sort of thing happened. I thought 'Wow! The psychology has almost gotten more rabid now than it was in 1999,'" Fleckenstein told Real Vision Television.
This, he explained, makes him think there's "another bubble." He didn't say the bubble is going to burst yet, but that it exists.
Fleckenstein was interviewed in a 45-minute segment by Grant Williams, the author of the newsletter "Things That Make You Go Hmmm," on Real Vision Television - an on-demand, subscription video service for investing and economics Williams and former global macro fund manager Raoul Pal recently started.
You can check out a small segment below:
//
Please enable Javascript to watch this video