Re:As Tech Deals Boom, Talk Turns to Bubbles
by c1utch on Monday November 22, 2010 @01:17AM
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He is referring to VC investments, which ARE fueled by savings. The LP's of a VC fund are ultra high net worth individuals and pension funds; neither of which invest in alternative asset classes with debt.
Do you have any evidence of that? Have you looked at the price of money these days? 2%? 4%? Junk spread as low as 1-2? With QE the price of money is being artificially driven down to drive investment. The dirty little secret is that a lot of that investment comes from borrowing - why not if your numbers show you making 10%-20% and you can borrow for 5%-10%?
The last time the fed held the yields so low and pumped money supply so greatly was the dot-bomb. And a lot of that was shown to be driven by debt when post-mortemed.