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Eric Hovde: “The equity markets have produced a 14.5% return since 2000.”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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2025 Sunwest Bank Economic Forum with Eric Hovde

Published | Video Starts at 26:33

But as you can see, it has become totally disconnected to the real economy. So the real economy has grown by 2.9% annually since 2000. The equity markets have produced a 14.5% return since 2000. That is a massive bubble because asset values ultimately have to be supported by earnings and cash flow and real economics and they cannot diverge consistently from the underlying economy. (26:33–26:40)

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