The Asset Allocator: Debt And The Stock Market

MarketWatch’s Mark Hulbert and Seeking Alpha contributor Jeff Miller discuss whether America’s drowning in debt will sink the stock market. This podcast (6:18) argues that while markets don’t rise or fall on debt considerations in the short-term, in the long-term high debt corrodes our self-control and diminishes our ability to make midcourse corrections. I also point out that the indebtedness process is precisely the opposite of the process financial advisors employ to build their clients’ wealth.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices