Next year he is expected to insist on cuts in capacity as the insurance cycle moves downward.

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Traditionally, business investment in capacity at the peak of the cycle has increased competitive pressures, dragging down margins.

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Fortunately, the Big Board contains a quotient of intrinsic value embedded in tangible corporate assets, then average earning power cycle to cycle and dividend paying capacity.

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Because it takes a year or so for a new factory to be built, companies must invest the most at the bottom of the cycle, when profits are low, so as to have new capacity ready when the market recovers.

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