Richard Bernstein
Richard Bernstein
Richard Bernsteinis an American journalist, columnist, and author. He writes the Letter from America column for The International Herald Tribune. He was a book critic at The New York Times and a foreign correspondent for both Time magazine and The New York Times in Europe and Asia...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth5 May 1944
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The day that you should be concerned about the market is a day when there is no fear about what's going on. Certainly we have innumerable negatives that people can point to right now. I would argue that's actually quite healthy.
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The quality of earnings is the poorest in my career.
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There is a thin line between a liquidity-driven market that anticipates improving fundamentals and a bubble,
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There are some unquestionable areas where it has been studied and shown to have benefit in very particular areas, for example chiropractic care.
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What we're seeing today is a relief rally from last week, ... There is really nothing to hurt the market today. All the techs are rebounding well.
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Today all you're probably seeing is a weakness prior to the G8 meeting this weekend, and a lot of uncertainty in Indonesia and Asia,
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We remain doubtful that the Fed is indeed 'done,' which has become the overwhelming consensus. We believe they will be more vigilant against inflation.
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What we're seeing today is a relief rally from last week. There is really nothing to hurt the market today. All the techs are rebounding well.
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We think there is a strong contrary message, ... at a record pace across nearly the entire industry.
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We think it is now time for investors to switch from income statement variables to balance sheet variables when picking stocks, ... Portfolios in which stock selection was based on strong balance sheets tend to outperform those based on income statements when the profits cycle decelerates.
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We are truly amazed by this incremental bullishness.
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We continue to believe that there is considerably more downside risk than upside risk to the equity market,