Robert Robbins Quotations

We're in a super bull market and it's continuing to happen,

Yes, I think it's going to be a fantastic buy. I think we're going to pack the whole year's Super Bowl rate-of-gain, which tend to average 16 percent during the last 18 years, compound annual growth of the S&P 500, 16 percent a year. We've had zero so far and the outlook is improving very, very significantly for the worst worry that people have had. And that is the Fed rate-hiking. It really looks like the probability is increasing dramatically that the Fed rate hikes are over and inflation pressure is in check. And as that continues to happen through year-end, we can get a fantastic rally, 15 to 20 percent on the S&P 500 in three months.

Some analysts thought the company was off-track in terms of the long-term growth path and so I am not shocked in that respect. It's an appropriate example of the new corporate governance since the stock has languished for so long.

Because of the caution that I see right now, I would emphasize some of the more defensive stocks that are the bigger, stronger leaders in their areas; essential products and services; these tend to experience less than average volatility.

I would simply urge people to not get too distracted by the very, very short term. We all like to talk about the latest development and how it might change everything. But keep your eyes focused on the super bull. And the way that we could get derailed there just doesn't look likely at all. A monetary policy that throws in the towel in fighting inflation, that's far from the case. The Fed's been preemptive in trying to solve this inflation problem,

I think investors should strongly invested, ... They should realize that doom and gloom and all of this talk of recession is typical of major market lows. I think they should realize that the average decline within these long-term 'super bull' markets is 19 percent. And we've been down 27-to-28 percent. It's a great time to buy.

I think the market is going to all-time highs. It's hard to predict when it will happen, but this is a wonderful economy, you've got great economic growth.

I think bonds are appropriate for anybody that is close to retirement or is already retired and feels like they need that security and that defensiveness, ... appropriate diversification for a lot of people. But for people who are young and who can put money away for a long time, they really ought to be overwhelmingly in stocks.

Markets are down because of the start of attacks and the fear of counter attacks, which could impact further corporate earnings.

I'm still super-bullish. I think the market's in a summer rally, about half along, towards all time highs. I expect minor all-time highs. No change in that view.

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We need to be researching this. We need to make it available to our patients.

It was a little overbought. It's pausing . . . it's probably going to make another run at 10,000 in the next couple of days.

It was a little overbought, ... It's pausing . . . it's probably going to make another run at 10,000 in the next couple of days.

Technology's my favorite sector, as it has been for many months and many quarters.

Technology had run up so much that it's not surprising some of these would come off pretty hard. You can't minimize the possibility that technology has had a great, huge run and there will be a decline for a while.

Oil prices have rallied very significantly. Smith International would be a very leveraged and diversified oil service company to play there.

Oil prices have rallied very significantly, ... Smith International would be a very leveraged and diversified oil service company to play there.

You shouldn't worry about weakness in corporate earnings as long as it doesn't turn into a growth recession,

This is a wonderful economy, you've got great economic growth.

They talked about their responsibility to their patients and staff, and the long-term benefits of sustainability. They didn't have to be sold on it.

There's a 50 percent chance the Fed is finished and (June's job number) puts the odds up a notch.

It's just so difficult. I don't have the time to devote to it. You need to do it often to be good at it.

It's normal as the market rallies so strongly that we start seeing a correction and start looking for maybe even a 7 to 10 percent correction ultimately. But I don't think we're vulnerable to that right now.

It's obviously a play on telecommunications, long-distance (and) Internet-related stocks, and it's doing a lot better than some of the Internet stocks that have softened recently.

It's held up well against the difficulties of some of the other airlines with some of the fare congestion and the problems with oil prices having been high over the last few months,

It's in a very strong subgroup and a strong fundamental story. Semiconductors, in general have been stronger here recently.

It's in a very strong subgroup and a strong fundamental story, ... Semiconductors, in general have been stronger here recently.

It's an appropriate example of the new corporate governance since the stock has languished for so long.

It's harder to find the enemy in this kind of war. There's the fear of terrorist counter-attacks.

It will just be a natural edge for some of the more sophisticated and capable investors to do that, ... I think it's also fighting the competition a little, too. There have been a lot of upstarts that have grown very rapidly and the big firms are going to want to participate in that, too.

The Fed rarely surprises the markets, and the consensus of private economists is clearly that the Fed will not do much. We really had slowing data on the economy and slowing inflation pressure. And I'm hopeful that this is close to the end of the Fed rate hikes,

Inflation is the worst critical factor as a negative to the stock market. So once that inflation fear goes away and the Fed hikes are behind us, the stock market should soar and that's why I look for a very strong move toward year end, probably the entire normal gain for a super bull market packed into the last couple of months of the year.

I suggest the small investors dig in their heels with this market, not worry too much. The Fed really didn't cause a significant inflation problem. So far, this inflation pressure has been no worse than the worst it's been in the last several years. And each time it's been a great buying opportunity. Any time you can buy the S&P 500, the stock market index of the top 500 stocks, when its 7 to 11 percent off the all-time high, it's probably 2 to 1 odds. Given the history of super bull markets that we've had for 18 years in the two other of the century, that's going to be a fabulous buying opportunity. And if it's not, than you're probably half way down to the ultimate low and that's going to be an even more fabulous buying opportunity.

Home Depot didn't suffer through the higher interest rates in 1990 or all those oil inflation fears and so forth, ... And the company is really a very strong company. Their momentum has accelerated so I think they'll sail right through (a climate of higher interest rates).

I'd stay focused on the idea that the economy will show firmness in the next few months, if not the next few days.

The finance sector has really emerged as my favorite here, edging out technology by a bit. I recommend that people have about a quarter of their stock holdings in finance.

The company delivers essential products and services, ... And this is one that should benefit from the new Medicare legislation that is being proposed. You're going to see another $15 or $20 billion spent on drugs and CVS, of course, as a drug store chain, would benefit significantly from that.