Word: strategist
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...some quietly wonder if there isn't more going on. Maybe the barking dog really was trying to alert us to budding economic troubles before it was summarily dispatched to the pound. "It's always wise to take the message of the market seriously," says Hugh Johnson, chief investment strategist at the brokerage firm First Albany. "The message is that the currency crisis in Southeast Asia will affect not only the economies of Southeast Asia but also that...
Charles Clough, chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch, is looking for 1% to 2% annual growth for the U.S. in the next few years, about a third lower than his more optimistic peers. He places only marginal emphasis on the hit U.S. companies and the domestic economy will take directly from the depressed levels of business activity in struggling Asia...
...take great heart in the fact that fundamentally, the underpinning of our market is solid," said John Shaughnessy, chief investment strategist at Advest Inc. in Hartford, Conn
SEVERAL MARKET strategists described Monday's sell-off as an emotional overreaction that had little basis in economic fundamentals. Goldman Sachs strategist Abbey Cohen told her sales force the plunge was a "market event, not an economic event." U.S. corporate earnings are still strong, inflation is tame, and interest rates are under control, she said...
Practically everyone has a bull-market story, and collectively these tales illustrate the depth of the market's penetration into our social consciousness. Barton Biggs, the veteran investment strategist at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, recalls a party at his summer house last month. The septic system backed up, and the plumber who came to save the party did so in more ways than one. The plumber recognized Biggs from his TV appearances and immediately commenced quizzing him on the market. "I told him I would be cautious at this point," Biggs says. The plumber begged to differ. To the amusement...