“The private economy is OK here. It is absorbing these body blows from Washington. Housing and energy could offset the shenanigans coming out of there,” said Stephen Wood, CIO with Russell Investments Group.

“You cannot trust bankers to control themselves. They’re like heroin addicts,” said Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman, Charlie Munger.

“I only invest in beer drinking countries, never wine drinking countries,” said Ben Horowitz, co-founder of venture capital form Andreeson Horowitz.

“Those who expect double digit returns going forwards are going to be severely disappointed,” said Bill Gross, CEO of bond giant, PIMCO.

“The investor in America sits at the bottom of the food chain,” said John C. Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group of index funds.

If you can get a dividend higher than the yield on ten-year debt, it’s an opportunity we haven’t seen in our lifetime. On a five-year horizon, investing in large multinationals with high dividends will have a large payday,” said Lawrence Fink, CEO of BlackRock.

“At some point in 2014, knuckles are going to be turning white, and we’ll see whatever rabbits Janet Yellen is going to have to pull out of her hat,” said David Rosenberg of Gluskin, Sheff & Associates.

“Never go to a fight you are invited to,” said famed short player, Jim Chanos, of “Kynikos Associates.

“Japan has gone from Paul Volker to Ben Bernanke overnight,” said legendary hedge fund manager, Stan Druckenmiller.

“There’s a lot of performance anxiety out there right now. There’s nothing worse than sitting on cash watching a market go up double digits,” said Tom Lee, chief US equity strategist of JP Morgan.

“Asking if Hillary Clinton is going to run for president in 2016 is like asking if John Dillinger is going to rob a bank,” said conservative commentator, Mike Murphy.

“When you look at the size of the US work force over the next 30 years, it is going to increase by 30%. That compares to Japan, where it is going to be shrinking, Europe, where it is contracting, and even China, where it turns down. The idea that the baby boomers are going to […]

“Nobody knew it was August, 1982 until it was August, 1984,” said Chris Verone, head of technical analysis at research boutique Strategas.

“Risk control is the best route to loss avoidance. Risk avoidance, on the other hand, is likely to lead to return avoidance as well, said Howard Marks, founder of distressed debt giant, Oaktree Capital Management.

“Economic forecasting exists to make astrologers look good,” said for Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich.