?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.
?The longer that we see consistent returns in the stock market without messy 20% pullbacks, the more people are going to feel safe owning equities, and the more likely money comes out of bonds,? said Tom Lee of Fundstrat Global Advisors.
?The question is not whether Tesla will sell 37,000 or 40,000 cars this year, but whether they will sell 14 million or 15 million in 15 years. I believe they can do it,? said Ron Baron of long-term value player, Baron Capital.
?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 overwhelm this huge growth in the work force is a myth,? said Scott Minerd, Managing Partner of Guggenheim Partners.
?Economic forecasting exists to make astrologers look good,? said for Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich.
?The dirty little secret in Washington is that the biggest doves wear uniforms. They have seen wars and they have seen consequences. They have also been sent into conflict and then seen political support evaporate. We need to be a lot more careful when deploying our military forces.? said former Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates.
?2014 will be the fifth year of living dangerously,? said Ed Yardeni of Yardeni Research.
?Apple will never be a consumer products company,? said John Sculley, the Apple CEO who fired Steve Jobs in 1985. Today Apple is the world?s largest and most profitable consumer products company.
?Disco era security measures are not holding up so well with 2 billion people,? said Benedict Evans at venture capital firm Andreeson Horowitz.
