“If you are going to be bearish and against this market, you are betting against the three richest men on the earth, Jay Powell, Christine Lagarde, and Kuroda,” said market strategist, Ed Yardeni.
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," said John F. Kennedy, America's 35th president.
“Wars are easier to get into than to get out of,” said former Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates.
"There are many companies in the US that are running out of time because of leverage. There is still $1 trillion in distressed or defaulted debt. Any company that could refinance has already done so. For all those companies that couldn't refinance, they're going to be hitting a wall this year or next year," said Marc Lasry, chairman of Avenue Capital Management, a top-performing fixed-income hedge fund.
"The government is now the biggest impediment to economic growth," said my old friend Steven Rattner of the Quadrangle Group.
“Transparency is a good idea. Like my shower door, it lets in the light, but keeps out the flies,” said former Federal Reserve governor, Bob McTeer.
“Battles are won with tactics. Wars are won with logistics. The logistics challenges at Tesla are enormous,” said Tesla founder Elon Musk.
"We're always worried. As a financial advisor, you live your life worried," said David Zier of Convergent Wealth, the top financial advisor in Maryland.
“Market players are starting to become desensitized to the Armageddon, end-of-the-world stories,” said Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at Wells Capital Management.
"Everything is expensive now. Worries about the future can cause safe assets to become highly-priced. I call it the 'Titanic Effect.' When the Titanic was going down, people would pay a fortune for anything that floats. We may be in a Titanic situation now," said my buddy, Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller.