22 Quotes by Ed Yardeni


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    Early in 2004, I predicted that energy's share of the S&P 500's market capitalization would rise from just below 6% at that time to 15% before the end of the decade. In January, its market-cap share was up to 12.1%, while its share of earnings had risen to 9.1% from 6.0% in early 2004.

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    The surprises should be on the upside. It all adds up to very good fourth-quarter numbers.

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    After rounding up all the usual bearish suspects to blame for the market's disappointing performance this year, I've narrowed the problem to the price of oil. Investors fear that higher energy costs must eventually depress earnings growth.

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    The bigger bubble is actually in the financing of homes. Mortgage lenders have loosened their lending standards. Rather than telling a lot of would-be buyers, particularly in places like California, that they don't qualify, they're coming up with all sorts of so-called innovative alternative financing.

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    Nobody believed in the model when it said that stocks were 60 percent overvalued and nobody believes in it now. Valuation is like beauty -- it's in the eye of the beholder.

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