But to the naysayers calling for a recession this year, I acknowledge that the business cycle is getting longer in the tooth, but ask: Where are the excesses in the system?

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If part of your investing strategy this year is based on the presidential cycle, you need to acknowledge that things are not going as planned.

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To break the old patterns, to break the cycle of insecurity and despair, all of us must say publicly what we would acknowledge in private.

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