He was coming to New York for a breakfast at Morgan Stanley with Barton Biggs and George Soros.

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In Barton Biggs' fire 'n' ice scenario, bonds are the winners from here on, and stocks are overpriced.

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Today's dreams, and actual excesses, are even more extreme, claimed Barton Biggs, Morgan Stanley's veteran market guru and one of the panellists.

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Hedge Fund manager Barton Biggs told Bloomberg reporters on Monday that he cut his long positions yet again and believes the odds of a U.S. recession are increasing.

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At a World Economic Forum meeting in Singapore, Yam proudly quoted Barton Biggs, chief global equities strategist for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, as saying he had "come around" to agreeing with Hong Kong on the intervention.

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For months Wall Street had been witness to an amiable but very public media debate between Barton Biggs, chief equity strategist at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and chairman of Morgan Stanley Asset Management, and, well, his plumber, Ron Valentine.

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