I like the courtesy title for a make-believe person.
Quote:
THE consensus outlook on Wall Street is gloomy for the immediate future, with glimmers of optimism for the longer term. This forecast might have been borrowed from Al Sleet, the “Hippy dippy weatherman” created by George Carlin.
Mr. Sleet could not actually predict the weather, but this did not deter him. Despite his manifest shortcomings, he learned how to issue gripping and reliable forecasts, which usually went like this. “Tonight’s forecast — dark.” Then he would pause, and continue, “later tonight, continued darkness.” Like all good pundits, he also took the long view, adding a hopeful coda: “Turning to partly light in the morning.”
That’s about where the Wall Street consensus stands right now: the short-term outlook is dark, but it will start to clear when the immediate troubles are over.
[
Times]