"Richard Bernstein" is an United States/American journalist, columnist, and author. He writes the Letter from America column for The International Herald Tribune. He was a book critic at The New York Times and a foreign correspondent for both Time (magazine)/Time magazine and The New York Times in Europe and Asia.

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We think there is a strong contrary message, ... at a record pace across nearly the entire industry.

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S&P 500 valuations, by some measures, are near or at all-time highs.

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People say these companies are closely held and that the executives are trying to diversify, but why now?

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We continue to believe that longer-term investors should focus on yield.

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The day that you should be concerned about the market is a day when there is no fear about what's going on. Certainly we have innumerable negatives that people can point to right now. I would argue that's actually quite healthy.

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Our students just got hit with an 18.5 percent increase in tuition, and now gas prices are causing a crisis. We are going to lose students on the edge. They cannot deal with all these increases all at once.

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They could have diversified their holdings 2, 5 or even 10 years ago.

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There has been record insider selling within the last 10 months across a broad range of homebuilding companies despite very few sell ratings by Wall Street analysts and the general perception by investors that the stocks are undervalued.

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If you're in the equity market, you want to focus on the largest cap, highest quality companies.

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