Her doom-and-gloom prognostications led Ms. Whitney to slash her earnings estimates for banks, making her team one of the most bearish voices on the Street.
"But, even the most bearish commentators on the oil market would agree that by 2050 real oil prices are likely to be much higher, and thus more developments should be triggered by that time, even with the expected reduction in infrastructure availability".
Ms. Whitney, one of the most bearish banking analysts on the call, shot back, "I'm fearful, thanks".
The macroeconomic view may be the most bearish.
The most bearish outlook is from Ian Whittaker at Liberum, who reckons the the TV advertising market could be down more than 10% year on year in July and between 3% and 5% in August.
A host of banks have cut their oil forecasts this week, with Standard Chartered the most bearish.
By now, even the most bearish and pessimistic pundits in the collector car world have stopped predicting a free fall in values, seemingly replaced by those speculating on when the market will return to its high of late 2007.
For his clients, Sweet scores business sectors on political risk, with 10 as the most bullish rating and -10 the most bearish.
The fund company frames outcomes using a myriad 44 scenarios from most bullish to most bearish.
