4 min read | An excellent article in the FT by Richard Bernstein offers great perspective and makes a case for the overdue broadening out of markets [click to read]. We concur and have written extensively on this issue from a different angle. Our CIO John Hock worked with Rich back in his Merrill Lynch days and always admired his character, intelligence, investment acumen, and common sense. Different perspectives, but shared conviction in how this plays out.