The poll really does not say much. Buffett and Gross both have long-term track records and have built their "brands" as investors over long periods, while Roubini was unknown three years ago. And, if the poll had been conducted when Berkshire announced a string of poor earnings earlier in the year, the results might have been very different.

Perhaps the 1,452 Bloomberg terminal subscribers who participated in the survey, which was conducted between October 23rd and 27th, don't represent a very broad sample. Another result of the poll was clear cut; respondents don't think much of the Obama/Geithner/Summers administration financial management team, with two-thirds of the participants giving them poor grades. Maybe most Bloomberg terminal users are Republicans.

Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 24/7 Wall St.