Last week was a bad week for the market, and this week does not look to be more propitious,

This was the last chance for the Fed to raise rates in 1997. The market reacted earlier as if nothing would happen, and when the news came we saw some buyers but also some sellers...

Higher energy costs will clearly affect individuals and businesses alike, … It is in fact an invisible tax that the economy could well do without.

I think people need to be concerned about the length of the technology cycle and the inability of most CEOs and analysts to predict the course of corporate earnings over the next several quarters.

The sands have shifted, … Wachovia’s weakness took the strength out of the financials and Qualcomm has taken quite a hit.

As we end the quarter, there is some rotation into small stocks,

We’re in a period when capital spending has slowed to a waltz, corporate profitability is hardly visible, and balance sheets are just inundated with debt ? that’s not a comfortable picture. Each day is a...

The Fed has to set a leadership mode for the U.S. economy and the market will follow.

The market itself turned around. Mood, momentum and money flow are still positive, … is reacting to a sense of investors not wanting to miss the train.

The level of frustration for many traders has reached a point where many are just tossing stocks into the market and have decided not to play for now,

Inflation appears to be muted,

We have more profit warning jitters as the U.S. economy appears to be slowing,

Earnings disappointments are taking their toll,

I think the market senses something good going on. On the one hand, the feeling is that the economy is starting to show signs of improvement. But there are plenty of skeptics around who say...

The tech news exacerbates an already negative feeling,

We’re still early in the game. I think what we saw was a rally that we’ve seen before over the last few years. We’ve had big one-day rallies that didn’t really show any sustainability —...

We’re starting to find that investors in particular are measuring their risks carefully and are not afraid to put their money to work at this time.

Essentially we’re just completing a week where there appears to be some market stabilization starting to surface,

We may have bumped the bottom, but the question is, can we bounce back? … Right now, you have a market that has no leadership, has no conviction. I believe more people will be watching...

What’s confounding most people out there is how do you get your hands around earnings, … there’s not that much out there in terms of earnings predictability.

We are in an environment which clearly seems to benefit from a ‘feel good’ phenomenon.

Clearly, confidence is being impacted by the fact that many feel the Fed has strangled the economy and inflation remains low, … [Fed Chairman Alan] Greenspan will be in office until 2004 and, at the...

There is a better tone to the market and money is flowing back into both the Dow and the Nasdaq. Many think we’ve seen the worst and the next interest rate cut by the Fed...

People are concerned about higher interest rates ahead and they think the best way to protect themselves is to own growth stocks that may not be as hurt by higher rates,

We had a dull July and August is duller still,

Next week will be very tense, full of sadness and recollections about Sept. 11 … Prudent investors may not want to commit money until after we cross that date.

[They have] bright management, they are cost conscious, they’re lowering the costs all the time. They want to be able to survive in between cycles. They’re in what would be a very significant well, could...

We’re carefully watching OPEC. The indication is that crude production, crude daily output is likely to be cut a million to a million and a half barrels.

Earnings, by and large, are what investors are hanging their hats on, … Some earnings improvements have prompted some optimism, but we’ll know more about that next week.

Traders and investors feel more comfortable with the value sector of the market, … What we’re seeing is a two-tiered market.

We’re beginning to come out of a recession. It’s now a matter of just how meaningfully the economy can recover over the next quarter or two,

Here and there, we may have a ray of sunshine. Some companies may report better-than-expected earnings, … But, on balance, in this climate, those reports are not likely to fuel markets to move much higher.

While bargain hunters are going to work, the market is still suffering from a low level of consumer confidence, … I’d be in no hurry to pull the trigger and be a buyer at the...

I think that the wide swings in the market created a lot of pain. We have a lot of walking wounded among portfolio holders, … And many institutional types decided to purge problem stocks from...

It’s OK to buy on the dips but it’s not OK to commit much money at this time, but we are seeing signs of stability.

The market is sloppy and choppy. This is earnings season. We’re going to have a mixed bag.

It reaffirms the fact that it wasn’t just the outcome of the election that weighed heavily on the market — it’s concern about corporate earnings and the more-than-frequent flow of profit warnings coming from some...

There doesn’t appear to be any reason why this market will break out of its current trading range. Inventories continue to be high and demand does not seem to be as high as it could...

The housing starts did cast a shadow over the market, which currently has to contend with lots of short-term challenges,

There are fewer and fewer corporate CEOs who seem bullish on their own business.

There’s been no shortage of negative news lately, and this event is likely to further depress the markets,

It’s not necessarily a sign of good things to come. But it’s a rally from a deeply oversold condition so it raises hopes that there may be some follow through, … We’re not yet in...

Lots of money has moved to the sidelines, … People are not comfortable with the uncertainty ahead, made up of the fact that many of the tech companies keep lowering their guidance.

The real problem is that until we get through this earnings period, there’s going to be an awful lot of skepticism out there about whether or not companies met their objective, and concern over the...

We’re seeing strength in technology and current optimism is based upon inventories worked down — even Motorola indicated they’re making progress in that direction, … Techs are doing well and people will be combing their...

Some sense a climax lies ahead, and others think we’re getting close to the bottom,

Investors feel uncomfortable about the visibility ahead.

However as we come closer to the next Fed meeting, and hopes are that the Fed will cut interest rates, we might have a relief rally.

Greenspan’s comments did little to build confidence, … The main catalyst today was to back away from risk and try to buy a bit of stability.

We appear to be in a summer swoon in which investors are beginning to realize it’s going to take a lot longer to turn the economy around than expected, and that we’re currently going to...