We feel we can do a service to our customers if we just get the overall trend right. We don’t really practice technical analysis or try to guess the price points next week. But the...

Earnings have been fantastic. Any weakness in the market you’ve got to attribute to (the) rising interest-rate environment.

I think the market remains hypersensitive to these (economic) reports. You should stay focused on your long-term goals and not short-term economic reports, but the market continues to be dominated by fear, uncertainty and confusion.

The war phase in Iraq seems to be winding down. I think in the months ahead consumer confidence will improve. It’s a mistake to just look at the short term. I think it’s more important...

I think all these reports taken together are going to paint an economy that is too hot. Labor costs are rising and that is beginning to lead to some signs of inflation.

Our advice is that for a very small portion of your portfolio 5 percent it’s OK to own gold or a broader basket of commodities. But don’t do this because it’s popular or exciting. If...

The market is nervous. We’re in a transition period as we get through all the accounting issues.

It just reflects Wall Street’s manic-depressive mood. In the meantime, you have some selective cautious buying, but I think people are much more cautious and not just jumping in on any dip.

The rest of the market continues to struggle with reports that continue to show the economy is too strong.

I think politics are a sideshow right now. We think the best thing an investor can do is step up their buying gradually as prices move lower.

Individual investors have to separate the statistical noise of week to week numbers and focus on the big picture.

I don’t think we can read anything at all into it. It’s a lack of conviction and a lot of fence-sitting.

They already made an investment decision prior to the rule change being official.

Take IBM out and the market looks pretty much unchanged on the day.

We are not seeing the big slowdown but we are seeing some weakness around the edges showing the medicine is starting to take effect. And I don’t think it’s just psychological.

If you read the speech, he seems to imply that those hikes aren’t enough.

Over the last six years, we have experienced the largest drop in price/earnings ratios in the history of the U.S. stock market, going back to 1871. 2006 has the potential to be a great year...

The easiest thing is to be bullish when the market is rising and bearish when the market is falling. But as we all know, that’s not how to make money in the stock market.

It has nothing to do with the economy. It was in the private equity unit where they tried to help fledgling tech companies get started.

We think they do have a great pipeline in the areas of cardiovascular, cancer and AIDS. These are the fastest growing areas in the pharmaceutical industry.

The market has done well in the year following a recession. We think the recession has ended.

I think it was a very volatile and directionless week. Investors should tap on the brakes a few times and strap on their seat belts. (Last week) was very earnings driven, and now it’s shifting...