Now we’re going to see more pressure on the bond market and an already stressed equity market. There’s a lot of concern and we’re seeing some defensive investing. This number shows that the Fed will...

They’re (investors) looking for the Fed to be absolutely aggressive and see the economy as slow as can be and to be measured in terms of understanding how important the consumer is at this point....

The financial stocks, which could be a good indication of interest rate sentiment, are up. You want to see the real interest rate sensitive stocks participate.

You have to be careful. There are not many sectors that are doing well out there. This is a slowing economy. People are looking for security of earnings. That means you go toward drug stocks...

All eyes will be on Microsoft to see where they come out based on the Goldman (Sachs) downgrading.

A lot of money left the sector last week over concerns that valuations were just too high. But there’s still a lot of interest in technology.

There’s a little nervousness in the air regarding heightened geopolitical news. The rhetoric from Iran is not helping.

This puts 5.25% on the fed funds rate back on the table. It’s not the job of anyone to interpret what a market’s reaction to a comment will be. This has added volatility on a...

The market is going to continue to be buffeted by this political story that doesn’t go away. If we can get past that, hopefully the market will react positively to the end of a process.

Either people are going to reposition away from technology and seek a home in the migration away from technology, which is why you have other sectors moving, … For those who are tech players, it’s...

Without any major tech stories, the economic numbers are going to take center stage, … It started on Friday with the first peek at the GDP (gross domestic product) for the first quarter.

Intel was generally positive, but I think the stock had run up into the meeting, so that’s why you’re not seeing much reaction.

It’s going to be another confidence building story the closer we get to the Fed meeting. I believe that the unemployment rate and the NAPM numbers will be the key numbers.

The Nasdaq is a different ball game. It’s not a credit-sensitive sector.

We do think growth is going to be the place to be again,

The market needed one economic number to put the bear market drop to bed. We got three; Employment, leading economic indicators and housing. I think that’s enough to stop the case that there’s another downward...

I do think [the Bali bombing] is weighing on the market today.

You can pick you poison today from anywhere. The earnings concern and lack of guidance for 2006 concerns tech players. But the story goes beyond that to energy pricing, which is still a 2005 perspective....

I expect (ECI) to be very tame and show now inflation. It’s the GDP I’m concerned about. If either one doesn’t come in line (with expectations), the market will remain under pressure, … I’m looking...

I think the market had a decent week but without any fundamental backing, the rally doesn’t really have tremendous upside.

It’s big because it’s at a very substantial premium and it means something toward the world of further consolidation in brokerage. I think people are going to be scouring to see what could be next.

Every piece of bad news that comes out in the market … is ignored, … looking forward to 2002, in the second-half, when a recovery is going to be in effect.

I think we really have to get to the next Fed meeting before anything significant happens. We have to see the emphasis on a slowing economy, and that’s key to seeing that there won’t be...

The story (this) week is: Does it hold it or will it break it.

There was nothing Greenspan said that was harsh and sometimes no news is good news,

Growth stocks on the large cap front with perceived consistent earnings can be looked at as better values.

At the same time, there is this increased market volatility that exaggerates these swings.

I think there’s a concern about the economy so I think you’ll see conciliatory talk (from Fed governors). We seem to rally into Fed meetings so I would expect a slightly upward bias.

The reaction [to the Fed minutes] was very emotional, and it is still undecided whether 5% is the end. We look at gold and commodities. These are inflation indicators.

It was exactly what Wall Street thought. The wording was exact — no hike, sees inflation risk ahead, recent data shows moderating slowdown is still tentative and preliminary, and leaves open (a) rate hike in...

There’s going to be this flip-flop next week and continually until we get through earnings season, going from earnings to worrying about the economic slowdown and what inflation brings so I think next week is...

There’s been a decisive shift to the upside in market sentiment. The Dow has done its job and it has made a statement of recovery based upon defensive-style spending, cyclicality and the absence of accounting-related...

There’s worry about higher interest rates. The bond market has been very weak, and we can assume the higher interest rates are signs of a rebounding economy. This gives people a feeling of comfort, but...

I think this week’s performance has been very indicative of a bottom. The market made a lot of sense this week, since the Fed really helped to ensure the positive psychology that is needed to...

The market is going to want to see in those numbers some clues that the PC market is picking up post-Y2K.

It is profit warnings and it’s taking down more of the market than it probably should. The profit warnings are very specific to stocks that have not been performing well anyway.

I think to an extent we’ve taken for granted the last few Fed meetings, and next week’s meeting takes on more significance, … A quarter-point hike is pretty much expected, but I think the relative...

Traders are just lightening their positions a little bit. The holidays are compressing the activity and I think most of the (options) rolling over you saw yesterday.

Trading is going to be dominated by waiting for the Federal Reserve Board. We still expect the Fed to go a quarter of a percentage point, and no change in language.

The market is built on momentum and liquidity, … And when the market comes down, if you want to [look at] the sectors that are undervalued, value stocks [under those circumstances] — they’re not going...

It is quite astounding. One week revenue-based companies are forbidden (psychologically) from investors’ minds and one week later, as interest rate (fears) return, technology (stock) is the place to be because they are less affected.