I think a lot of people had anticipated May sales would be weak, which is a further sign that the economy is slowing. In general, the outlook for what the Fed is going to do...

There are a lot of conferences scheduled and there we’ll get some (indicators) within the technology group.

I don’t think we’re in for Armageddon, but there’s not going to be any visibility on earnings. So we’ve got months of trading fun and investors can go to the beach.

Everyone expected the unemployment rate to slip to 4 percent. It appears the Fed is a lot more afraid of the market than the market is afraid of the Fed.

We’re getting closer to the earnings period, and the bulls are hoping that the actual quarterly results will be in line or better than expected and alleviate the fears that there’s another warning coming in...

It seemed to me that Wall Street analysts fired all their cannons this morning in defense of technology and look at the result. Some of these stocks will get bailed out if they significantly beat...

We got a double dose of good news. The Yahoo! revenues and earnings were better than expected, helping to pump some life into the dreary internet group and we continue to get a trickling of...

People that are overexposed in tech should rethink the thesis that many seem to hold that since stocks are down (significantly), they are going to shoot to the sky. Last year was an anomaly.

I expect we will make an important bottom and the ultimate bottom this month.

I would tell people who are overweight in technology to use any bounces to lighten up in those areas, raise some cash and shift portfolios into more defensive positions.

I think we’re in a full-blown mania, especially in the technology sector.

I think there was a lot of optimism built into the market that a soft landing is coming and the Fed will be easing. The decline in the unemployment rate cast doubt on that scenario...

It’s a bit much to expect we’re going to rock and roll to new highs. But I don’t see an extraordinary amount of downside, so investors shouldn’t worry too much about the ups and downs.

The only thing he’s likely to say any different would be during the question- and-answer phase — and that probably won’t amount to a whole heck of a lot.

This is all Greenspan. He’s made it very clear that the Fed will go to neutral bias.

As a sector, technology will provide earnings growth irrespective of the economy slowing to a point that would impact other companies that are sensitive to the economy one way or the other.

There are analysts out there talking up their favorite tech stocks. On the other hand, there are still concerns that large cap tech stocks may be doing some pre-announcements, so there are a lot of...

I think you’ll see healthier and broader advances in the market. Now is the time for optimism.

The overwhelming key will be, as companies report, it won’t be as much about what they report but what they have to say about the fourth quarter and 2001.

I think (investors) are going to be looking at how the market has performed and what the sector rankings are. I think that some of the recent gains that have come to a bit of...

Investors are less concerned about technology valuations and more concerned with finding places to put money that won’t have earnings disappointments.

We got a little bit of a pop from the Supreme Court ruling. I think some of the strength we’ve seen was discounting a Bush presidency. Obviously the uncertainty was not what was hurting the...

There was a lot of disappointment about revenue. It’s especially true for technology stocks – if you don’t have revenue growth, people start to question (value), and 10 percent doesn’t cut it.

It’s a pattern that’s repeated virtually every day. At least today there was a reason to open higher. This is not a good sign that every analyst was out pumping up their favorite tech stocks...

The on-again, off-again love affair with cyclical stocks is indicative of a lack of clarity.

There is not enough earnings and/or revenue growth to justify valuations in a lot of the technology stocks and there is a great amount of fear that analysts will be slashing away at their earnings...

People are still in love with technology. There are enough signs now that the market is oversold and we could get a bounce but it will be limited. It’s really a traders market except for...

It’s light, and people are looking for anything to do. I think you’ll continue to see money move into the tech group because that’s where all the performance has been.

I think that’s evidence that a good deal of any weak earnings is priced into the market because the expectations have been lowered by analysts and further lowered by realistic expectations of the Street.

I think it was likely to falter because of the amount of people who bought in anticipation of the approval.

I think it will be to a greater extent a larger problem than most people anticipate. Obviously, it’s going to have a major impact on certain industries.

I think small investors should probably wait until valuations are more reasonable in the technology stocks.

We no longer and we haven’t had a declining rate of inflation. Why anybody would think the Fed would be considering easing now is hard to believe.

The market is consolidating its recent gains.

People are doing a little rotating into some groups that have been lagging a bit. The analysts have been out flogging their favorite Internet stocks in the past couple of days.

There’s not enough fear and there was too much hope.

Unless you see substantially weaker growth and low core inflation, if energy prices remain high and the labor market remains tight, there are a lot of people who expect the next Fed move to be...

In the past Greenspan has implied market valuations are OK. as long as earnings growth is sustained. But there’s a lot of concern valuations are too high?and now we’ve had a couple of earnings warnings.

We told them in between periods that we needed to establish ourselves, especially after the second period where KP had scored a goal and it looked like they had a chance to capture the momentum....

I think you’ll find buyers coming in, with a focus on the tech stocks that everyone knows and loves.

We’re going to be winding down (earnings) and more focus will be turning toward the presidential election. However, there’s not much one can do since the race appears too tight to call. On a poll-by-poll...

I think the strong snap-back we’ve seen might be a bit unnerving. It depends on whether (Fed chairman) Mr. Greenspan wants to shake things up.

The perennial favorite is technology because whether you think the economy is slowing, growing, or somewhere in between, there’s a great belief that these companies in the new information age will generate good earnings growth...

As we reach the end of the quarter, there’s increasing optimism that the damage is done. We saw the beginning stages of the fact that when the economy slows, there are no sectors that go...

Even though the Fed has tightened, it’s not done a whole lot in the way of weakening the housing market.

People expected that Asia was pretty much over, and things would get better over the better part of the year. Now, that’s called into question here, and technology is a pariah now. And I think...

Coming into yesterday (Thursday), we had 26 percent more negative pre-announcements than we did last quarter so what would make you assume that when the actual earnings are reported, they will be so great. In...

It’s just a minor piece of the puzzle, but it does show the continued strength of imports – an excessive demand is a problem for the Fed.

Clearly there are signs that we are going to see a much less rosy picture in capital investment, and we’re certainly in a bear market in technology. I would expect many investors still have not...

The problem there was that they said the next quarter was going to be impacted by changing accounting procedures and their guidance going forward was not particularly upbeat.