Today is encouraging, but it’s not particularly meaningful. We still have a lot of economic and earnings news to get through this week.

There’s really nothing you can do about it because you need a parking spot.

It’s been a ‘no-brainer’ momentum market where securities analysis isn’t important, and now you have almost dangerous valuation levels on those stocks,

The market needs to walk a line between too little growth and too much growth, between profits and interest rates. The jobs report tilted the market toward too little growth.

I think you’re locked in a trading range. The good news is, the consensus for now seems to be that if the Fed’s done — if it’s not done, it’s very close to being done...

This is a tactic. In the very short term, it will be highly positive for the markets. But what’s gonna happen here is you’re going to see a cat and mouse game between Bush and...

We [saw] a tug-of-war between the bulls and the bears today,

The driving force for the market over coming weeks is going to be earnings — what were the first quarter results and what is the outlook, … You need strong earnings to overcome the headwinds...

Stock investors have concluded that the economy was in good shape before Hurricane’s Katrina and Rita, and that it has come through the storms in reasonably good shape, with the exception of oil.

After five up weeks, it’s ok to have a week like this.

I think you’re in a tug of war between those that are willing to bet on an economic recovery and those that think things have come too far too fast and are waiting to see...

The momentum will change. Technology stocks are due for a correction, without bringing down the market.

As long as we believe the economy’s poised to recover, this is the best time for stocks.

[He said the company has several lives.] As it exists today, it’s selling at $8. It will earn 60 cents a share over the next 12 months, … The company has no debt, tremendous excess...

The market has done better than I would have thought. You’ve got some signs that the economy is starting to stabilize — it looks like the consumer is counteracting the negative effects of the capital...

With the election clearing the deck, I think you’ll see more momentum. If you’re going to have a 10 percent increase in corporate profits next year, I don’t see why you couldn’t be up 20...

I think retail is going to be a very tough place to make money. What’s worrying the market now is — if the Fed is successful in slowing the economy, what does it mean for...

This Iranian issue is lurking as tension in the background. It’s going to keep oil higher until it works its way out.

When all is said and done, I think the market will sprint higher toward the end of the year. But it’s going to take continued encouraging earnings and economic reports to move it along.

It’s not going to make or break a bull or a bear market, but it’s a negative.