[Calling August a] hazy, hot and hateful month, … TGIO thank God it’s over.

Low-end consumers, the ones that spend every penny of their paycheck, are really hurting with these gasoline prices.

The bottom line is really the bottom line [on income statements] in the stock market and earnings just don’t look good. The jobs data wasn’t terrible but the economy has run into a wall. Basically,...

Getting back to inflation, it is important to note that the producer price Index does not reflect wage pressures — and that is where the inflation threat really lies.

These surveys give regional snapshots, and that’s all they do. I’d never even heard of the Empire State survey until recently — and I don’t think you can build the case that Wall Street sits...

There are lots of positive triggers today,

Obviously, companies split when the stock price has gotten beyond the pocketbook of the average investor.

I also like Tandy ( TAN : Research , Estimates ). They sell all the electronic gear that is so exciting on the dip.

Tech is suffering from one big inventory overhang. It’s going to take a long time to work through that.

The weakness from Friday carried forward to the international markets and we could get a horrific open here today. The concerns stem from the rising rates structure and what we got on Friday was something...

I don’t know that money managers controlling billions of dollars are going to make major choices based on this minor development,

If the consumer starts to cave in, the ‘double dip’ aura will come back. I think that (the Consumer Credit report) is what created this final selling.

The popular indexes have managed to reach 4-year highs, while small and midsize indexes flirt with all-time highs. The lack of sustainability is likely due to the senior citizen status of the bull market, now...

The market’s not exactly cheap anymore.

All the sacred cows of one year ago are getting decimated.

Once we get to April and the first quarter earnings are reported — and I think they’re going to be pretty good — (that) could be helpful. I doubt if you’ll get anything out of...

If the Fed is seeking to slow the economy down that’s always the conundrum,

For Warner-Lambert shareholders, the danger is that Pfizer takes its marbles and goes home. But the potential reward is that you can get [the deal] for a higher price.

However, given that the volume yesterday was almost at the lowest level of the year, caution prevails. I can promise a decent opening but it’s still a bell to bell story.

The Dow is dopey. It gained 1,000 points since mid-April. That’s impressive. If it falls 100 points, so be it.

…There is no scientific way of determining where the Nasdaq bottom is…the money is flowing into safer havens.

It doesn’t tell you anything in terms of the fundamentals. I think there will be a bet made tomorrow (Tuesday) and early Wednesday that the Fed goes 50 basis points (a half-percentage point). If it...

The abbreviated week will bring with it a rash of economic numbers, culminating in the May job figures on Friday, … The Street would like to see some signs of a slowing economic pace so...

Intel hit everything in its report but said inventories are rising and profit margins are falling. And that’s all she wrote.

If we get any kind of word that we can avert military action, avoid a war, certainly that would be helpful.

The key this morning is the 10-year note hovering around a yield of 5%. This news trumps any economic or earnings data. It’s a rate-driven market, even with oil competing for headlines. Any weakness we...

It’s becoming a day-to-day struggle between bears and bulls. Once oil and yields move to highs, the bears take advantage. Those are the twin dreadnoughts of the market. But earnings news has been strong and...

A lot of the results yesterday have been a little disappointing. Microsoft had a decent quarter but was a little below expectations. It was the same with both Amazon and Coke.

I think the Dow is going to be under a little bit of short-term pressure, particularly with technology under a bit of a cloud. But I see it as a temporary situation.

The high drama was yesterday, and now it fades into the void as we await the appeals process,