The stock market initially got pretty spooked by the strong March payrolls number, … At that time, the futures market was signaling no rate hike until November. Now, it’s signaling August.

The market is technically oversold, so you could see a short-term bounce, but without a resolution to the Iraq question, you’re not going to see anything substantial.

We’re not seeing much movement today (Wednesday) but I think we hit a bottom last week and we’ve set the stage to move higher in the short term.

On the day, you’re just seeing traders take some profits in response to an overbought condition after the rally, but longer-term there is a real concern about the bond market being at a 45-year low...

I think it’s unlikely that it’s the retail investor causing this kind of action. You can pretty much bet it’s program traders.

I think the Nasdaq probably bottomed Monday, and we’re in the process overall of making a very meaningful bottom. The next couple of days will likely continue to be volatile, but I think we’ll bounce...

The market has been oversold with all the fear. So partly, you’re seeing a response to that,

Advertising dollars are more targeted to the 25-44 age group.

My sense is that we’re going to keep consolidating over the next few weeks after the kind of run we’ve had. Then you could see stocks start to move higher again.

You’ve got the whole unsettled war threat hanging over us, a slew of corporate malfeasance, and worries that economic recovery won’t be as good as expected in the second half of the year, … But...

The overriding issue is are we going to get one more rate hike or several.

This is a slight pullback from the rally we’ve been enjoying. But, we’re very optimistic for the remainder of the year. We think it’s up, up and away. Not to the heights of the 90s,...

Greenspan had something for everybody, as he usually does. It depends on your frame of reference in terms of how you interpret it. I think his comments were pretty benign.

I just think this is a brief hiatus in what will be a good finish to the month and the quarter.

It’ll give some clarity about interest rates, whether the market can break out of this range, and will give us some indications about the presidential election. The better the jobs number, the better for Bush’s...

We’ve had two days of pretty good rallies and now there’s a bit of consolidation. We’re not going to go anywhere meaningful until lots of these issues get resolved. When stocks get beaten down far...

It’s been a difficult week or two for the stock market. It seems like as soon as we get past one thing, we have another. Overall, it seems the confluence of negative news is making...

There are a lot of cross-currents going this week. Bond prices have been falling sharply, but it hasn’t seemed to help stocks. Then you’ve got all the earnings pretty much coming in in-line but not...

We may see this push and pull for the next few weeks.

We’ve talked to him about opportunities within our cluster. It’s really in Steve’s court.

The underlying fundamentals remain decent, but the pessimism is getting higher. The biggest hindrance right now is oil prices, part and parcel with Iraq.

I think the oil concerns have gotten overdone, … but the situation in Iraq is a different story, though, as is a potential attack.

The PPI today obviously affected the bond market, … Stocks are more neutral right now in that you have oil stocks, materials and drug stocks doing well today, and that’s countering the concerns about inflation.

Long term, I think the markets are higher. … I think on a very short basis, we’re due for a pullback of sorts. The government is doing all it can to stimulate the economy, but...

Texas Instruments’ conference call left people pretty cold. That broke the momentum of that group and has spilled over into other tech stocks.

We never even heard of them.

I think the longshoremen development [at West Coast ports] is pretty important, because if left alone, it would be a tremendous drag on the U.S. economy.

To the extent that there remains pressure on stocks even when the company reports some good news means that on a broader level, people don’t want to own anything right now.

And there’s a lack of clarity about the economic impact of Katrina.

From a technical standpoint the market is in a pretty good place. But I think it’s a classic summer Friday, and people don’t want to commit too much after the week we’ve seen and ahead...

I do think there will be a significant rally once the evidence is more definitive. A conclusive end to war will fix the problems we are having today. A positive end to war stimulates a...

You have technology showing leadership again today, but I think you’ll see a rotational shift by the end of the month, with investors pulling money out of sectors like tech and industrials and putting it...

I think we’re a bit overbought right now and we may need to consolidate. But maybe if the Fed statement implies a pause is coming soon, we could move up a bit.

We’re pretty locked into this no-man’s land as we wait for the Fed. I think that the Fed will probably cut 25 [basis points] and that you’re not going to see much reaction tomorrow, because...