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STANLEY DRUCKENMILLER![]()
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BARRY RITHOLTZ This is an exciting international weather experiment that will provide valuable information to ultim...
GREG HUNT![]()
Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple.
BARRY RITHOLTZ And this is one way to do technology forecasting; get a sense of where technology is, and then antic...
CHRIS ANDERSON Forecasting where inventory should be in field is new to SAP.
GREG MEKJIAN We develop these tools in tandem with the forecasters. They know what they're looking for from us to...
CHRIS VELDEN Computer modelling for weather forecasting, and indeed for climate forecasting, has reached its limi...
PIERS CORBYN I'm not forecasting these changes. These changes have already occurred at the wholesale level.
PETER BEUTEL![]()
Speculative markets have always been vulnerable to illusion. But seeing the folly in markets provide...
ROBERT J. SHILLER![]()
Forecasting our futures is built into our psyches because we will soon have to manage that future. W...
ALAN GREENSPAN![]()
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH We are forecasting that actual capital expenditure growth will likely come in at or below 10 percent...
ERIC CHEN Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one.
NOW IS GOOD![]()
We talk about the Internet. That comes from science. Weather forecasting. That comes from science. T...
BILL NYE There is no way of forecasting when exchange rates are going to move.
TONY ALEXANDER We're forecasting it to become a hurricane in a few days.
JAMES FRANKLIN![]()
We're forecasting it will get better, but we'd like to see it get better faster,
FREDERICK SMITH I think some people forecasting [profit growth] in the single digits are being conservative, which i...
NICK RAICH The only thing I cannot predict is the future
AMIT TRIVEDI![]()
Future forecasting is all about testing strategies - it's like a wind tunnel.
JAMAIS CASCIO The great problem with doing that in real time is people live in real time and almost everybody's de...
JAMES ANNABLE We can't rule it out, but it's not what we're forecasting at this time.
COLIN MCADIE![]()
One thing is forever good;
That one thing is Success.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON The last time (that) happened it was a contributing factor to the market crash of 1987. While we are...
CLIVE MCDONNELL At the margin they reinforced our growing sense that Fed tightening might stop before the federal fu...
ED MCKELVEY We feel pretty confident that someone will [get hit]. We're forecasting a major hurricane for the Un...
ERIC BLAKE In the near term, the news is positive. It shows the company is doing a better job of forecasting an...
KURT KING Recent volatility in raw material prices, however, makes first quarter forecasting difficult.
WILLIAM JOYCE Hurricane forecasting has gotten much better over the years but it is still not an exact science.
ANDY NEWMAN I'm forecasting now, particularly post-Y2K, that as many as 15 percent of all companies will transfo...
JAMES CANTON Certainly none of us did a good job forecasting what the impact of 9/11 would be on the industry,
JIM PADILLA We have no other risk-projects that aren't within the bounds of normal forecasting errors.
GREG CLARKE![]()
I will be the first to say that it is always difficult to get monetary policy just right. But the Fe...
JANET YELLEN![]()
Forecasting is simply not a strength of the species; we are much better with tools and narrative sto...
BARRY RITHOLTZ The model has demonstrated the necessary skill to be used as a forecasting tool.
MAUSUMI DIKPATI![]()
I think the association of economics with forecasting is unfortunate and is down to the fact that on...
TIM HARFORD The ISE could buy some of these traditional floor markets that have decent flow, like the Amex. Or i...
DOUG ATKIN One thing we have learned very quickly in this tournament is anything can happen.
BUCK MARTINEZ![]()
Whenever you try to pick market tops and bottoms, you are making a prediction. Guessing what stock i...
BARRY RITHOLTZ In all sorts of markets—music, film, art, and politics—the future of popularity will be harder t...
DEREK THOMPSON![]()
The successful entrepreneurs on the free market will be the ones most adept at anticipating future b...
MURRAY ROTHBARD As a forecasting rule of thumb, the yield curve has been pretty good but it may not be a good rul...
DORSEY FARR The key is you won't spend more than you need to, but to do that you have to have planning and forec...
HARRY BLACK![]()
The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too ...
PATRICK YOUNG The ISM reports are honestly not the best way to go about forecasting the payroll report.
DREW MATUS![]()
There are domains in which expertise is not possible. Stock picking is a good example. And in long-t...
DANIEL KAHNEMAN We're good at forecasting paths of hurricanes, but we're not as good at predicting intensity and the...
MICHAEL CROSBY The forecasting comparisons for soybeans were somewhat sensitive to the measure of forecast accuracy...
DARREL GOOD The forecasting comparisons for soybeans were somewhat sensitive to the measure of forecast accuracy...
DARREL GOOD Simple, single-metric quotas and forecasts are rare in any size business, but the SFA tools offered ...
ZACH NELSON![]()
I never understand why 'economist makes forecast' is ever a headline. Whether the economist ...
TIM HARFORD MVC has always been one of the weaker players in the market, so it is dangerous to draw too many con...
STEVE DAVIES![]()
While both these statements refer to eggs, the main difference between these two rather irking state...
CHRISTINA ENGELA If your partner is not willing, then you are not really losing anything. I think VW will eventually ...
JUERGEN PIEPER![]()
That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can Get f...
GEORGE HARRISON In November, I was forecasting 18% occupancy, and at the end of the month, we were looking at 30%.
ACHIM BRUECKNER Right now we're forecasting demand for that scenario, ... We need to get an idea of the products tha...
FRANK JOHNSON Las Vegas, before this boom, had never seen any condo conversions. So nobody knows how it will all s...
CHRISTOPHER BENTLEY The advances in modeling has significantly improved, and probably is the most important increment of...
CONRAD LAUTENBACHER It could be that I stop the procedure forever, but this action is not a permanent result.
GALEN BEAUFORT Last November, we thought that 2004 was going to be the peak year for real estate excise tax, ... We...
DWIGHT DIVELY To meet the challenge of pediatric therapeutics, unique formulations and improved delivery methods w...
GEORGE PERROS Ways have to be found to maintain university research untramelled by requirements of forecasting app...
JOHN VANE We hope it sets an example for South America and others to share their observations to make our tota...
GREGORY WITHEE The greatest factor clouding our vision is conservative forecasting on the part of our [sales] chann...
GREG REYES![]()
A forecasting game is a kind of simulation, a kind of scenario, a kind of teleconference, a kind of ...
HOWARD RHEINGOLD This was probably the closest thing to a 'Day After Tomorrow' scenario that we could model. The floo...
ALLEGRA LEGRANDE We're forecasting $50 million in volume in 2003. This business drives 2.1 million customer visits a ...
BRIAN TUNICK We always look at markets, and this is the classical market - and we have three of them. The merger ...
HARVEY SAFERSTEIN If we knew, we would have been able to do a better job of forecasting. We thought in December the co...
DALE MOHLER![]()
There is no way that we can predict the weather six months ahead beyond giving the seasonal average
STEPHEN HAWKING Danny is as fast as Nick Knight. Once his skill catches up with that -- probably by midseason at the...
DEREK MAZEITIS![]()
There was this funny thing of anything could happen now that we realized everything had.
RAYMOND CARVER When our lips parted, he sighed. “I love those eyes, angel. When they look at me, I feel like anyt...
BIJOU HUNTER Unless you have an insulting, absurd nick name, you haven’t made good friends
YAMIN RASHEED The saddest thing that could have happened to us, will be the saddest thing that could happen to us,...
SHAHENSHAH HAFEEZ KHAN We're forecasting revenue contributions of $600 million from about 7 million upgrade (Windows 98) un...
DAVID READERMAN There are two key challenges to the U.S. market: one is Fed policy -- and it's still our concern tha...
GARY DUGAN So, I think what it (the report) does do, in terms of confirming what we've been saying all along, i...
JANN TABER Companies today are poised to capture the market share being conceded by their competitors. The wors...
BERNIE BOURDEAU![]()
If I’ve learned anything from facing death, it is that life is not meant to be survived. Life is t...
EDIE LITTLEFIELD SUNDBY In November, I was forecasting 18 percent occupancy and at the end of the month, we were looking at ...
ACHIM BRUECKNER The funds from the sale were put into research and general teaching budgets at the university. Whart...
LAWRENCE R. KLEIN I don't doubt that people are probably going to these Web sites. I think the markets are so volatile...
HOLLY LISS The good side is that it came early in the season. Number one, it can't happen again. Number two, it...
ERIC WEDGE![]()
Forecasting Armageddon has become trendy of late, with a great deal of attention being given to an i...
SETH SHOSTAK![]()
These mods made significant improvements to the cars – enough so that I changed my mind (another p...
CHRISTINA ENGELA The market needs more money to make a new push and that money will probably have to come from foreig...
CARLOS LEVORIN The market needs more money to make a new push and that money will probably have to come from foreig...
CARLOS AUGUSTO LEVORIN The worst possible thing that could happen to a child happened in this case. I think for each one of...
PETER PERSAUD This is the right market to access for an Indian company. The market is saturated with branded gener...
ALEXANDER GROSCHKE A teacher told my mother that I would never become successful, which illustrates the difficulty of l...
CLIVE GRANGER Emerging markets are on everybody's mind. But one must keep in mind that there is quite a diversity ...
ADRIAN NEMCEK Let's face it. Analysts as well as corporate America are having a difficult time forecasting next we...
JOSEPH KALINOWSKI The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets ar...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER The market could react if the statement indicates in any way that the tightening cycle is winding do...
SHIGERU KOMATSU![]()
Love is the one thing in life that makes everything worthwhile.
CARRIE ANN INABA It was just plain good luck for the Biloxi and New Orleans areas, ... It meant that Katrina definite...
GREG HOLLAND You could argue this is something that had to happen, but it is happening faster, probably, than mos...
DONALD MARRON
STANLEY DRUCKENMILLER
It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that... BARRY RITHOLTZ This is an exciting international weather experiment that will provide valuable information to ultim...
GREG HUNT
Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple. BARRY RITHOLTZ And this is one way to do technology forecasting; get a sense of where technology is, and then antic...
CHRIS ANDERSON Forecasting where inventory should be in field is new to SAP.
GREG MEKJIAN We develop these tools in tandem with the forecasters. They know what they're looking for from us to...
CHRIS VELDEN Computer modelling for weather forecasting, and indeed for climate forecasting, has reached its limi...
PIERS CORBYN I'm not forecasting these changes. These changes have already occurred at the wholesale level.
PETER BEUTEL
Speculative markets have always been vulnerable to illusion. But seeing the folly in markets provide... ROBERT J. SHILLER
Forecasting our futures is built into our psyches because we will soon have to manage that future. W... ALAN GREENSPAN
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH We are forecasting that actual capital expenditure growth will likely come in at or below 10 percent...
ERIC CHEN Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one.
NOW IS GOOD
We talk about the Internet. That comes from science. Weather forecasting. That comes from science. T... BILL NYE There is no way of forecasting when exchange rates are going to move.
TONY ALEXANDER We're forecasting it to become a hurricane in a few days.
JAMES FRANKLIN
We're forecasting it will get better, but we'd like to see it get better faster, FREDERICK SMITH I think some people forecasting [profit growth] in the single digits are being conservative, which i...
NICK RAICH The only thing I cannot predict is the future
AMIT TRIVEDI
Future forecasting is all about testing strategies - it's like a wind tunnel. JAMAIS CASCIO The great problem with doing that in real time is people live in real time and almost everybody's de...
JAMES ANNABLE We can't rule it out, but it's not what we're forecasting at this time.
COLIN MCADIE
One thing is forever good;
That one thing is Success. RALPH WALDO EMERSON The last time (that) happened it was a contributing factor to the market crash of 1987. While we are...
CLIVE MCDONNELL At the margin they reinforced our growing sense that Fed tightening might stop before the federal fu...
ED MCKELVEY We feel pretty confident that someone will [get hit]. We're forecasting a major hurricane for the Un...
ERIC BLAKE In the near term, the news is positive. It shows the company is doing a better job of forecasting an...
KURT KING Recent volatility in raw material prices, however, makes first quarter forecasting difficult.
WILLIAM JOYCE Hurricane forecasting has gotten much better over the years but it is still not an exact science.
ANDY NEWMAN I'm forecasting now, particularly post-Y2K, that as many as 15 percent of all companies will transfo...
JAMES CANTON Certainly none of us did a good job forecasting what the impact of 9/11 would be on the industry,
JIM PADILLA We have no other risk-projects that aren't within the bounds of normal forecasting errors.
GREG CLARKE
I will be the first to say that it is always difficult to get monetary policy just right. But the Fe... JANET YELLEN
Forecasting is simply not a strength of the species; we are much better with tools and narrative sto... BARRY RITHOLTZ The model has demonstrated the necessary skill to be used as a forecasting tool.
MAUSUMI DIKPATI
I think the association of economics with forecasting is unfortunate and is down to the fact that on... TIM HARFORD The ISE could buy some of these traditional floor markets that have decent flow, like the Amex. Or i...
DOUG ATKIN One thing we have learned very quickly in this tournament is anything can happen.
BUCK MARTINEZ
Whenever you try to pick market tops and bottoms, you are making a prediction. Guessing what stock i... BARRY RITHOLTZ In all sorts of markets—music, film, art, and politics—the future of popularity will be harder t...
DEREK THOMPSON
The successful entrepreneurs on the free market will be the ones most adept at anticipating future b... MURRAY ROTHBARD As a forecasting rule of thumb, the yield curve has been pretty good but it may not be a good rul...
DORSEY FARR The key is you won't spend more than you need to, but to do that you have to have planning and forec...
HARRY BLACK
The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too ... PATRICK YOUNG The ISM reports are honestly not the best way to go about forecasting the payroll report.
DREW MATUS
There are domains in which expertise is not possible. Stock picking is a good example. And in long-t... DANIEL KAHNEMAN We're good at forecasting paths of hurricanes, but we're not as good at predicting intensity and the...
MICHAEL CROSBY The forecasting comparisons for soybeans were somewhat sensitive to the measure of forecast accuracy...
DARREL GOOD The forecasting comparisons for soybeans were somewhat sensitive to the measure of forecast accuracy...
DARREL GOOD Simple, single-metric quotas and forecasts are rare in any size business, but the SFA tools offered ...
ZACH NELSON
I never understand why 'economist makes forecast' is ever a headline. Whether the economist ... TIM HARFORD MVC has always been one of the weaker players in the market, so it is dangerous to draw too many con...
STEVE DAVIES
While both these statements refer to eggs, the main difference between these two rather irking state... CHRISTINA ENGELA If your partner is not willing, then you are not really losing anything. I think VW will eventually ...
JUERGEN PIEPER
That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can Get f... GEORGE HARRISON In November, I was forecasting 18% occupancy, and at the end of the month, we were looking at 30%.
ACHIM BRUECKNER Right now we're forecasting demand for that scenario, ... We need to get an idea of the products tha...
FRANK JOHNSON Las Vegas, before this boom, had never seen any condo conversions. So nobody knows how it will all s...
CHRISTOPHER BENTLEY The advances in modeling has significantly improved, and probably is the most important increment of...
CONRAD LAUTENBACHER It could be that I stop the procedure forever, but this action is not a permanent result.
GALEN BEAUFORT Last November, we thought that 2004 was going to be the peak year for real estate excise tax, ... We...
DWIGHT DIVELY To meet the challenge of pediatric therapeutics, unique formulations and improved delivery methods w...
GEORGE PERROS Ways have to be found to maintain university research untramelled by requirements of forecasting app...
JOHN VANE We hope it sets an example for South America and others to share their observations to make our tota...
GREGORY WITHEE The greatest factor clouding our vision is conservative forecasting on the part of our [sales] chann...
GREG REYES
A forecasting game is a kind of simulation, a kind of scenario, a kind of teleconference, a kind of ... HOWARD RHEINGOLD This was probably the closest thing to a 'Day After Tomorrow' scenario that we could model. The floo...
ALLEGRA LEGRANDE We're forecasting $50 million in volume in 2003. This business drives 2.1 million customer visits a ...
BRIAN TUNICK We always look at markets, and this is the classical market - and we have three of them. The merger ...
HARVEY SAFERSTEIN If we knew, we would have been able to do a better job of forecasting. We thought in December the co...
DALE MOHLER
There is no way that we can predict the weather six months ahead beyond giving the seasonal average STEPHEN HAWKING Danny is as fast as Nick Knight. Once his skill catches up with that -- probably by midseason at the...
DEREK MAZEITIS
There was this funny thing of anything could happen now that we realized everything had. RAYMOND CARVER When our lips parted, he sighed. “I love those eyes, angel. When they look at me, I feel like anyt...
BIJOU HUNTER Unless you have an insulting, absurd nick name, you haven’t made good friends
YAMIN RASHEED The saddest thing that could have happened to us, will be the saddest thing that could happen to us,...
SHAHENSHAH HAFEEZ KHAN We're forecasting revenue contributions of $600 million from about 7 million upgrade (Windows 98) un...
DAVID READERMAN There are two key challenges to the U.S. market: one is Fed policy -- and it's still our concern tha...
GARY DUGAN So, I think what it (the report) does do, in terms of confirming what we've been saying all along, i...
JANN TABER Companies today are poised to capture the market share being conceded by their competitors. The wors...
BERNIE BOURDEAU
If I’ve learned anything from facing death, it is that life is not meant to be survived. Life is t... EDIE LITTLEFIELD SUNDBY In November, I was forecasting 18 percent occupancy and at the end of the month, we were looking at ...
ACHIM BRUECKNER The funds from the sale were put into research and general teaching budgets at the university. Whart...
LAWRENCE R. KLEIN I don't doubt that people are probably going to these Web sites. I think the markets are so volatile...
HOLLY LISS The good side is that it came early in the season. Number one, it can't happen again. Number two, it...
ERIC WEDGE
Forecasting Armageddon has become trendy of late, with a great deal of attention being given to an i... SETH SHOSTAK
These mods made significant improvements to the cars – enough so that I changed my mind (another p... CHRISTINA ENGELA The market needs more money to make a new push and that money will probably have to come from foreig...
CARLOS LEVORIN The market needs more money to make a new push and that money will probably have to come from foreig...
CARLOS AUGUSTO LEVORIN The worst possible thing that could happen to a child happened in this case. I think for each one of...
PETER PERSAUD This is the right market to access for an Indian company. The market is saturated with branded gener...
ALEXANDER GROSCHKE A teacher told my mother that I would never become successful, which illustrates the difficulty of l...
CLIVE GRANGER Emerging markets are on everybody's mind. But one must keep in mind that there is quite a diversity ...
ADRIAN NEMCEK Let's face it. Analysts as well as corporate America are having a difficult time forecasting next we...
JOSEPH KALINOWSKI The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets ar...
RANDY NEUGEBAUER The market could react if the statement indicates in any way that the tightening cycle is winding do...
SHIGERU KOMATSU
Love is the one thing in life that makes everything worthwhile. CARRIE ANN INABA It was just plain good luck for the Biloxi and New Orleans areas, ... It meant that Katrina definite...
GREG HOLLAND You could argue this is something that had to happen, but it is happening faster, probably, than mos...
DONALD MARRON
Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win. 
If we want the best pitcher, let's get Bobby Feller. If want the best football player, let's... 
The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few. 
Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one. 
Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary. 
Anybody who accepts mediocrity -- in school, on the job, in life -- is a person who compromises, and... 
Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win. 
Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one. 
Play by the rules, but be ferocious. 
We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a ... 
There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and ... 
Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary. 
We are providing this extra level of detail about the recent property sales to give our shareholders... 