As the rate of gain in corporate profits slows, even though the economy is booming, productivity is slowing and wages are going up, so the market will feel worse -- but people will be feeling better,
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ABBY COHEN I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom... ABBY JOSEPH COHEN I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom... JOSEPH COHEN We think the economy is going to be slowing down and the Fed's rate increases are coming to an end. ERIC DARWELL Horror as for me is the best choice, you can gain a lot of. I like to be afraid like to see this shi... DEYTH BANGER With a slowing economy and weakening corporate earnings, our clients are facing the most challenging... DAVID POTTRUCK The strength in European earnings is the result of a tremendous rise in productivity. That explains ... PHILIPPE BRUGERE Not only is the economy slowing but it is a reminder that inflation risks diminish as the economy sl... PAUL CHRISTOPHER The report is the latest sign that consumer confidence has been trending down, ... It adds to worrie... PETER BOOCKVAR The report is the latest sign that consumer confidence has been trending down. It adds to worries in... PETER BOOCKVAR Even though they'll be value priced, they'll still carry hefty profit margins. They'll have better f... JOE PHILLIPPI Interest rates are still at record lows, the economy is going great and the housing market is really... BILL WARD The concern with the economy is that the stimulus from the tax cuts and the rate cuts may be fading.... BILL STRAZZULLO The market is going to do better as the economy slows some and the Fed's done. What's perverse is th... JASON TRENNERT [The outlook for Japan is not all cherry blossoms and sake, though.] We don't have a boom in consump... RICHARD KATZ The fact is the market went up a lot, and whenever there is a reason to take profits, people will ta... IAN NAKAMOTO The election is a minor uncertainty that the market would like to get out of the way. Over the next ... CHRISTINE CALLIES Investors are having to deal with the reality of lower corporate profits. And the stock market is st... MICHAEL STRAUSS After that, as energy growth slows, it will all depend on the health of the national economy and tha... BARTON SMITH When the economy slows down and costs go up, such as gas prices, these people are usually the first ... JEFFERY DABBS The market has somewhat anticipated a half-point rate increase next week, so if they can see signs t... PETER CHANDLER Producer prices seem to be rising at a slower rate than consumer prices and that is looking good for... JOHN BEERLING Corporate profits are what drive the stock market. On the economic front, we have been seeing a slow... BERNADETTE MURPHY That's all got to be cleaned up. The stock market's going to struggle until that happens, and the ec... MAUREEN ALLYN Valuations are getting stretched, especially in the technology sector. There may be some recovery in... CHUCK CARLSON It's better to add hybrid cars and other fuel-efficient models to the company's lineup, as the marke... HIROYOSHI NAKAGAWA Employment is likely to be much weaker going forward and the jobless rate will keep rising as the ec... JARROD KERR Broadcast TV is still the mothership and it will be for the foreseeable future. Audiences may be dec... LESLIE MOONVES The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one... DEYTH BANGER The job market is firm, the outlook for hiring remains firm and hourly wages will pick up. Wages wil... ZOLTAN POZSAR The market is anticipating a slowing economy. ALAN ROSE The market is anticipating a slowing economy. ALAN DE ROSE The move is part of the regulator's efforts to sustain growth in the country's stock market. Some ov... BONG WON GIL Everybody feels better about himself, his community, and his country if employers are paying workers... EDMUND PHELPS In general, the economy is proving to be resilient to energy and gas price pressure. It's on a growt... MICHAEL ENGLUND When we benchmark, we take the hard data from the quarterly census of employment and wages. If their... BOB BALL Productivity is driven at the enterprise level. Better wages, better performing workplaces, are driv... BILL SHORTEN Even though the interest rate rise had been discounted, a half percentage point rise in local intere... JAMES SO Whether we were doing the minimum-wage increase or not this year, the wages were still going to go u... BETH BUSCH The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON On top of taking profits, the local market followed New York more which was worse as a result of cor... FELIPE LAIER Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY There are two key challenges to the U.S. market: one is Fed policy -- and it's still our concern tha... GARY DUGAN Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do SOTONYE ANGA Profits are better than wages. (Jim Rohn). Wages are better than nothing. - Really Jeannie REALLY JEANNIE People are switching to utilities because there is a lot of uncertainty in the market about how deep... HERBERT LAU The economy is strong enough to keep corporate earnings growing, but not so strong that inflation wi... ERIC THORNE On net, we'll see some damage and a hit to corporate profits and proprietors' income, but that effec... JOSEPH ABATE The big question is what will happen over the next few years, ... Wages and costs are going up in Ch... JONATHAN ANDERSON The market is not priced for oil prices at record highs and rising interest rates and slowing earnin... JEFFREY SAUT U.S. Corporate Profits: Outlook And Credit Implications. Up until now, this has been subdued by stro... DIANE VAZZA Stocks are only getting cheaper and cheaper, and the U.S. economy is strong as are corporate profits... CLAES AHREL I was bearish on U.S. equities earlier this year but have now turned positive. Stocks are only getti... CLAES AHREL We are going to have another good year next year, but my feeling is that the days of 15 to 20 percen... BYRON WIEN The market is adjusting to a trend that the market hasn't lived with in some time. Inflation is goin... DOUGLAS CLIGGOTT Everything is lining up for a rate cut. It seems the heat is coming off the economy, with consumer d... CHRIS HART The rate of annual growth has been slowing as would be expected, with most of the rise in the market... HOWARD MORLEY Just as Karl Marx did not attribute what he saw as the detrimental effects of a market economy to th... THOMAS SOWELL Video games and YouTube.com are creatively booming, even though Web design, as demonstrated by the u... CAMILLE PAGLIA When the corporate interest of financial gain is allowed to influence the vital and all inclusive in... HRISTO ALEXANDROV The chances of a rate hike will underpin the dollar. Even though the Fed is coming to the end of its... BESA DEDA The economy is growing at a reduced but healthier pace. We don't anticipate any inflation problems, ... AL GOLDMAN There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down. DAVID RICARDO Even though the labor market is tight, the pickup we've seen in wages growth has been fairly modest ... MALCOLM EDEY To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ... GARY F EVANS... In general, a rising rate environment slows down growth, so most companies are not going to go as go... JAY BRYSON I think the next move by the Fed will be to take a neutral stance. I think the economy is probably s... ANNETTE GEDDES B.C. is a very diversified economy, with strength in the high-tech industries, expanding natural gas... CARLOS GOMES BC is a very diversified economy, with strength in the high-tech industries, expanding natural gas a... CARLOS GOMES My sense from just this brief analysis is we may avoid a rate hike in August. If you believe the eco... GRACE FEY I think people are beginning to see the economy is slowing. DAVID HORNER We've reached the point where employers need to start hiring again, but productivity growth will sta... GUS FAUCHER I think that the market - once we get through this interest rate fear and we're more certain about t... GRACE FEY I've been negative on the industry outlook for quite some time. I think next year is going to be a d... LAWRENCE HORAN The realization that has moved into the market is that the price of oil will probably decline, and t... ANDY BROOKS Corporate profits will likely fall, but remain a large portion of GDP, CONRAD DEQUADROS We really pride ourselves that people usually go away feeling a lot better going away than when they... JUDY YODER Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. We're coming off such a low base, higher rates will be more of a confirmation of an economic recover... JOE KALINOWSKI It's all just an indication of the old saying that nothing succeeds like success. If a market is boo... DAN KUSNETZKY There will be dips as players take profits ... but the market continues to set its sights on reachin... KOJI SUZUKI The rate cut was positive, but maybe a little conservative, so the market took some profits after in... CARLOS HOKAMA Some people think it's a law that when productivity goes up, everybody benefits. There is no eco... ERIK BRYNJOLFSSON The purported will states, 'Attack them on the sea. Attack them on the land. Attack them everywhere.... PETER BERGEN He believes in the need to get this economy back on a high growth track, to increase productivity so... BRUCE JOSTEN When you create an economy where you subsidize corporate profits through a welfare program and food ... MARTIN O'MALLEY This year is really going to be seen as a transition year away from the booming economy to a more mo... STEVE COCHRANE The impact on the economy isn't really that big. The main impact is that of the higher costs on corp... JUNICHI MAKINO The housing market will get worse before it gets better. JAMES WILSON There is no sign of the economy slowing and that's bad for the Treasury market. We're not expecting ... HIROKI SHIMAZU The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL Motorola is making tough, but deliberate and strategic, business decisions in order to remain compet... EDWARD BREEN If the Fed is on the warpath with an eye to slowing the economy and trying to blunt inflation before... 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LESLIE MIKLOSY That's who we want to play, and they want to play us. LISA LESLIE I'm probably taller than 90% of the men I meet. LISA LESLIE In boys, it's ingrained in their heads that to dunk is just the highlight of basketball, whereas for... LISA LESLIE We played slow tonight, ... You have give Houston credit because they came out and jumped on us. The... LISA LESLIE They did a good job of keeping us off the boards. We felt we needed this game. We did all you can as... LISA LESLIE I think this is an awesome opportunity for us as athletes to help and give back to the hurricane vic... LISA LESLIE I played on an all-boy's team in the 8th grade, but they wouldn't throw me the ball even though I wa... LISA LESLIE I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church ... LISA LESLIE We're going to the Olympics as favorite to win the gold, and every other team in the Olympics is goi... LISA LESLIE If we're not sharing the ball and moving it around, we're going to have a problem out there, ... If ... LISA LESLIE Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. We're both role models who have made different choic... LISA LESLIE It's really not about the money. It's just about educating yourself. LISA LESLIE I enjoy being in school. I've learned so much already, with taking economics and law, and I have mar... LISA LESLIE Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way... LISA LESLIE Until now, until I actually got into law class, I just never thought of it as being an interest for ... LISA LESLIE The story is untrue and hurtful and he didn't give them an interview. LESLIE SLOANE We were shocked by the results. LESLIE LEINWAND When you're empty, go with empty. LESLIE MIKLOSY Any movement toward solution gathers energy; any movement away from solution depletes energy. Act ac... LESLIE MIKLOSY It's our job to really sock it to you emotionally. LESLIE BOUGHTON This is an incredibly exciting evolution for CBS and network television — video on demand is the n... LESLIE MOONVES We only used the dining room table about once or twice a year. LESLIE GROSS I'm glad this whole success thing is happening now. I can't even imagine a 23-year-old Lesli... LESLIE JONES If you don't pray often, you won't gain a love for praying. Prayer is work, and therefore it is not ... LESLIE LUDY I've always been concerned about global warming. It seemed to me like working in nuclear power w... LESLIE DEWAN Women do not like CDs of live music. We only like the original recordings. If a song sounds differen... LESLIE MANN If you are ready to trade the hollow self-made beauty of this world for the glorious Christ-built be... LESLIE LUDY It was like hiking into a Hemingway story; everything was sepia-toned and bristling with subtext. LESLIE WHAT She was far too busy living out a passionate romance with Jesus Christ to be pining after an earthly... LESLIE LUDY The most beautiful women I've ever observed are those that have exchanged a self-focused life for a ... LESLIE LUDY