He can't stick to his position, but he has raised expectations among his own supporters that he will. He was elected on a mandate of peace.

Fundamentals will probably be in line with expectations but that won't be the catalyst to move these stocks,

I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

Our high expectations were not met.

Expectations for the brokers have turned somewhat more negative. We're not terribly excited about the near-term prospects for a lot of these stocks.

The quarterly results beat the expectations of most market watchers.