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GIUSEPPE AMATO Even with interest rates going up, housing markets will remain healthy going into 2006.
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Energy price volatility is taking its toll on consumer confidence, as is the prospect of higher [int...
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MARC GABELLI The fundamentals of higher rates are still in place.
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BILL MEEHAN If interest rates aren't going any higher for a little while, then that will probably help make the ...
JUSTIN PASCOE We believe that Japan's premium (price-to-earnings) multiple is justified given the lower level of i...
KATHY MATSUI We had to guess each year what interest rates would do in the coming year, which is difficult to do ...
CHRIS HILLMAN The 10-year bond looks like it's headed higher, so I think the feeling is starting to pervade Wall S...
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BERNARD BAUMOHL Cap rates are going to have to return to normal because interest rates are continuing to bubble up.
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HANS GOETTI This relative stability has been remarkable given the ebbs and flows in job creation, the equity mar...
STEVEN WOOD In the past, the market has absorbed home price increases with household income growth. Well, we had...
J. LENNOX SCOTT Earnings growth and economic growth are strong enough to drive stocks higher, even if interest rates...
GUY STERN The market's noting that earnings are good, the economy is doing well, and yes, interest rates will ...
BRIAN BENSCH there are fundamentally good reasons to cut interest rates.
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PETER BRAENDLE There's a little bit more caution coming into the investment outlook mostly because of fears of high...
CHRIS IGGO Things are getting tougher in New Zealand. While the rest of the world hasn't really priced in the r...
JASON TEH The market is responding very directly to interest rates as kind of a one-dimensional thing -- fearf...
GAIL DUDACK Investors have started selling real estate stocks on speculation higher interest rates in Japan will...
TSUYOSHI SHIMIZU People are complacent about interest rates now. There is a risk that the emerging strength of the da...
BILL EVANS This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low inter...
MARSHALL ACUFF The financial environment, ... is significantly different than it was in 1999, when interest rates w...
CATHERINE MATHIS Consumer spending has kept the economy moving, and when initial holiday sales were better than expec...
FRANK NOTHAFT Markets are still trying to firm up where rates will peak in the U.S. and Europe.
GEORGE HODGSON It's a very serious negative item on your report, on par with a tax lien or a bankruptcy. You will d...
MAXINE SWEET We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.
JEFF RICH The rates we are proposing are of course higher than those currently given to employees.
LEE CABRERA Interest rates have an indirect effect on exchange rates.
JEFFREY TAN People who live in higher-cost housing markets are really hurting.
JAY SPEER Put in perspective, these levels are as high as they were in the late 1960s, so the fact that we've ...
KATHLEEN CAMILLI We expect no change in interest rates. The market has been factoring in better interest rates for th...
JOE ROONEY As long as they are rising, the ECB tends to raise interest rates.
JOERG KRAEMER Higher U.S. interest rates will continue to support the U.S. dollar in the near term. We're still lo...
BESA DEDA The Mid-America regional economy began 2005 like a lion, but higher interest rates and elevated ener...
ERNIE GOSS
PHILIPPE GIJSELS Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere...
ESMAEL ADIBI In the first half, we think interest rates are heading higher.
PETER ANDERSON The downside risks of higher interest rates and slower earnings growth are becoming greater.
ANDRE CHABOT A good number will confirm the upward bias for interest rates and higher rates are a headwind for eq...
HANS OLSEN Higher interest rates are still a concern. My sense is that global growth should continue, but how q...
FRANKI CHUNG Expectations for higher interest rates are solid now. No one doubts that the Japanese economy is imp...
HIROAKI MUTO Home sales have remained surprisingly strong despite higher interest rates.
CHRISTOPHER LOW Japan's interest rates are still low. The rate- differential story still attracts Japanese investors...
JUN KITAZAWA The ECB and further interest rates are still on peoples' minds, but it is not really affecting marke...
GIUSEPPE AMATO Even with interest rates going up, housing markets will remain healthy going into 2006.
DEREK HOLT What's happening is the traditional old line industrial companies are seeing their fundamentals erod...
GREG HYMOWITZ The drop in mortgage interest rates is offsetting higher home prices, so housing affordability condi...
MARTIN EDWARDS Inflation is still higher than nominal interest rates, and this is a clear sign that monetary condit...
JOSEPH TAN This is coming in an environment where consumers are being challenged by higher interest rates and e...
CARL TANNENBAUM People are a bit concerned with higher Treasury yields and the possibility that U.S. interest rates ...
FLAVIO DATZ We still saw growth last year even with higher oil prices. Countries have adjusted, with interest ra...
LUZ LORENZO Americans are still worried about rising interest rates and high gasoline prices. That, along with t...
TERRY JONES The decline in starts shows that higher interest rates are impacting the housing market. That is a s...
JAMES CARON If you are anticipating higher inflation and a rise in interest rates, it will slow down demand for ...
HENK POTTS European production could pick up in the first quarter, with Germany doing better than its neighbors...
JOERG KRAEMER Apart from placing upward pressure on the yields in these markets, short-term rates may also respond...
COLEN GARROW You're talking about interest rates that are essentially credit card rates. You don't stand a chance...
BRUCE CAPLIN The market has every excuse in the world to be down right now -- higher oil prices, higher interest ...
EDWARD BRETSCHER We've all been conditioned to say, 'lower interest rates, higher stock prices, better buying opportu...
CHARLES WHITE When mortgage interest rates first began to rise from record lows, it appears some buyers jumped int...
DAVID LEREAH When interest rates are high you want the average direction in which interest rates are moving to be...
JOHN HULL Consumers will be squeezed with higher interest rates, which is not good news for the market general...
EDMUND SHING
The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflatio... KARL ROVE Good earnings are the main support for European markets. On the other hand, Europe will not be spare...
JEAN BORJEIX Interest rates matter and there are concerns about the economy. These things make the market more he...
FELIX LANTERS In the U.S., the markets that are most risky are those where there is a higher proportion of buyers ...
THOMAS SKINNER Yields on Treasuries have risen and some people are thinking this signals higher interest rates in t...
MARCELO RIBEIRO The biggest impact in today's trade is coming from the reduced worries about U.S. interest rates see...
JASON HWANG Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CUTTS Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CREWS CUTTS The trend of higher growth, lower interest rates and the performance of past investments are factors...
JOSE OLYMPIO PEREIRA If the past is any guide, the effect of rising interest rates is likely to be felt most visibly in h...
DONALD KOHN Most of the markets in the region are also under selling pressure on fears of rising ( U.S. ) intere...
ALEX TANG Global markets have not been affected by the possibility of rising U.S. interest rates. Japan and th...
JASON HWANG I suspect that interest rates must increase considerably more than is currently expected or has been...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN I wouldn't be surprised to see (the Dow) trend lower because markets don't trend up in a time of ris...
GRACE FEY The strength of the housing market this year continues to surprise, despite rising home prices and s...
GREGORY KLUMP
The market is not focused on imbalances, but rather interest rates and in the US right now they are ... DAVID GILMORE Card rates are rising faster than the rise in general interest rates.
JUSTIN MCHENRY If rates keep going higher, that will pose some problems to sizeable chunks of the stock market, par...
CARLOS ASILIS There's considerable nervousness about the direction of interest rates. After having such a strong r...
GEOFF LEWIS
Energy price volatility is taking its toll on consumer confidence, as is the prospect of higher [int... JENNIFER LEE It's not really that overseas investors are negatively reacting to Japanese stocks overall but rathe...
MITSUSHIGE AKINO There remains a lingering risk of higher interest rates should signs of stronger employment and infl...
BRIAN REDICAN This is in line with our expectation that demand for new housing would 'cool off' towards the end of...
BRIAN BETHUNE I think the Fed still has no other choice but still to raise rates. I know that there's some rumors ...
MARC GABELLI The fundamentals of higher rates are still in place.
DON GALANTE People who calculated what they could afford when rates were 5.25 percent have realized their mortga...
ANTHONY HSIEH Interest rates are now looking comparatively stable.
AK PURWAR Were in the camp that says this is very much ado about nothing, ... I really do think the markets ha...
STEPHEN SLIFER Were in the camp that says this is very much ado about nothing. I really do think the markets have o...
STEPHEN SLIFER Volatility and interest rates are higher. Those are things that help hedge funds perform. We think p...
ROBERT SCHULMAN It's the analogy of the straw and the camel's back. We keep loading the camel's back with straw and ...
RICHARD CRIPPS The markets aren't expecting as big a cut in interest rates tonight. For foreign investors the yello...
CARLOS HOKAMA With the import side holding up more strongly than exports for now, the Reserve Bank is unlikely to ...
MICHAEL EVERY When consumers are burdened with heavy debt loads, rising interest rates, higher energy costs, no pe...
BERNARD BAUMOHL
Since 1994, unemployment rates are lower. Median household income is higher. A greater percentage of... CLIFF STEARNS Higher interest rates are beginning to take a toll on how people view their finances. Mortgage rates...
VINCENT BOBERSKI The markets have been relatively positive. We had a big run in the semiconductors and people are wil...
BILL MEEHAN If interest rates aren't going any higher for a little while, then that will probably help make the ...
JUSTIN PASCOE We believe that Japan's premium (price-to-earnings) multiple is justified given the lower level of i...
KATHY MATSUI We had to guess each year what interest rates would do in the coming year, which is difficult to do ...
CHRIS HILLMAN The 10-year bond looks like it's headed higher, so I think the feeling is starting to pervade Wall S...
BARRY HYMAN In March and April, interest rates were going up very gradually, and tech investors figured Greenspa...
BERNARD BAUMOHL Cap rates are going to have to return to normal because interest rates are continuing to bubble up.
DAVE BUURMA Emerging markets have become expensive and we have reduced our exposure. One reason is that Japanese...
HANS GOETTI This relative stability has been remarkable given the ebbs and flows in job creation, the equity mar...
STEVEN WOOD In the past, the market has absorbed home price increases with household income growth. Well, we had...
J. LENNOX SCOTT Earnings growth and economic growth are strong enough to drive stocks higher, even if interest rates...
GUY STERN The market's noting that earnings are good, the economy is doing well, and yes, interest rates will ...
BRIAN BENSCH there are fundamentally good reasons to cut interest rates.
GERNOT NERB If you are not able to pay down the debt, that means that the federal government is in competition w...
KENT CONRAD If you are prepared for some risk, junk bonds pay about 5%, but they tend to get whacked when intere...
KENNETH FISHER
Rising interest rates are considered bad for stocks because they raise the cost of doing business an... ALEX BERENSON If interest rates and oil really begin to rise, it would be a problem for stocks. At the current lev...
PETER BRAENDLE There's a little bit more caution coming into the investment outlook mostly because of fears of high...
CHRIS IGGO Things are getting tougher in New Zealand. While the rest of the world hasn't really priced in the r...
JASON TEH The market is responding very directly to interest rates as kind of a one-dimensional thing -- fearf...
GAIL DUDACK Investors have started selling real estate stocks on speculation higher interest rates in Japan will...
TSUYOSHI SHIMIZU People are complacent about interest rates now. There is a risk that the emerging strength of the da...
BILL EVANS This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low inter...
MARSHALL ACUFF The financial environment, ... is significantly different than it was in 1999, when interest rates w...
CATHERINE MATHIS Consumer spending has kept the economy moving, and when initial holiday sales were better than expec...
FRANK NOTHAFT Markets are still trying to firm up where rates will peak in the U.S. and Europe.
GEORGE HODGSON It's a very serious negative item on your report, on par with a tax lien or a bankruptcy. You will d...
MAXINE SWEET We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.
JEFF RICH The rates we are proposing are of course higher than those currently given to employees.
LEE CABRERA Interest rates have an indirect effect on exchange rates.
JEFFREY TAN People who live in higher-cost housing markets are really hurting.
JAY SPEER Put in perspective, these levels are as high as they were in the late 1960s, so the fact that we've ...
KATHLEEN CAMILLI We expect no change in interest rates. The market has been factoring in better interest rates for th...
JOE ROONEY As long as they are rising, the ECB tends to raise interest rates.
JOERG KRAEMER Higher U.S. interest rates will continue to support the U.S. dollar in the near term. We're still lo...
BESA DEDA The Mid-America regional economy began 2005 like a lion, but higher interest rates and elevated ener...
ERNIE GOSS
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