Practically in every quarter lately, we've had this feeling that we're at the peak, this is it, no more growth. That's why you see a lot of volatility but, ultimately, the Dow or the other indexes end up not having moved much. But one day we may see earnings growth decelerate, and it could be this year.
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Related The onus is now on the management of companies to produce good earnings growth to see if they will j... ANGUS BLAIR Competitors are growing, not very much, at low single digits in this last quarter. But we'd like to ... TOM LISTON Operation Overdrive contributed to our double-digit earnings growth in every quarter of this fiscal ... BRUCE ROHDE Samsung can continue to generate profit growth and earnings this quarter will be positive. The outlo... CHOI CHANG HOON We continue to believe this is a second half story, but need to see revenue growth return year-over-... DANIEL NILES I don't think you're going to see an aggressive marketplace, but there's no doubt that the second ha... JOE CANGEMI Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY A lot of that inherent growth in Australia, and strength in the economy, has helped keep those housi... CHRIS LIDDELL This was a tremendous quarter at the end of an outstanding year for Dow. ANDREW LIVERIS But if this is the tip of the iceberg, in other words, if there are more moments in debates or other... HOWARD KURTZ The real short-term outlook for us is pretty positive given that we don't see a Fed rate hike in Aug... CHRIS WOLFE The market is clearly oversold, which could mean a bounce, but with this kind of volatility, it coul... BRIAN FINNERTY There are a lot of ways in which Brian and I have nothing in common. I remember saying to Brian - it... AMANDA PALMER 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 Amazon at this level is a large retailer. So, 84 percent year-over-year growth is not bad in a very ... TIM ALBRIGHT We could be into mid-July until we see the Dow break that record. It may take another round of earni... JOHN AUGUSTINE We think the earnings picture shaping up for this quarter is going to be absolutely stupendous, led ... CHRIS WOLFE The interesting thing is we've just had negative growth, the economy shrank in the fourth quarter of... DAVID PLANK The signal is that if we have good growth in 2006 but no inflation, there is no need to raise rates.... ERIC GIRARD Growth is picking up and indicators are pointing to this continuing. This quarter, the Bank of Engla... AMIT KARA You talk a lot about this amazing flow of time but you hardly see it. you see a women, you think tha... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Last year at this time we were back in the gym. We had baby goals, but we had one big goal, and this... DEANTHONY ZANDERS That's not what we expected to see in a year when earnings growth would slow slightly, and we were s... DORSEY FARR This exceptional third-quarter momentum, combined with our outlook for more modest earnings growth i... BOB ULRICH This is a report that suggests that economic growth is slowing very sharply. It's a report that indi... ELLIOT PLATT It shows growth for the U.S. economy but also points that the Fed will keep raising rates. Growth is... EDWIN SLAGHEKKE There really is no more important issue Congress should be working on this year, and in this time of... TOM DASCHLE Even though he was inside the house, I could still hear Vlad’s sardonic mutter of “Where’s a t... JEANIENE FROST He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY Going in, I had very high expectations. We did a lot of things this season and met some goals, but n... HAZEL MARTINEZ It may be tough for the industry to top 1999, but for right now we're just going to enjoy it. Light ... DICK COLLIVER This (growth forecast) means that there's a foundation in the market. It's not spectacular growth bu... FRANS VAN HOUTEN Although we did not attain our goal of increasing earnings at the same rate of sales, our 8.9 percen... LEE SCOTT [But Wall Street seems to be more concerned about sequential growth, as opposed to year-over-year gr... WALTER PRICE Off, end this lies it's not awesome. Please take this crap, second very clever and smart, but I want... DEYTH BANGER I can't even SARAH VAN WATERSCHOOT The best growth at a reasonable price is to be found in the emerging markets, where you have 15% ear... ALEXANDER YOUNG Growth is not as high [in the U.S.] as it was a year ago, but that's true for the industry. (But) we... ECKHARD PFEIFFER We're seeing a lot of increased activity but at this point, it doesn't look really significant. It m... DR. LINDA ROSEN We expect vigorous growth for the first quarter of the year. If we continue having this type of indu... GUILLERMO ORTIZ This is the best we have felt about the (business) in a year. We see entirely new dimensions of grow... ANTHONY NOTO I don't think one party has a bad vision over the other party. I have no doubts that every India... BABA KALYANI On the earnings front, it would seem that companies have fared a little worse than the market had ho... ANGUS CAMPBELL He had a harder time helping her out though. He was asleep while she was doing stars. Without wings,... LAURIE FRANKEL Oil could help (stocks) a little, but more than anything else it is how the S&P is up for the year a... MIKE VIRACOLA People were not prepared for it because it's not the type of storm we get this time of year; it's us... CECIL WHALEY We've been seeing weakness in the RV market for the better part of this year, so we're not surprised... EDWARD AARON Right now it's wonderful to celebrate good earnings growth in the first quarter and nice growth in t... WENDELL PERKINS Wireless should continue to contribute solid growth in the fourth quarter, but this growth is expect... BILL AYLESWORTH It allows officers to see that they do matter and are not just doing a job. Too much of this job is ... ERNIE MORRIS I am looking at recurrent earnings growth of 10 percent in 2006 for the banks, if you strip out exce... DAVID LUM Everybody in the Bay Area wanted this team to be in the playoffs, and all of the players wanted it a... ADONAL FOYLE Looking forward into the fourth quarter, at this point we are not highly optimistic that there will ... KAREN HAUS You're not alone, there is more to this I know. You can make it out, you will live to tell. SAOSIN We're one of the leading growth areas of the country -- we should see the residential [building] ind... MICHAEL WALDEN It means a lot. Last year, we didn't win, but this year we did, and I tell you the feeling is differ... D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON I think probably reports 2007 will be alright. It is a stout budget, but in 2008 we're going to have... HAPPY FULFORD We see high growth with very low inflation. These aren't mutually exclusive. You have to remember th... MATTHEW ALEXY Toward the tail-end of last year, a lot of property owners saw pricing they may not see again for a ... ANDY MILLER The deceleration in earnings growth is a significant concern. Techs are up against steep comparisons... KEN PERKINS We may see some of the capital expenditures spent this year were more or less pulled through from ea... BARRY RITHOLTZ The growth of earnings per share this year does not justify the 100 percent shares increase. BRENDA LEE I think the key in the market is technology, because what has been giving us this extraordinary earn... DOUGLAS CLIGGOTT We've had a lot of earnings that have been in line or better, and the Street's been yawning. If the ... TOM SCHRADER We've had a lot of earnings that have been in line or better, and the Street's been yawning, ... If ... TOM SCHRADER China doesn't show any growth this year and could even show a decrease by the end of the year. CARL-HENRIC SVANBERG I've enjoyed every minute of it and to be able to do it as long as I've had, I've had a lot of suppo... MIA HAMM The momentum we saw coming into the second quarter has all but disappeared as businesses continue to... LOREN LOVERDE I'm not expecting this November to be any different than it normally is, but it's unlikely we'll see... JEFFREY HIRSCH Oil prices are going nowhere but up and so we believe that earnings are going to go south. It does c... HOWARD SILVERBLATT This says that things in Japan are on pretty solid ground and economic growth is picking up. We coul... ERIC DARWELL People want to spend more but this may not continue into the future. For one thing incomes aren't ri... ANDREAS REES Don't you see, Katniss, this will decide things. One way or the other. By the end of the day, they'l... SUZANNE COLLINS I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth. It is good to brush your teeth when you are angry, becau... LEMONY SNICKET We had to work this year. Last year we had some pretty fast horses and any one of these athletes cou... BYRON KNOX Companies will start to see more and more of this fourth-quarter talk about energy and raw materials... BARBARA MARCIN I think a lot of it is just politicians playing politics in an election year, but at the end of the ... JEFFREY HINES Please be SILENT and LISTEN. I am the SCHOOLMASTER and you are in the CLASSROOM. Just... PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH While December sales were disappointing, with below-plan performance at all three of our divisions, ... BOB ULRICH We expect the whole year to be very volatile. When the market's excited and upbeat, it goes up a few... DAVID KATZ We are looking to make it five in a row after this match. The key is to peak at the right time and t... GREG KENNETT We would not be surprised to see $4-5 billion in proceeds from this transaction, which may be used f... JUDAH KRAUSHAAR Love is not a feeling nor an emotion, it is a commitment.
It may be gone but not forever, it is a te... ALEXANDER A. MANANTAN WE see that the apparent contradictions and perplexities in every RELIGION mark but different stages... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Like all companies, we are closely monitoring the economy, but what we see at this time indicates we... IVAN SEIDENBERG I think we're in a bottoming process and that once we get through this, we could see the market rall... BRIAN BENSCH You saw a lot of African-American faces. But what you really see is poverty every one, white or Asia... BOB FILNER You saw a lot of African-American faces. But what you really see is poverty every one, white or A... BOB FILNER You saw a lot of African-American faces. But what you really see is poverty – every one, white or ... BOB FILNER Disney has told us that queues at its other parks are also very long during peak periods ... but peo... HENRY TANG Our earnings performance in the fourth quarter met expectations with increased gross margins, lower ... ANNE M. MULCAHY This is my fundamental teaching: that there is no division between this and that. That is contained ... OSHO We've probably seen the peak in confidence. The most optimistic growth forecasts are for about 2 per... MATTHIAS RUBISCH In the first quarter we played with them, but at the end of the quarter they go up 7-0. On offense w... RICHARD MOSELEY In May, we could see things were going from beginning to end, ... But it was a fragile system, and w... BRIAN LAMB We continue to deliver on the promise we made when we began our turnaround in 1997 of achieving annu... FRED HASSAN The acceleration of loan growth will add further fuel to the current growth momentum and we see upsi... HONG LIANG Although we continue to see attractive long-term growth potential in the shares, we feel that this i... GRAHAM PARRY We are going to have another good year next year, but my feeling is that the days of 15 to 20 percen... BYRON WIEN Overall, fourth-quarter earnings growth will be weak because the economy has slowed much faster than... ELVIS PICARDO
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BRIAN ENO When I started working on ambient music, my idea was to make music that was more like painting. BRIAN ENO In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambie... BRIAN ENO People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to sug... BRIAN ENO When I first started making ambient music, I was setting up systems using synthesizers that generate... BRIAN ENO If you want to create a great product, just focus on one person. Make that one person have the most ... BRIAN CHESKY We have overcome economic devastation, defeated mighty oppressors, and lifted up generation after ge... BRIAN SANDOVAL My brother Alan - who was seven years younger than me - died from leukemia when he was 52. He never ... BRIAN BLESSED What I've been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are... BRIAN CHESKY I've got my head fixed on the next part of life. I know there will be an adjusting period of jus... BRIAN O'DRISCOLL Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective. BRIAN ENO Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That's what surfers do - take control of the s... BRIAN ENO When I worked at Yahoo, I saw a lot of acquisitions. Some succeeded, and some failed. I think I have... BRIAN ACTON I think every acquisition is unique and different. The best strategy is to listen to the founders an... BRIAN ACTON Belief in God is an elementary form of selflessness - the acknowledgement of responsibility toward a... BRIAN STABLEFORD When you drive your car, E = mc2 is at work. As the engine burns gasoline to produce energy in the f... BRIAN GREENE Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're i... BRIAN HELGELAND I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more act... BRIAN TRACY I'm often accused of being ahead of my time, but it's simply not true. The truth is that eve... BRIAN ENO When I was 11, I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin, and my teacher told me I would make a great act... BRIAN BLESSED People talk about the difference between radio acting, TV acting and stage acting, but I think it... BRIAN BLESSED My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for ... BRIAN BLESSED Life is a re-discovery. BRIAN BLESSED I wasn't good at examinations, but I went to a very good secondary school - Bolton-on-Dearne - w... BRIAN BLESSED My parents were so proud when I got a scholarship to go to theatre school - it was unheard of that a... BRIAN BLESSED