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KAZUNORI JINNAI The market may feel more positively on the data from next week and onwards.
KAZUNORI JINNAI The timing of New York's rebound looks just right.
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LYNETTE SCHROEDER Growth should accelerate next quarter and we expect the official forecast for the year to be raised....
EUBEN PARACUELLES We knew we needed a major snowstorm in the forecast. It's disappointing.
JIM LYMAN Institutions and the smart money out there has been owning a lot of these higher P/E stocks, to part...
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ED KEON The stock market is very resilient. Earnings remain fairly strong, and stocks are still inexpensive ...
RICK CAMPAGNA There were really some major works he mounted right in the middle of the war.
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DEVEN CHOKSEY Domestic-demand related stocks will lead the market on speculation consumer prices may finally gain.
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FREDERICK TSANG Investors are confident, and there's a reallocation of assets in favor of stocks. Earnings have been...
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JAMES ELLMAN A weaker local currency and lower oil ease concern about earnings at exporters.
CHOI CHANG HOON Property stocks rose because the market is speculating that other Hong Kong banks will also lower ra...
BEN KWONG Gasoline supply and prices are driving things. The fall in crude stocks was a big surprise.
JUSTIN FOHSZ We've gotten more optimistic on earnings on U.S. stocks recently.
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ALEX BERENSON I think you'll see stocks drift a little lower or stay flat in the summer. I think the guidance is g...
ANDREW GALLIGAN It's taking into consideration the Rio bid for North, and what benefits lie for other stocks in thos...
JAMIE SPITERI Most analysts expect it to be a bumpy earnings season. A few negative surprises could cause a little...
CHARLES CRANE Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, for example, came out with [lower] earnings that didn't really sho...
DIANA YATES The term bellwether refers to the practice of placing a bell around the neck of a castrated ram (a w...
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YOSUKE SHIMIZU At the end of last year, we couldn't find stocks to buy in Japan. Now we're seeing a lot of changes ...
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DR. ALLEN FOSSBENDER It's going to be difficult for stocks in the short run. Now that interest rates have risen, there is...
GAIL DUDACK There will be some volatility to the market, but barring any other major disruptions, I think we'll ...
AGBELI AMEKO Finally people are recognizing the economy's in good shape and so are profits. You have rates rising...
JAMES SWANSON What we're going through is a market finding itself in a very nervous state and is preparing itself ...
PETER CARDILLO Cheap is a relative term. In terms of price-to-earnings ratios, some of these stocks are still high.
CHARLES BLOOD The earnings reports have spin offs for stocks globally. The U.S. economy is the cornerstone of glob...
JASON TEH Investors are becoming bullish on the sales outlook for electronics industries. Retailers may contin...
ATSUSHI OSA This is the classic long-term/short-term tradeoff. We're accepting lower short-term earnings in retu...
ROBERT ALLEN But for that, prices must fall lower to become attractive for the funds.
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JAINE MEHRING![]()
The lower spreads mean lower costs for investors, because Nasdaq investors generally do not trade di...
ALEX BERENSON Earnings are a mixed bag, but it seem like tech stocks are starting to turn the corner.
DAVID BRIGGS These are good growth stocks and we think the earnings are going to continue to keep growing.
DON HODGES
KEN PERKINS The report prompted speculation that charging lower interest will hurt consumer lenders' earnings. I...
JUNICHI MISAWA Speculation about an end to interest rate rises is strengthening more than ever. The central bank's ...
HIDEO ARIMURA This is lower than anticipated but consistent with the fall (forecast).
BRUCE GOLDBERG Some technology stocks are being cut because of concern that high oil prices and rising interest rat...
SIMON CHAO Tucker Anthony's new recession forecast points to lower equipment orders, sales and earnings per sha...
GERALD FLEMING In an up cycle, it is very difficult to forecast the velocity of the earnings growth. Therefore, Wal...
BRIAN ALGER Investors have started selling real estate stocks on speculation higher interest rates in Japan will...
TSUYOSHI SHIMIZU
We see portability in electronics being a continuing requirement, higher functionality, better batte... DAVID MILNE Certainly an increase was forecast, but a fall of one million (barrels) when stocks are very high, i...
ALEXANDRE KERVINIO The Nasdaq gains gave a gentle nudge higher to a market that was ready for a rebound after last week...
KAZUNORI JINNAI When core stocks like NTT perform strongly, it really lifts the sprit of the entire market.
KAZUNORI JINNAI When IT (information technology) issues and other large-cap issues are down, the Nikkei cannot help ...
KAZUNORI JINNAI The selling will likely ease this month, but strong buying won't return for a while longer -- as lon...
KAZUNORI JINNAI What we have been seeing today and yesterday is a rather normal correction after the nearly vertical...
KAZUNORI JINNAI A positive outlook on the economy is boosting cyclical stocks today, and sectors like real estate ar...
KAZUNORI JINNAI If the successor is somebody else (besides Koizumi), that would be little help for stocks.
KAZUNORI JINNAI The market may feel more positively on the data from next week and onwards.
KAZUNORI JINNAI The timing of New York's rebound looks just right.
KAZUNORI JINNAI These days, just about every major tech firm is raising its profit forecasts, generating rather stro...
KAZUNORI JINNAI At first blush, lower-than-expected tax rates were a major contributor to the earnings-per-share ups...
QUINTIN LAI With a fall in the yearly rise in average hourly earnings, both investors and policy-makers can avoi...
ANTHONY CHAN A fall in US stocks was the impulse for the retreat.
HIDEYUKI SUZUKI We had rises in large-cap electronics stocks on one hand and falls in bank shares on the other. That...
MASAHARU SAKUDO Technology shares have risen significantly recently. But some investors are wondering whether electr...
HARVEY CHANG
For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real ... JACKIE CHAN We're looking for stocks that are showing accelerating earnings growth. Stock appreciation will foll...
LYNETTE SCHROEDER Growth should accelerate next quarter and we expect the official forecast for the year to be raised....
EUBEN PARACUELLES We knew we needed a major snowstorm in the forecast. It's disappointing.
JIM LYMAN Institutions and the smart money out there has been owning a lot of these higher P/E stocks, to part...
ANDREW BARRETT [Market strategists said a variety of earnings disappointments, along with early anxiety in the bond...
ED KEON The stock market is very resilient. Earnings remain fairly strong, and stocks are still inexpensive ...
RICK CAMPAGNA There were really some major works he mounted right in the middle of the war.
GABRIEL MEYER Our official forecast is they'll cut them(rates) twice. They'll cut them in the first quarter, they'...
JOHN MANLEY Earnings have come in mixed and you have to pick your stocks carefully. The overall outlook for the ...
GEOFF LANGHAM I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES While we were able to continue generating revenue growth, this was offset by ongoing weakness in the...
DAVID RAYBURN This is an industry in crisis. Every oil company will reduce their production forecast as lower spen...
FADEL GHEIT What's going to drive stock gains going forward is the earnings, and the current crop of earnings ma...
KEVIN CARON In the last two or three days, some of these issues, including steel makers ... advanced very quickl...
TAKAHIKO MURAI Our forecast for a 2006 P/E ratio of about 19 is reasonable given the profit outlook. These are not ...
ALEXANDER YOUNG Earnings (for financial stocks) are going to outpace the S&P 500 in the second half of this year,
TOM GALVIN The guidance for underlying revenue growth at Pearson Education and Penguin looks slightly lower tha...
CHARLES PEACOCK New York has cut fees more than other districts. Not that fees are lower in New York, but they cut t...
LYNN LOPUCKI Apple's results are going to put a damper on stocks this morning. Investors are worried that it may ...
GIRI CHERUKURI Strong demand for digital consumer electronics such as flat panels and mobile phones is helping to m...
KOJI UCHIDA We're still seeing some rotation into more cyclical stocks ... such as consumer products makers, and...
IAN SCOTT Intel cutting its revenue forecast will probably prompt some selling and pull the market lower.
YUTAKA MIURA If oil prices fall, it will help to stimulate economic activity -- the profit outlook will be better...
TONY CRESCENZI Now people are starting to focus their attention on next year's earnings and year-end earnings on th...
BOB DICKEY Communications equipment makers were by far the worst. The semiconductor guys were horrible, and har...
CHUCK HILL With six consecutive quarterly earnings misses and a 2006 forecast to be a transition year, manageme...
DAVID HARTLEY Following the update we are raising our EPS (earnings per share) forecast for the current year from ...
JOE BURNELL As recent earnings announcements illustrate, vendors are facing strong competitive pressures. These ...
GEORGE SHIFFLER We have seen good corporate earnings and strong numbers from the auto makers for April, and fund flo...
DEVEN CHOKSEY Domestic-demand related stocks will lead the market on speculation consumer prices may finally gain.
YOSHIHISA OKAMOTO There are no major movements for blue chip stocks and very little turnover.
FREDERICK TSANG Investors are confident, and there's a reallocation of assets in favor of stocks. Earnings have been...
MATTHIEU GIULIANI Earnings have been better than expected. Investors are confident and there's a reallocation of asset...
MATTHIEU GIULIANI With no major earnings news scheduled and losses in Tokyo, the (U.S.) market is lacking support for ...
HEINO RULAND Earnings have grown much more than stock prices. I would be a broad buyer of stocks for the next yea...
TONY DWYER As Kyocera and Sony have shown, the electronics sector is posting good earnings, and the market is r...
SOICHIRO MONJI Overall...we see some winners in the electronics, apparel and footwear categories as retailers kick ...
MARIE DRISCOLL Earnings had been very good, 22 percent for the S&P and about 32 percent for technology in general. ...
LARRY SIEBERT There's speculation that the upward trend will continue for economic growth and stocks. There's no n...
TSUTOMU KAWASAKI We'll see earnings surprises for most of the rest of the major brokers.
JAMES ELLMAN A weaker local currency and lower oil ease concern about earnings at exporters.
CHOI CHANG HOON Property stocks rose because the market is speculating that other Hong Kong banks will also lower ra...
BEN KWONG Gasoline supply and prices are driving things. The fall in crude stocks was a big surprise.
JUSTIN FOHSZ We've gotten more optimistic on earnings on U.S. stocks recently.
EDWARD KEON
Rising interest rates are considered bad for stocks because they raise the cost of doing business an... ALEX BERENSON I think you'll see stocks drift a little lower or stay flat in the summer. I think the guidance is g...
ANDREW GALLIGAN It's taking into consideration the Rio bid for North, and what benefits lie for other stocks in thos...
JAMIE SPITERI Most analysts expect it to be a bumpy earnings season. A few negative surprises could cause a little...
CHARLES CRANE Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, for example, came out with [lower] earnings that didn't really sho...
DIANA YATES The term bellwether refers to the practice of placing a bell around the neck of a castrated ram (a w...
COREEN T. SOL Based on the latest batch of earnings, the outlook for technology stocks isn't looking rosy. We're s...
MASAYUKI ITO Along with the recovery of the electronics segment, the strong performance of the finance businesses...
NOBUYUKI ONEDA The (stocks) with the highest (price-to-earnings) take that news the hardest.
GAIL DUDACK
Our earnings performance in the fourth quarter met expectations with increased gross margins, lower ... ANNE M. MULCAHY I think that the market - once we get through this interest rate fear and we're more certain about t...
GRACE FEY Companies with strong earnings prospects may lead the market higher. Automakers and auto equipment m...
KENICHI AZUMA
Because hackers are makers rather than scientists, the right place to look for metaphors is not in t... PAUL GRAHAM Last week we saw earnings pre-announcements and a higher-than-expected producer price index move sto...
BRIAN WILLIAMSON Investors favor steel stocks due to attractive price-earnings ratios and high dividend yields.
YOSUKE SHIMIZU At the end of last year, we couldn't find stocks to buy in Japan. Now we're seeing a lot of changes ...
LEAH ZELL This is right in line with other towns, and lower than many, such as Wilton and New Canaan. We had a...
DR. ALLEN FOSSBENDER It's going to be difficult for stocks in the short run. Now that interest rates have risen, there is...
GAIL DUDACK There will be some volatility to the market, but barring any other major disruptions, I think we'll ...
AGBELI AMEKO Finally people are recognizing the economy's in good shape and so are profits. You have rates rising...
JAMES SWANSON What we're going through is a market finding itself in a very nervous state and is preparing itself ...
PETER CARDILLO Cheap is a relative term. In terms of price-to-earnings ratios, some of these stocks are still high.
CHARLES BLOOD The earnings reports have spin offs for stocks globally. The U.S. economy is the cornerstone of glob...
JASON TEH Investors are becoming bullish on the sales outlook for electronics industries. Retailers may contin...
ATSUSHI OSA This is the classic long-term/short-term tradeoff. We're accepting lower short-term earnings in retu...
ROBERT ALLEN But for that, prices must fall lower to become attractive for the funds.
MARCOS BASAGLIA Food stocks are viewed as 'classically defensive,' meaning that the earnings hold up well across a d...
JAINE MEHRING
The lower spreads mean lower costs for investors, because Nasdaq investors generally do not trade di... ALEX BERENSON Earnings are a mixed bag, but it seem like tech stocks are starting to turn the corner.
DAVID BRIGGS These are good growth stocks and we think the earnings are going to continue to keep growing.
DON HODGES
