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The economy looks to be in very good shape. And we expect a good second quarter and year.
JAMES ROHR The market is wondering whether U.S. growth can maintain the current rate, and a weaker reading than...
AKIFUMI UCHIDA Most who have been looking at the fourth quarter view that as a blip rather than a trend and expect ...
EDWARD LAZEAR We see risks of a decline in fourth quarter GDP and are expecting a flat reading.
ALEXANDER KOCH We expect the strong economy to continue for the foreseeable future, ... so we're building 1 1/2 mil...
ROY ROBERTS The inventories number was weaker than expected and suggests they may detract from growth in the thi...
ADAM CARR We are maintaining our full-year 2005 GDP estimate at 4.8 percent, which implies an improvement in t...
EUBEN PARACUELLES OPEC is likely to be a critical event next week. A cut in production, however, seems quite unlikely ...
JASON SCHENKER It is going to make economists slightly revise down first-quarter GDP, which they already did with t...
CHRISTOPHER LOW Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING There's some selling of the dollar on what appears to be a little weaker demand in the U.S. economy.
JEFF GLADSTEIN At the moment, we can only satisfy about 70 percent of demand and I expect the situation to remain l...
ATSUTOSHI NISHIDA We are encouraged by September's revenue strength and, unless the recent stock market volatility and...
GERALD GREENWALD We expect to achieve FAA certification in the fourth quarter of 2006,
RUSS MEYER Despite the fact that GDP slowed down quite a bit in the fourth-quarter and revenues are a little li...
BILL SUTHERLAND Is this just a blip on the radar? I think it could be, ... The economy seems to be snapping back. Th...
KEN PERKINS They're a lot quicker and stronger, so we wanted to be somewhat patient and make them be on defense ...
LYLE MCINTOSH People are really just focusing on oil prices and using models to figure out what the impact will be...
AZIZ MCMAHON It's good for the U.S. to see a relatively weaker dollar, but it's not a good idea for the U.S. Trea...
ASHRAF LAIDI It suggests the drag on the economy from the trade deficit in the third quarter will not be as great...
GARY THAYER![]()
Given that oil production has reversed somewhat in the past few months and the hurricane insurance p...
ALAN CLARK I was a little surprised that the fourth quarter guidance at the mid-point is a little weaker than p...
ANTHONY CHUKUMBA We expect first-quarter operations will improve. The results will match our forecast made during the...
ERIC YU We expect housing to start slowing the economy this quarter or the next.
EDWARD LEAMER The fourth quarter was a good quarter. We are optimistic given that the outlook for global economic ...
EMMANUEL SOUPRE It's good that we can focus exclusively on DVD this fourth quarter.
CRAIG KORNBLAU We think the first half of the year is going to be somewhat slow, pick up later in the year and in t...
BOONE PICKENS I think what we can do now is we can change our personality. Defense can carry us at times. But I th...
FLIP SAUNDERS The market put in a surprising bid on Monday, albeit on tame volume and a lack of key data. If we ne...
DAVID ADER We expect sequential quarterly revenue growth to have returned in the first quarter of 2006, after h...
KLAUS RINNEN Real GDP growth has been relatively healthy, but most Americans don't feel it. It's a transformative...
ROGER ALTMAN Looking ahead, we anticipate a somewhat softer third quarter and, again, a more dynamic fourth quart...
DANIEL VASELLA Ericsson's results for the fourth quarter were acceptable. Sales growth was stronger than anticipate...
GREGER JOHANSSON Although we did exceed expectations for the first quarter, and we expect to be substantially in line...
JAMES CROWE Oil is at new highs and then you get a number like this at a time when the market was predisposed to...
JEFFREY YOUNG The software market remains highly competitive and our fourth quarter results were mixed by geograph...
MARK LOUGHRIDGE We expect the year to continue to be challenging and have implemented price increases effective in t...
ROBERT ECKERT The market correctly saw that the economy was going to soften in the fourth quarter,
MARC KLEE It's a tough retailing environment. The real question is have they been able to pull back a bit on...
ARTHUR NEWMAN It's a tough retailing environment. The real question is have they been able to pull back a bit on...
ARTHUR NEWMAN We do not expect the PSP to be shipped until the June or more likely September quarter next year in ...
GARY COOPER Indeed, we continue to believe the fourth quarter will mark the trough for revenues - a firming econ...
JUDAH KRAUSHAAR Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises con...
CHOI CHANG HOON It's a tough retailing environment. The real question is have they been able to pu...
ARTHUR NEWMAN Overall, fourth-quarter earnings growth will be weak because the economy has slowed much faster than...
ELVIS PICARDO I think the headline number is a bit misleading. It doesn't suggest that the economy is in trouble. ...
GARY THAYER We expect strong fourth-quarter results but foresee abating organic growth and falling margins in 20...
GREGER JOHANSSON It was great to win a quarter decisively, and that was our goal at halftime. We were in a good posit...
KURT RUTH The fact that export volumes were stronger in the quarter was a very good indication that the global...
HUW MCKAY GDP is looking a lot weaker than we had anticipated and that should keep the Reserve Bank on hold fo...
BRIAN REDICAN Our expectation is that GDP will increase by 0.9% in the June quarter to be 2.1% higher that the Jun...
ADAM CARR What we take away as significant is a slightly bigger drag on first-quarter GDP as a result of the r...
JEOFF HALL It really was a huge fourth quarter for us. We had struggled in the second and third quarter. At the...
DAN PFAFF It appears, given Intel's guidance lower, that things are significantly slower now than we saw in th...
MICHAEL DAVIES Due primarily to continued robust demand from our customers, our fourth quarter business exceeded ou...
LORA HO Earnings growth is strong, interest rates are low, and the environment is positive for stocks. The m...
BOB STRAUS From 1950 to 2000, the U.S. economy grew at an average rate of 3.5 percent. That generated a massive...
LAWRENCE KUDLOW We think the economy is in recession, and it looks like October is going to be weaker than September...
JOE LAVORGNA The economy will continue to do pretty well, after the very strong figures we saw in the fourth quar...
LUCY BETHELL Continued good strong cost management will be implemented in the fourth quarter,
ALAN GRAF International GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is expected to grow substantially more than U.S. GDP over...
CHARLES PRINCE Over the past year, our U.S. pro forma operating loss decreased from 24 percent of net sales in the ...
WARREN JENSON Over the past year, our U.S. pro forma operating loss decreased from 24 percent of net sales in the ...
WARREN JENSON This was a good win for us going into region play Friday at Riverside. We did a good job holding off...
DUDLEY LYBRAND While the fourth quarter GDP data and the relatively healthy mix of the components further diminishe...
HOWARD ARCHER Looking forward into the fourth quarter, at this point we are not highly optimistic that there will ...
KAREN HAUS Based on our review of preliminary results for the quarter, we currently expect to report approximat...
TIM DONAHUE We expect to see overall DRAM pricing soften during the fourth quarter - maybe down 5 percent - but ...
ANDREW NORWOOD As a team, we feel the fourth quarter is our quarter, ... As a player, I feel the fourth quarter is ...
CARNELL WILLIAMS The market has some power today. Continued lower energy prices and the belief that the economy is re...
BARRY HYMAN If you can show 90 percent of the income came in the fourth quarter, your penalty will be diminished...
LAURENCE FOSTER If we get a big kick start to the quarter with a strong April, that could offset us being a bit weak...
BOB SCHNORBUS This new offering is a result of increasing demand for lower numerical ratios. With our new 2.50 axl...
BRAD ARNOLD According to the consumers themselves, their willingness to buy has increased. We can already see th...
BERND WEIDENSTEINER Without domestic demand the best trade figures are of no use in the long run.
BERND WEIDENSTEINER Things are moving again in Germany.
BERND WEIDENSTEINER Yields are now close to attractive levels. There is a chance of somewhat higher bond prices.
BERND WEIDENSTEINER Evidence is accumulating that growth in the fourth quarter slowed in the euro zone. Two-year bonds s...
BERND WEIDENSTEINER The data was weak. The environment does seem quite positive for bonds. People are still asking if th...
BERND WEIDENSTEINER Consumption is still relatively weak, but the hope is that it will improve this year. While November...
BERND WEIDENSTEINER She botched the job of selling the cuts. People were left wondering if just the better-off would ben...
BERND WEIDENSTEINER There is an unexpected cautiousness to their tone and their outlook for the fourth quarter. Good isn...
MARK KOZNAREK You want to be there in the fourth quarter. We feel if we're within striking distance, we believe we...
JEFF CARNAZZO When all is said and done, third-quarter earnings will probably be good and fourth-quarter forecasts...
JAMES AWAD I certainly don't see this as the beginning of the end for the U.S. dollar and I don't see this as t...
CARL WEINBERG The fourth-quarter results were in line with our December outlook and reflect the pervasive impact o...
ANDY BRYANT Four-to-8 percent is slower than you would normally expect to get out of the fourth quarter. We're b...
ANDY BRYANT The surprises should be on the upside. It all adds up to very good fourth-quarter numbers.
ED YARDENI We're expecting operating profits to increase by 20% [to $4.4 billion] for the quarter, aided by str...
TSUYOSHI MOCHIMARU The March reading suggests that the pace of economic growth in the state has slowed, but the result ...
J. FRED GIERTZ We made a good run there in the fourth quarter, but it just came too late. If we had made that run i...
BILLY THORNHILL Our economy is doing fine, so we can absorb the impact, ... Nobody [in the U.S. economy] is being hu...
ARTHUR MITCHELL Production growth is being driven by strong export demand and rising consumer spending at home. Ther...
BEN SIMPFENDORFER This is kind of capping a string of fairly strong numbers, and I'm even going to have to boost my es...
MAUREEN ALLYN The investor will be sensitive to any signs that the sharp spike in energy prices is going to derail...
JOE LIRO The second quarter at this point looks like it's going to come in, perhaps, at 1.5 to 2 percent (rea...
BILL KIRBY The second quarter at this point looks like it's going to come in, perhaps, at 1.5 to 2 percent (rea...
BILL KIRBY![]()
We'll know in the fourth quarter that it's been 555 times 4.
AL MICHAELS They outplayed us down the stretch. We didn't play in the fourth quarter. That was the difference in...
CHARLES BERRY AT&T has been performing poorly all along and in a slowing economy we can expect that trend to conti...
DRAKE JOHNSTONE
JAMES ROHR The market is wondering whether U.S. growth can maintain the current rate, and a weaker reading than...
AKIFUMI UCHIDA Most who have been looking at the fourth quarter view that as a blip rather than a trend and expect ...
EDWARD LAZEAR We see risks of a decline in fourth quarter GDP and are expecting a flat reading.
ALEXANDER KOCH We expect the strong economy to continue for the foreseeable future, ... so we're building 1 1/2 mil...
ROY ROBERTS The inventories number was weaker than expected and suggests they may detract from growth in the thi...
ADAM CARR We are maintaining our full-year 2005 GDP estimate at 4.8 percent, which implies an improvement in t...
EUBEN PARACUELLES OPEC is likely to be a critical event next week. A cut in production, however, seems quite unlikely ...
JASON SCHENKER It is going to make economists slightly revise down first-quarter GDP, which they already did with t...
CHRISTOPHER LOW Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING There's some selling of the dollar on what appears to be a little weaker demand in the U.S. economy.
JEFF GLADSTEIN At the moment, we can only satisfy about 70 percent of demand and I expect the situation to remain l...
ATSUTOSHI NISHIDA We are encouraged by September's revenue strength and, unless the recent stock market volatility and...
GERALD GREENWALD We expect to achieve FAA certification in the fourth quarter of 2006,
RUSS MEYER Despite the fact that GDP slowed down quite a bit in the fourth-quarter and revenues are a little li...
BILL SUTHERLAND Is this just a blip on the radar? I think it could be, ... The economy seems to be snapping back. Th...
KEN PERKINS They're a lot quicker and stronger, so we wanted to be somewhat patient and make them be on defense ...
LYLE MCINTOSH People are really just focusing on oil prices and using models to figure out what the impact will be...
AZIZ MCMAHON It's good for the U.S. to see a relatively weaker dollar, but it's not a good idea for the U.S. Trea...
ASHRAF LAIDI It suggests the drag on the economy from the trade deficit in the third quarter will not be as great...
GARY THAYER
Given that oil production has reversed somewhat in the past few months and the hurricane insurance p... ALAN CLARK I was a little surprised that the fourth quarter guidance at the mid-point is a little weaker than p...
ANTHONY CHUKUMBA We expect first-quarter operations will improve. The results will match our forecast made during the...
ERIC YU We expect housing to start slowing the economy this quarter or the next.
EDWARD LEAMER The fourth quarter was a good quarter. We are optimistic given that the outlook for global economic ...
EMMANUEL SOUPRE It's good that we can focus exclusively on DVD this fourth quarter.
CRAIG KORNBLAU We think the first half of the year is going to be somewhat slow, pick up later in the year and in t...
BOONE PICKENS I think what we can do now is we can change our personality. Defense can carry us at times. But I th...
FLIP SAUNDERS The market put in a surprising bid on Monday, albeit on tame volume and a lack of key data. If we ne...
DAVID ADER We expect sequential quarterly revenue growth to have returned in the first quarter of 2006, after h...
KLAUS RINNEN Real GDP growth has been relatively healthy, but most Americans don't feel it. It's a transformative...
ROGER ALTMAN Looking ahead, we anticipate a somewhat softer third quarter and, again, a more dynamic fourth quart...
DANIEL VASELLA Ericsson's results for the fourth quarter were acceptable. Sales growth was stronger than anticipate...
GREGER JOHANSSON Although we did exceed expectations for the first quarter, and we expect to be substantially in line...
JAMES CROWE Oil is at new highs and then you get a number like this at a time when the market was predisposed to...
JEFFREY YOUNG The software market remains highly competitive and our fourth quarter results were mixed by geograph...
MARK LOUGHRIDGE We expect the year to continue to be challenging and have implemented price increases effective in t...
ROBERT ECKERT The market correctly saw that the economy was going to soften in the fourth quarter,
MARC KLEE It's a tough retailing environment. The real question is have they been able to pull back a bit on...
ARTHUR NEWMAN It's a tough retailing environment. The real question is have they been able to pull back a bit on...
ARTHUR NEWMAN We do not expect the PSP to be shipped until the June or more likely September quarter next year in ...
GARY COOPER Indeed, we continue to believe the fourth quarter will mark the trough for revenues - a firming econ...
JUDAH KRAUSHAAR Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises con...
CHOI CHANG HOON It's a tough retailing environment. The real question is have they been able to pu...
ARTHUR NEWMAN Overall, fourth-quarter earnings growth will be weak because the economy has slowed much faster than...
ELVIS PICARDO I think the headline number is a bit misleading. It doesn't suggest that the economy is in trouble. ...
GARY THAYER We expect strong fourth-quarter results but foresee abating organic growth and falling margins in 20...
GREGER JOHANSSON It was great to win a quarter decisively, and that was our goal at halftime. We were in a good posit...
KURT RUTH The fact that export volumes were stronger in the quarter was a very good indication that the global...
HUW MCKAY GDP is looking a lot weaker than we had anticipated and that should keep the Reserve Bank on hold fo...
BRIAN REDICAN Our expectation is that GDP will increase by 0.9% in the June quarter to be 2.1% higher that the Jun...
ADAM CARR What we take away as significant is a slightly bigger drag on first-quarter GDP as a result of the r...
JEOFF HALL It really was a huge fourth quarter for us. We had struggled in the second and third quarter. At the...
DAN PFAFF It appears, given Intel's guidance lower, that things are significantly slower now than we saw in th...
MICHAEL DAVIES Due primarily to continued robust demand from our customers, our fourth quarter business exceeded ou...
LORA HO Earnings growth is strong, interest rates are low, and the environment is positive for stocks. The m...
BOB STRAUS From 1950 to 2000, the U.S. economy grew at an average rate of 3.5 percent. That generated a massive...
LAWRENCE KUDLOW We think the economy is in recession, and it looks like October is going to be weaker than September...
JOE LAVORGNA The economy will continue to do pretty well, after the very strong figures we saw in the fourth quar...
LUCY BETHELL Continued good strong cost management will be implemented in the fourth quarter,
ALAN GRAF International GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is expected to grow substantially more than U.S. GDP over...
CHARLES PRINCE Over the past year, our U.S. pro forma operating loss decreased from 24 percent of net sales in the ...
WARREN JENSON Over the past year, our U.S. pro forma operating loss decreased from 24 percent of net sales in the ...
WARREN JENSON This was a good win for us going into region play Friday at Riverside. We did a good job holding off...
DUDLEY LYBRAND While the fourth quarter GDP data and the relatively healthy mix of the components further diminishe...
HOWARD ARCHER Looking forward into the fourth quarter, at this point we are not highly optimistic that there will ...
KAREN HAUS Based on our review of preliminary results for the quarter, we currently expect to report approximat...
TIM DONAHUE We expect to see overall DRAM pricing soften during the fourth quarter - maybe down 5 percent - but ...
ANDREW NORWOOD As a team, we feel the fourth quarter is our quarter, ... As a player, I feel the fourth quarter is ...
CARNELL WILLIAMS The market has some power today. Continued lower energy prices and the belief that the economy is re...
BARRY HYMAN If you can show 90 percent of the income came in the fourth quarter, your penalty will be diminished...
LAURENCE FOSTER If we get a big kick start to the quarter with a strong April, that could offset us being a bit weak...
BOB SCHNORBUS This new offering is a result of increasing demand for lower numerical ratios. With our new 2.50 axl...
BRAD ARNOLD According to the consumers themselves, their willingness to buy has increased. We can already see th...
BERND WEIDENSTEINER Without domestic demand the best trade figures are of no use in the long run.
BERND WEIDENSTEINER Things are moving again in Germany.
BERND WEIDENSTEINER Yields are now close to attractive levels. There is a chance of somewhat higher bond prices.
BERND WEIDENSTEINER Evidence is accumulating that growth in the fourth quarter slowed in the euro zone. Two-year bonds s...
BERND WEIDENSTEINER The data was weak. The environment does seem quite positive for bonds. People are still asking if th...
BERND WEIDENSTEINER Consumption is still relatively weak, but the hope is that it will improve this year. While November...
BERND WEIDENSTEINER She botched the job of selling the cuts. People were left wondering if just the better-off would ben...
BERND WEIDENSTEINER There is an unexpected cautiousness to their tone and their outlook for the fourth quarter. Good isn...
MARK KOZNAREK You want to be there in the fourth quarter. We feel if we're within striking distance, we believe we...
JEFF CARNAZZO When all is said and done, third-quarter earnings will probably be good and fourth-quarter forecasts...
JAMES AWAD I certainly don't see this as the beginning of the end for the U.S. dollar and I don't see this as t...
CARL WEINBERG The fourth-quarter results were in line with our December outlook and reflect the pervasive impact o...
ANDY BRYANT Four-to-8 percent is slower than you would normally expect to get out of the fourth quarter. We're b...
ANDY BRYANT The surprises should be on the upside. It all adds up to very good fourth-quarter numbers.
ED YARDENI We're expecting operating profits to increase by 20% [to $4.4 billion] for the quarter, aided by str...
TSUYOSHI MOCHIMARU The March reading suggests that the pace of economic growth in the state has slowed, but the result ...
J. FRED GIERTZ We made a good run there in the fourth quarter, but it just came too late. If we had made that run i...
BILLY THORNHILL Our economy is doing fine, so we can absorb the impact, ... Nobody [in the U.S. economy] is being hu...
ARTHUR MITCHELL Production growth is being driven by strong export demand and rising consumer spending at home. Ther...
BEN SIMPFENDORFER This is kind of capping a string of fairly strong numbers, and I'm even going to have to boost my es...
MAUREEN ALLYN The investor will be sensitive to any signs that the sharp spike in energy prices is going to derail...
JOE LIRO The second quarter at this point looks like it's going to come in, perhaps, at 1.5 to 2 percent (rea...
BILL KIRBY The second quarter at this point looks like it's going to come in, perhaps, at 1.5 to 2 percent (rea...
BILL KIRBY
We'll know in the fourth quarter that it's been 555 times 4. AL MICHAELS They outplayed us down the stretch. We didn't play in the fourth quarter. That was the difference in...
CHARLES BERRY AT&T has been performing poorly all along and in a slowing economy we can expect that trend to conti...
DRAKE JOHNSTONE
