Famous Quotes & Sayings

If you get an unchanged statement that will lead people to price in the next rate hike and maybe another one. It's hard to be a buyer of Treasury notes if the Fed is going to keep raising rates.

If your buyer is limited in terms of what they can buy, will prices continue to increase at the pace of the last few years? Not really. You will see a moderation in some markets.

If you look at surveys about buying priorities right now, fuel economy ranks sixteenth. For Honda buyers, its fourteenth. Only 2 percent of Honda buyers even think of fuel economy at all. It's not even on the radar. A fuel hike might get it on radar, but it probably won't make it item one, two, three of four. They see the larger vehicles meeting other needs and even with $2.50 a gallon gas, they're not going to necessarily give it up.

B. F. Skinner

In the U.S., the markets that are most risky are those where there is a higher proportion of buyers using adjustable loans and interest-only loans.

Instead of bidding on offices and retail properties in Los Angeles, the leveraged buyers will consider Phoenix or Dallas, where the cap rates are higher.

Robert Barry

This is consistent with growing press speculation that potential buyers are scarce.

The new 2006 registration and some excellent deals have seen new buyers heading back to dealerships ... but 2006 will continue to be a challenge as we fight for every sale.

I'm encouraged. You get a strong rally for a few days, a couple of days of selling so people can take some profits, then new buyers come in at the lower level. That's the classic definition of an uptrend.

I'm sure rising interest rates at some point are going to take some buyers out of the marketplace. Typically, though, this does not happen in a big way until interest rates hit 8 percent and we have a long way to go until it reaches 8 percent.

Eric Ross

In 2000 flash was a huge contributor to AMD's earnings, ... In 2003 it was a contributor as well, but if pricing continues, it will be a drag for the company, and there are no natural buyers of the AMD flash business.

I'm not sure they have what they think they have. It may or may not be Randy's first touchdown ball. I would say let the buyer beware.

If producers are thinking about planting corn rootworm-resistant corn, they will first want to make sure their buyer is willing to buy that corn. You wouldn't want to plant corn rootworm corn without checking with them because it doesn't so much matter what the European Union wants, what really matters is what your buyer wants.

I know for certain world premieres, we're getting many press and buyers into the first public screening,

Around here it's knowing secrets. It's introducing your clients to houses before they go on the market, or having a list of buyers to offer to a seller.

Hal Varian

With research, the informed buyer is going to be able to say, 'The item is worth about this,

You have to be a competitive seller. You can't just put a price on something and expect buyers to pay that price anymore.

Whatever you've got, there's money for it. At the end of the day, there's a buyer for it.

We sold little oil today, since the buyers are waiting to see what will happen.

A lot of buyers think that 'If I call the listing agent, I'll get a better deal.' That's not true.

A lot of buyers are just more focused on good value now.

A lot of South Americans maintain residences for personal use, not as investment rentals. They also may have places closer to home in Florida. The most sophisticated buyers have larger residences in which they maintain a full-time staff.

All that has changed. But that buyer who had to save the 20 percent had a 20 percent cushion from the start.

The drops are exaggerated because there is a buyers strike and there is no one to catch that falling knife.

The climate we faced remained extremely harsh, and in this climate a buyer (for the company) did not emerge.

George Murphy

The Dodge Nitro's styling delivers something extra; that little something mid-size buyers are still searching for -- attitude. In addition, the Dodge Nitro offers many features that are not typical of a mid-size SUV, such as two V-6 engines, 20-inch tires and chrome-clad aluminum wheels and a performance suspension.

Joel Klein

These historic divestitures will give the primary buyer a platform to compete for all customers in New England,

The market in general has been strong since the fall. I don't see any reason why it should change. We've seen more buyers coming down from Kentucky for our mixed sales in October and January.

The market clearly has some legs left. Buyers who were sitting on the fence, hoping mortgage rates would decline, have decided to make the move now.

The Iran situation is not going to go away so I see buyers coming in at the dip.

The key buyers are funds. With new highs being hit, more momentum will enter the market.

However, this is also a potential negative as well, as buyers and sellers communicating on 'the phone' makes it easier to take transactions off eBay,

I always view a really large foreign participation number as being a dangerous thing. If you're looking at somebody who is maybe not a natural buyer or a long-term buyer, the danger is that if it takes that participation to make them (the deals) just go OK, what happens when they don't show up?

That is a factor that has helped sentiment today. Canada is a prime target for many overseas buyers because we are so strong in energy and commodities, and the valuations are definitely lower than the U.S.