Famous Quotes & Sayings

Raghuram Rajan

Oil and other commodity prices are going to have some effect over time.

Oil and gas goes up and down. Now, it's a high commodity and high production. As long as it holds, we'll see that kind of valuation.

Dell could figure out a way to sell Itanium, but they sell commodity stuff. It really doesn't fit their business.

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Competition is going to rear its ugly head as companies cross over into each other's territory, ... Price has always been the key focus for telecom. It's a commodity business.

There's a relatively small pool of people with in-depth commodity trading experience, and there's an even smaller number of people who have had any exposure to managing third-party money.

There's enough value left in resources stocks to remain optimistic. Commodity prices are locked in over fairly long-term contracts for many of them, so there's an element of safety too.

Peter Wright

A lot of those commodity stocks are pretty reasonably priced and we would continue to see gains in that sector, though they would be moderate.

It suggests there could be a profit squeeze in some of the cyclical industries, ... Autos. Household appliances. Anything that has a lot of raw commodity in it. The end user is going to have a hard time passing those costs on to the consumers.

Max Clifford

This is an extremely lucrative sport and a glamorous one. He can make a lot of money and be a very valuable commodity for advertisers.

Tillie Olsen

Writers in a profit making economy are an exploitable commodity whose works are products to be marketed, and are so judged and handled.

Electricity is now trading as a commodity - as soon as there's a shortage, that number goes up.

ERC doesn't really fit the GE that I want to have, ... The return on equity is too low and there's too many commodity segments. I hate having to give this message to you, but my responsibility to you is to manage it, and that's what I'm doing.

Commodity stocks were dragged down by profit-taking after sharp gains last week.

Commodity stocks can still outperform the market. The U.S. economy is not going to slow down. There should be increased demand for commodities.

Commodity stocks are moving in line with the prices of raw materials. Higher commodity prices are feeding through to earnings.

Andrew Sullivan

Commodity stocks are driven by manufacturing growth, which represents demand. Those stocks are reacting to commodities markets around the world.

Commodity prices look sustainable in the short term. Analysts are expecting spectacular results. We may well see the continuation of the positive sentiment in resources stocks.

Commodity prices are still strong, and that's leading to strong foreign demand for our stocks. If you try and look for negatives for the rand at the moment, you struggle.

Commodity prices are rising, quite dramatically for copper, tin and steel scrap. That would not happen if there was an expectation of a slowdown.

Commodity currencies are being hit particularly hard but other currencies are holding up well as interest rate expectations for the other two regions are rising.

Commodity companies are benefiting from continued growth. We expect they will keep doing well as the global economy expands.

Commodities are significantly dislocated from underlying fundamentals, but what does inspire people about zinc is that it's the only commodity where we can say with hand on heart that supply will be constrained.

Core prices are going to continue to edge a little higher. The extreme increases in energy and commodity costs that we've had are going to seep through to the core. Core prices worry the Fed.

Compounding the problem is that commodity prices are pretty ordinary at the moment, and this is not helping net returns

We are viewing the lobster as a live creature rather than a commodity that deserves no concern.

McGregor Scott

We see general softness in the entire semiconductor industry, but particularly in commodity products. Customers are delaying their orders.

Robert Kiyosaki

If you are not a brand, you are a commodity.

This sounds ironic, but the growing need for fresh labor and investment are now weighing on profit trends, together with high levels of commodity prices.

Charles Babbage

The public, who consume the new commodity or profit by the new invention, are much better judges of its merit than the government can be.

Thucydides

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

Samuel Gompers

The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce.

The big drivers of the currency are commodity prices and interest-rate increase expectations.