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The fact that we have gone three years without a correction tells me we are overdue for one. Markets don't go in one direction without interruption.

We are expecting to see some correction in the housing market after previously robust data. That will put some downside pressure on yields, which means the curve may invert some more.

What we have been seeing today and yesterday is a rather normal correction after the nearly vertical rise in high-tech shares in recent sessions. Investors will be taking refuge in other sectors until high-tech stocks find a floor.

We have to get (Juan) going. I think (hitting coach) Hal (McRae) sees the correction that he needs to make.

The ongoing dot.com market correction is far from having a negative effect on online retailing as a whole. It has actually led online retailers to renew their focus on customer service, cost reduction and profitability.

Roger McNamee

The key thing to remember is that whenever you go through a prolonged correction, what matters is not the portfolio you own when the correction starts, but the one you own when it ends.

The sentiment we have seen with the stock market correction -- I think it is something the Fed is worried about.

After that I'm looking for a correction of about 12 to 15 percent.

I'm looking for more of a pullback after today. I think you've easily got 4 or 5 percent more on the downside as part of the correction that started Wednesday.

Hugh Johnson

It's too speculative. I hope that we get an correction soon, it's unhealthy.

The volatility has been more intense than we might have expected, ... in the United States, that correction has really been overdone.

What does it tell us? It tells us the market is not convinced. The market is trying to find its feet. Does it want another leg higher, or are we going to have a correction down?

This is too much of a good thing, so there might be a correction that will occur.

If the market does have a correction, the worst-performing sector in that correction will have been the best-performing sector in the last couple of years.

If the pattern plays out, you'll get the first decent downside correction we've seen in a year.

Larry Wachtel

Clearly, the gulf between technology and the rest of the market was so wide it was impossible to sustain. And there had to be a correction somewhere and the correction is under way.

Cisco's inability to reduce its inventory after the October quarter when revenues grew 14 percent quarter over quarter and inventory grew by 59 percent quarter over quarter reaffirms our view that we have not yet seen the worst of the inventory correction for semiconductor suppliers.

This is a correction process, I am very happy.

They're taking down all the ones that ran up so fast, ... This is a good, solid correction. It's taking out a lot of money. To say a correction was overdue is an understatement.

Richard Evans

At some point, we expect there will be some correction from cyclical highs that we are seeing now. One reason is simply currency; the weak U.S. dollar means that everything denominated in U.S. dollars is worth more in dollars.

Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

We could see a small technical correction tomorrow. But I don't like it when we have this kind of volume with sharp falls. It shows weakness.

We had a really strong rally, ... and there's the likelihood of seeing a significant correction through the end of October.

We've had this significant run which has been pretty much one-way traffic for the last two weeks, so it doesn't really come as a surprise that there's a correction of some sort.

We've had a strong economy for four years now and no inflation, so I don't see inflation as a problem, ... The market went into the tank early today because the message was our correction just wasn't over yet and then, of course, pressure from the techs.

There is still a worry about a possible major correction on Wall Street in the short term.

We had a great run. After a market has had a big run, you either get a correction in price or a correction in time.

We ultimately expect the overall market to be down...and end up with a correction that totals 10 to 15 percent from the peak.

I've been anticipating a 7 to 10 percent correction over the next few months.

The correction somewhat mutes inflation concerns. The market is looking in one direction today and that's for slower growth.

The correction on the H-shares has been too small.

The correction is over and we've started the summer rally,

The choppiness we've had over the past couple weeks, the volatility, suggests stocks are vulnerable. It suggests we're looking, in the months ahead, at a correction in the marketplace.