Famous Quotes & Sayings

Newt Gingrich

Only the elites despise earning money.

Markus Zusak

Stealing it, in a sick kind of sense, was like earning it.

Paul Singer

Resentment is not morally superior to earning money.

Investors' expectations of steelmakers' earnings are high. Steel producers may lead the market this week.

Investors are waiting for earnings releases, the peak of which will come next week.

Investors are taking stock of earnings and questioning whether they should be as optimistic as they are.

Investors are going to be surprised when we get a string of stronger economic stats. But we might have to get through earnings season before that happens.

(I)n Washington Mutual, you're getting in there at less than 10 times this year's earnings estimate. Earnings are going to be growing if not 10 percent, 15 percent, over the next two years. If you're in there at less than a double-digit multiple, and you've got 15-percent earnings growth going out, I don't see how you get hurt.

In-zone markets will probably have slower earnings growth.

In the past, I think there had been low expectations for Kyocera's electronics parts business, so I think investors had gradually started to view it as one of the losers in the tech sector. In that sense, these earnings are a positive surprise.

Mark Watson

Interest rates, to me, matter more than earnings growth. The prospect that rates are going up will revalue the whole market.

Mark Watson

Interest rates, to me, matter more than earnings growth, ... The prospect that rates are going up will revalue the whole market.

If I can get money from you, there must be some earnings there.

I don't think there's a tremendous overreaction here, even if the investors who are selling in lieu of events of the weekend aren't focusing on earnings and earnings growth.

I'd rather have the earnings and you're already in. I'm a little apprehensive. This is the first time I've been in a situation like this.

If earnings are going up consistently over time, then even if you pay a little too much it won't matter over the longer term,

Paul Levine

I don't think these particular earnings are going to mean much for the market in the short term.

The IBM earnings were good, but is this enough to turn things around?. I guess the futures could rally overnight, but as it stands, we're headed toward a lower open.

The events of September 11 were not helpful for the global economy and it will be harder to maintain our earnings growth of the last two years.

The election is exaggerating the short term, but it's not the issue. The issue is the deceleration of earnings and the contraction of multiples because prices got way out of whack with what future earnings were going to be.

The estimates are for earnings to be down 50 percent in the second quarter, 37 percent in the third quarter, and 12 percent in the fourth.

Brenda Lee

The growth of earnings per share this year does not justify the 100 percent shares increase.

A higher valuation is justified when a company's earnings growth is significant. AMD's growth prospects are substantially higher than Intel's.

John Bartlett

You've got earnings growth visibility that's stronger than the market. M&A is a tailwind.

You've got a lot of layoffs, but yet 132 million people are earning legitimate wages,

The girls did a great job keeping the intensity up, and Darcy really stepped up this weekend. Going into the weekend we knew we needed to win at least one game, but they did a good job staying focused and earning the series win.

The good earnings news is really taking hold. Some of the warnings from last week are less of a factor in the marketplace now.

The global outlook is OK, so that suggests that the earnings (growth) will still be there, and as long as they are, people take the view that the wherewithal for dividend growth and share buybacks will be there.

The economy is still strong, earnings will be good, and that bodes well for the stock market,

The economy is on good footing, the earnings in the first quarter are expected to be better, but I can't see anything that's going to have a big impact on the market in the short term other than the price of oil.

The earnings were about a penny or two more than expectation, but because the source was investment banking, it probably doesn't excite the market that much.

The earnings so far are not inspiring but it's the guidance people are looking at, not the numbers, and this has not been wonderful.

Chuck D.

The earnings rebound keeps getting pushed out further.