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John Davidson

There are some worries about will the earnings this year support the 2-1/2 year highs that the indexes have recently reached, particularly in an environment where interest rates will be rising.

I would say that for the next several weeks, earnings and the earnings outlook probably will be the most important things weighing on us.

I would summarize the quarter as a solid quarter from a revenue and earnings per share perspective and a strong quarter from an orders perspective.

With many people fearing a profitless recovery, earnings will probably surprise to the upside.

Stephen Neal

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I think the last few weeks have probably been frustrating for investors. Earnings have been very positive, but the focus has been on interest rates. Over the next few sessions, it looks like the fear of higher interest rates will probably outweigh the earnings.

I think the key is going to be earnings now. We're really getting into full swing with earnings, and I think earnings are going to surprise on the high side.

I think the picture is optimistic and earnings in general have been better than expected.

I think you're looking out two quarters, maybe even three quarters before you start to see a substantive increase in earnings for some of these companies. That, to me, is in a nutshell what's going on in the markets.

I think Xerox has got a long way to go. The earnings performance and outlook are even worse than anticipated in the pre-release.

I think the earnings are going to be better than expected, but I don't know whether the market's going to rise on that.

The rally in stocks is expected to move higher near term, given the weight of technical evidence and the likelihood that first-quarter earnings will not disappoint.

There is a perception that if you're sleeping you're lazy or somehow not earning your money.

Kelly Ayotte

You're really earning the support of New Hampshire voters, and you've got to do that one-on-one grassroots campaigning here, even if you have the most money.

HP's fundamental earnings power highlights that this is more than just a restructuring story.

Today is encouraging, but it's not particularly meaningful. We still have a lot of economic and earnings news to get through this week.

The purpose of the minimum wage is not to give somebody earning $25 an hour a $2-an-hour raise.

We're in the midst of a technical correction, and I suspect for the next week or so we'll trade within this range. The market has already discounted a lot of the economic and earnings news.

We're off to a soft start here ... We've had a good run in the last little while and we're waiting for more earnings to come out.

I am looking at recurrent earnings growth of 10 percent in 2006 for the banks, if you strip out exceptional items. Industry loan growth should be about 8 percent this year.

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Obviously, as they go down to one fuselage a month from four or five, there are going to be lower levels of operating earnings and margins. It stands to reason that it's an inefficient rate of production.

Nothing in the earnings surprised me on the upside.

Nothing comes easy for the Saints and right now we're earning everything that we get. The kids are scrapping hard on the line of scrimmage and we're trying to make things happen. We are making some things happen. It just seems like it stays tough ... never completely easy as you're going down the stretch. That's the way it's supposed to be, I guess.

right now, earnings are more of a focus.

Right now investors are looking at any earnings reports as the glass half-empty rather than half-full.

Pharmacia reported earnings growth of 19 percent, but the pharmaceutical side was up more than 20 percent by itself, so that's the sustainable long-term piece when they spin off agriculture.

Positive earnings surprises ... are key to any further gains for the overall market.

Chuck D.

If we are going to see a turnaround in earnings soon, the number of warnings are going to need to scale back.

If the economy is growing, companies' earnings are growing and that moves the market.

A. A. Milne

In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.

The fact that the Fed is remaining vigilant is positive for earnings growth. They see a robust economy and they see that continuing.

the expectation is there will be a fairly strong stream of earnings disappointments in the second quarter.