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We keep getting earnings reports that are horrific.

We think Wall Street is still underestimating HP's earnings power.

Until we start seeing some better earnings news, I think the market's going to be in this bottoming phase.

Until we see earnings impacted by oil, I don't think the market is going to be responsive.

Peter Greene

People are comforted by Intel, but it's unsurprising that they had a good quarter, so you're seeing a little sell on the news, ... Market events get discounted more and more these days, and I think you're especially seeing that as we get into this period of digesting the earnings news.

People are hesitant to trade high-tech issues and are waiting for their earnings results.

People are saying at some point the recession will be over and earnings will come, and at some point you have to own stocks.

Our forecast was for earnings to come in around 13 percent year-over-year growth, and they're on track to do it. They are surprisingly better than expected, and outlooks have been good, generally speaking.

Michael W. Smith

Overall, the results are in line with expectations, but the outlook is disappointing, and there could be some modest 1-2 percent downgrades to earnings forecasts.

Overall, fourth-quarter earnings growth will be weak because the economy has slowed much faster than people had expected.

Over 70 percent of our earnings come from outside the US ; we operate in over 200 countries.

David Healy

I think they're pretty smart to take the earnings hit now,

Charles Stanley

It is a year for modest economic growth and therefore modest earnings growth.

I think there's a kind of 'buyers' strike,' for lack of a better term. Until we start seeing some better earnings news, I think the market's going to be in this bottoming phase.

I think there's a kind of 'buyers' strike,' for lack of a better term, ... Until we start seeing some better earnings news, I think the market's going to be in this bottoming phase.

I think there is risk in the market. If there is weakening in the economy, then an earnings recovery gets pushed out further into 2002.

Last week we saw earnings pre-announcements and a higher-than-expected producer price index move stocks. Next week, we expect more earnings surprises and the CPI to provide the volatility.

John Davidson

Largely people are taking a look at historic information. They're looking at earnings and job cuts, and people are concerned. I think we're going to grind it out until earnings come back.

I think earnings will be good this quarter. The pre-announcement season was very innocuous.

Stay with the big stocks with the big backlog and big trend of earnings and with management that have been there before,

Some of the good earnings reports and good guidance are reversing market psychology. In general, we're probably heading for a good earnings season.

Looking forward to 2006, our newer products should grow to about 24 percent of revenues and earnings per share should grow 8 to 11 percent, representing top-tier growth for large-cap pharmaceutical companies.

Looking back, the S&P 500 is at four-and-a-half-year highs, so it seems the market had no problems with earnings last quarter.

I still prefer technology stocks. The tech sector is still the place were the earnings momentum is.

Michael King

I think people were pleasantly surprised by the near-term strength in earnings growth. This is a great company. I just think it needs a little more time before I get super-excited.

Kate Warne

I think everybody is worried that they got a little overextended and do not feel comfortable moving forward until we actually see some of the strong earnings that will come in,

I still think earnings reports are going to be very good. I think we're getting to the end of rate hike situation on the part of the Fed.

Terence

I still think earnings reports are going to be very good, ... I think we're getting to the end of rate hike situation on the part of the Fed.

It could well be another week of stabilization and consolidation as the market seeks to hold its own, ... We are likely to see some earnings disappointments. Conversely, we're also likely to see some earnings surprises. I'm looking for a market that stays in a reasonably tight trading side.

I think it will be a positive year for earnings but there are risks that the velocity will come down a little bit.

I think it went down because their initial earnings report just looked kind of depressing.

I think this can sustain for the next day or two, at least until we get to all the earning and economic news in the second half of the week, ... Right now, the path of least resistance is still to the upside.

It is not discretionary to pick a number that helps with an earnings target.