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Regardless of what the Fed does today, I think that maximum monetary stimulation throughout the world is over. We are seeing the low point of interest rates throughout the world. The next move will be upward. Moreover, I think the earnings momentum for the markets is eroding as well.

Reasonable mergers generate substantial synergies, so that provides for earnings and cash-flow growth even if it doesn't provide for revenue growth, and I think that's a big driver.

Price is fact. Earnings on the other hand are estimates. You restate earnings. You never restate price.

Our objective now is to sustain, over the cycle, this level of pretax return on equity and double-digit earnings per share growth.

Our much improved earnings resulted largely from the strength of refining margins during the quarter,

People have been worried for the last several quarters that earnings were going to slow down. If in fact they don't slow down and if it looks as if there's no resumption of inflation ... it'll be interesting to see how people respond to that.

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.

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.

Hugh Johnson

On the surface level it's a real simple story. Interest rates are rising and the outlook for the economy and earnings is darkening every step of the way.

Really, in the market today, the most significant mover is the earnings. If earnings do well, the market will do well, if not, then the market won't.

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.

The '90s was the slippery slope from managing expectations to managing earnings to outright fraud.

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

Subodh Kumar

I think we're in a situation where some earnings will miss (forecasts), but not as much as some bearish people expect. If this is the case, the S&P 500 is likely to remain in the trading range it's been in.

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,

It doesn't matter. Earnings could be doing anything.

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.