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It's simple: They have to generate earnings growth. They haven't had any in two years.

Earnings momentum bottomed in (the fourth quarter) and will improve in 2000,

Earnings in 2006 will be influenced by a combination of higher rates, energy prices and perhaps even lower demand. The market is not excited with stocks right now.

Earnings have come in mixed and you have to pick your stocks carefully. The overall outlook for the markets is good.

Stock markets can still rise. Earnings are still growing. Investors shouldn't be worried about slightly slowing earnings growth.

This morning it was really a story of positive earnings on the tape and no major hiccups on the economic front. All in all, it's going to play out as a respectable but not blow-out earnings season.

There was nothing in the earnings report that would renew investor interest.

There's a lot of earnings for next week, but I don't see what's going to give us a lift. If the earnings have been good so far, and stocks have fallen anyway, what could the next wave of earnings do for us, even if they are positive?

John Davidson

There's a lot of earnings and other news out there today, but I think the market is particularly reacting to Greenspan's testimony, ... The markets are expecting a little more growth because of his comments, but that may not be as much as what they wanted to hear.

It was pretty panicked this morning, but as the day wore on some bottom-fishers stepped in. Probably what you're going to see next week is the same as this week. It's gonna be that way for a few weeks until we start to see some earnings or get some good news.

It's a strong result and importantly for investors they've maintained their earnings guidance.

It's going to have to reach a point sometime in the future when the earnings aren't going to justify the valuations of stocks,

It's going to have to be the third-quarter earnings to save the market.

It should be evident by now that the rest of the earnings are going to come in at the same sort of magnitude over estimates. The focus is going to shift.

It's been a more typical September than I expected. Earnings preannouncements have been disappointing, and surprisingly so, and economic news has been disappointing, and surprisingly so. I expected September to be on the strong side because the year overall has been so bad.

It's overall a mixed bag. The margins on the earnings were better than expected. The top line was worse than expected.

There's a lack of leadership right now. Investors don't know where to put their money. A lot of people are waiting to see what the flood of earnings is going to be over the next few weeks.

This may prove that their policy barring preannouncement and giving earnings guidance may not be the wisest policy. It's not as if providing guidance is a sign of poor governance.

This may prove that their policy barring pre-announcement and giving earnings guidance may not be the wisest policy. It's not as if providing guidance is a sign of poor governance.

This market needs real earnings and an economy that looks like it is turning around. The market is extremely volatile right now, but on thin volume, so it doesn't take too much to move it.

Roger McNamee

This March quarter earnings season was, without a doubt, the finest first- quarter season I have ever seen in 18 years in the business, ... In the Money.

This is where the earnings growth is. This is where people perceive the opportunities are to make money.

This is the wakeup call. We're going to go through a test here where we're going to have a period of turbulence in the market as we report second-quarter earnings and get forward-looking guidance for the third quarter.

This is the wakeup call, ... We're going to go through a test here where we're going to have a period of turbulence in the market as we report second-quarter earnings and get forward-looking guidance for the third quarter.

Rick Nelson

They have met or exceeded earnings estimates -- in some quarters quite substantially -- every quarter since the IPO,

You're not going to see a big rally through the end of the year, but I think the market will go higher than where it is now. I'm optimistic. I think the economy is improving even faster than people realize, and the fourth-quarter earnings are going to be really good.

You're going to pay taxes on the (withdrawn) earnings that you've accumulated. The government's also going to tack on a 10% withdrawal penalty.

If people we're really trying to manipulate earnings you would think they would have done a better job.

Subodh Kumar

In the very short term, you are seeing a response to the economic news, and that can give the market some buoyancy. Whereas in September and October, the above-consensus earnings enabled the market to perform better than it traditionally has, in November the focus switches to the economy.

In the United States, there's the question of technology companies' earnings that is complicating matters. The market is highly volatile, with options expiration, oil prices falling. It's a combination of many things.

Intel's earnings announcement has made investors skittish about the prospects for other chipmakers and computer-related companies.

The retail earnings are likely going to be strong and that helps the market.

Robert Morgan

Once all the results are in, I think this is going to be a positive earnings season. Some of the headline names have disappointed.