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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.

Before the earnings or at the earnings we will be able to give the guidance we promised.

But today's main trading theme was earnings reports released the previous day.

But if you step back, it seems to me that we're still in the trading range we've been in for some time. There's still the push and pull between rising earnings and rising interest rates.

I'm happy to report that the first-quarter earnings surpassed our expectations.

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

I don't know how to handicap terrorism, other than to say that I think the risk premium should be higher than it is. But I think I can predict, directionally, earnings and the momentum of the economy.

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 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.

The number looks pretty much in line. Ex-food and energy was better than expected. The focus is on earnings now this economic number is out of the way. The market looks to be doing OK off the get-go here.

It's the triple-whammy of tax planning: tax-free contributions, tax-free earnings and tax-free distributions. There are very few opportunities like that,

For tech multiples to significantly reverse direction, investors will need to feel comfortable about fundamentals again...including earnings estimates, IT spending trends, and macro issues.

There seems to be a lot of economic momentum and earnings momentum fueling this market.

There's a major rise in oil prices, increased investor worry about the upcoming earnings season and you're also seeing some profit-taking after the market's six-week run-up.

At least for the next month or two, the earnings picture is going to be pretty dismal.

AT&T's strong second-quarter earnings reflect steady progress in executing our strategy. In fact, two of our growth businesses, AT&T Wireless and AT&T Solutions, grew revenue more than 40 percent each.

As we get through the earnings in the next few weeks, we'll see some positive surprises, which should help stabilize the market. And then, once we get past the election, I think we're going to see a pickup.

I just don't know how far we'll be able to go with the Fed helping us out. At some juncture, the numbers as far as earnings are going to have to turn around.

Because Amex is so diversified in interacting with the consumer, if they're trying to talk down their earnings expectations, the implication is, 'What does that mean for what's going on in the economy?'