Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

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.

I think a lot of people are sitting on their hands, waiting for a little more meaningful earnings reports, ... Alcoa was better than expected and we have GE earnings at the end of the week, so maybe that will give us some direction.

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 think investors should be focused on several key areas, because at the end of the day you really want to be focused on earnings momentum,

I think it's going to be a quiet week heading into the long weekend. Through the summer, people are going to be focusing on the next earnings period, monetary policy, and if we are going to see more strong economic growth, as well as payrolls.

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.

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.

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.

I think we have to get through the earnings until we see a sustained advance.

John Davidson

I think that overall we are in for a pretty good earnings quarter, and that may be a positive for stocks.