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Even good earnings results from well-known names like Toyota Motor Corp aren't helping sentiment.

First-quarter earnings seem to be very much in line with expectations.

First off, Microsoft does have a good product mix, ... It has a five-year earnings growth rate, which is somewhere around 15 percent because it is a giant after all.

Five and a half times earnings is the maximum I have seen for young professionals.

Fiscal Q4 guidance is a clear-cut disappointment. However, sentiment was very poor prior to the earnings release and some investors are likely relieved that it's not worse.

Fiscal fourth-quarter guidance is a clear-cut disappointment. However, sentiment was very poor prior to the earnings release and some investors are likely relieved that it's not worse.

At 27 times our 2003 earnings estimate Intel is still expensive relative to its growth prospects and its own history.

At this point, the earnings potential of this plant may be even better than we thought.

We do not look favorably upon this tactic as we think it reduces quality of earnings and reduces management accountability and transparency.

You get it over with, get it out of the way early, and then we're on to reporting season. We've seen for the past 12 quarters or so that this has meant what's left is good news and earnings surprises have been quite positive.

What's confounding most people out there is how do you get your hands around earnings, ... there's not that much out there in terms of earnings predictability.

What's all the fuss about in terms of this third quarter earnings warning? By any standard, these are very, very good results.

With higher interest rates, fundamentals are starting to erode. We're looking for margins and earnings to be constrained going forward.

With six consecutive quarterly earnings misses and a 2006 forecast to be a transition year, management has much to prove.

The recent tech gains were supported by a wave of upward revisions to earnings forecasts. But for those shares to go further from here, investors need to know how they are going to perform next year.

Ultimately what we're trying to come to grips with is the fact that we understand that second-quarter earnings are not going to be good but the timing of a recovery is hanging over our head. We'll get some forecasting, looking out, but it's what those forecasts say that puts proof in the pudding.

It was too much for the market to overcome. Otherwise, it could have been an even better year profit-wise if so much of (companies') earnings weren't deflected into energy costs.

These stocks are pretty much earnings driven. If the earnings come through, I think the stocks are going to move higher and, on balance, I think we are in a healthy environment, which bodes well for stocks in this whole group.

These results extend our string of record first-quarter earnings to four years.

The stocks that are benefiting most from better earnings are the small and mid-cap ones.

The stock ran up since the last earnings call, and the holiday sales were in line with expectations, not great.

The stock market has already priced in a good recovery in earnings. The risks are that if that the earnings rebound doesn't happen, we could end up slipping back.

Subodh Kumar

I see volatility until the end of the month. With earnings season near and energy prices high there will be volatility.

The worst of the earnings news is probably out of the way and expectations are probably back in line.

They are also reasonable value, and earnings momentum is holding up better than expected.

The risk is on the upside, because the market knows that we are at the end of the earnings cycle, it's just that earnings are not turning as fast as many had hoped.

When all is said and done, the fact of the matter is we will have double-digit earnings growth for the S&P 500.

We got some good earnings news from Cisco and from Pepsi. Oil has also been pretty tame today.

We expect revenues and earnings to grow considerably for the full fiscal year 2005.

The story on slowing earnings growth and revenue growth is not over.

The third quarter earnings have been fairly well received and I think there will be anticipation that fourth-quarter earnings could be better than expected,

The confluence of three themes today -- energy prices, earnings and economic numbers -- should make for an interesting market.

To an extent, no matter what happens with earnings reports over the next week, the Middle East is still going to hold us back.