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Real estate stocks have had a good run, but once interest rates start to rise, the present value of developers' future earnings will start decrease. Shipping lines are in for a tough time.

Our earnings were pretty flat from 1999 through 2002.

E. B. White

People seem to be looking through this and saying what we see is a blip here, and we're going to see strong earnings later in the year,

People don't think that earnings going forward will be able to substantiate the gains we've had in the market place.

Operation Overdrive contributed to our double-digit earnings growth in every quarter of this fiscal year,

The moves in media stocks are never earnings based.

After a long product portfolio transition, we forecast that Bristol-Myers could return to a period of sustained high teens earnings per share growth in 2007-2010.

Ian Scott

Oil prices should be supported by renewed imports into China. The banks, however, should see some moderation in their very strong earnings momentum.

Actually, earnings estimates will be rising, and normally when rising earnings are occurring for the technology company, the stock will follow along.

The mood is very positive. Earnings are supportive.

Dell, unlike the other major names I follow, tells you what earnings they are going to hit and then simply delivers,

Definitely, there is a turning around of the ship here. Earnings are improving and investors are starting to respond to that.

Rick Nelson

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

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.

They have great products. They're going to make physical things that people will pay money to buy, that will result in earnings in real dollars.

The valuations are still not a problem, earnings remain strong, M&A is still in the picture, interest rates in Europe are still not a threat, and this should help markets go higher.

This earnings increase is the highest we have seen since 1999. It has been growing much faster than inflation.

Third quarter and fourth quarter earnings estimates need to come down dramatically.

For me, I get immense pleasure out of giving. I do what I can. I try and give around 10% of my earnings a year. Some years, I give more, some I give less.

Robert Barry

Ford's restructuring plan was widely anticipated, but was more vague and protracted than we expected, which is disappointing. We also see sizable North American share loss continuing, weighing on earnings and offsetting many restructuring benefits.

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.

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.

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.

Energy in general will have great earnings momentum.

Earnings have been pretty astonishing, but the market hasn't always responded to that. I think people are feeling better about tech earnings in particular, but we still have worries about interest rates and what that might do to the recovery.