[Retail sales] weren't disappointing but they weren't unbelievable, ... A lot of people are waiting on Thursday and Friday to see if we are in fact turning the corner here and the economy is heading in the right direction. |
[Traders today say current market concerns supersede any potential interest in the hemline theory.] Personally, I'd like to see women naked but short skirts are good, too, ... But seriously, in any other period, people on Wall Street would be talking about this fashion trend. But it's the last thing on their minds right now. |
Everybody was expecting this hurricane to be one of biblical proportions and that oil prices were going to climb sharply. As the storm weakened, oil prices retreated and demand for stocks rebounded. |
Historically, you can't have an up market without banks leading the way. Today it's an earnings rally again led by the banks. |
If it's down a lot (people are investing in it). Everyone says this can't be sustained, but that's what fuels the markets. |
If they are having a hard time getting paid by their customers, what does that say about the rest of the industry? |
If you have an unsound piece of wood, be it from moisture damage or just from excessive water laying up against the structure you want to take into account and start making notes and start looking into it. |
It seems AIG surprised everyone on the heels of news that Chubb reported a complicated quarter, ... The market doesn't want to hear any bad news right now, and it's giving people reason to sell. |
It seems AIG surprised everyone on the heels of news that Chubb reported a complicated quarter. The market doesn't want to hear any bad news right now, and it's giving people reason to sell. |
It's two outs, bottom of the ninth -- he's gotta come through. He has to come up with something definite and substantial. Anything less than that will be taken as a negative by the market. |
One of the things the market wants to see is that the Fed is finished raising interest rates. |
Really there's no news that would account for the lift, |
The banks [didn't] do well after the dismal news from Bank of New York. Significant weakness in that sector [also hurt] the broader market, |
The market's digesting the recent gains. Investors want to see what the market's going to do. Absent of big news, I don't think the market does anything but go sideways here. |
The president only has so much influence over the economy and legislation. |