Analysts have always been overly optimistic. |
Bank One has got one of the best credit card divisions, ... The perception of investors is that financial services stocks are affected by interest rates and they're not. |
For the last two or three years, the earnings just shot through all the forecasts. We're still in a strong earnings environment, but at the same time we're getting somewhat more misses, and that, coming to a somewhat more jittery market, I think is leaving people concerned. |
good growth rate, (although) the stock has been knocked down sharply. |
I want to take a little bit more time now that the market has closed and take a good look. Is there anything really new here? I really don't know, |
I'm sure weather affects moods, but whether it also affects stock markets is hard to prove. If it's sunny in New York, how's it going to affect the guy selling in a real downpour in Mississippi? However, psychology does influence decision-making. The study should have some caveats, |
I'm sure weather affects moods, but whether it also affects stock markets is hard to prove. If it's sunny in New York, how's it going to affect the guy selling in a real downpour in Mississippi? However, psychology does influence decision-making. The study should have some caveats. |
If you play it out long enough it blows up, |
Stay in the stock market, in the oil sector. |
Sullivan took a company that was really scandal ridden, and he has opened it up. On the other hand, will he pull off all sorts of new major products like Greenberg did? It's really hard to say. |
That tends to point to overreaction, |
The [price-to-earnings ratio] on the S&P and technology stocks in particular is enormously high, |
The economics of the auto industry are overwhelming what Bill Ford can do. Are they going to come out of this? I just don't know. |
There's a lot of nervousness with what interest rates are doing, ... Financial stocks are up 3 percent one day and down 3 percent the next. |
There's a lot of serious charges without a lot of fact. The fact may be there. But we haven't seen it. |