The majority of earnings have been good, but there have been some misses and the market has reacted violently to them. This is a week that has put me on alert. |
The market was down so far so fast recently that I don't think it takes much to get a bounce here. Investors were just determined today to be optimistic. |
The markets obviously liked it. For a day. |
The quarter is starting off pretty rough. We're heading into earnings season and I don't think anyone is expecting anything good. |
The undertone to the market is still somewhat positive. The economic data shows that we have bottomed. It's what allowed markets to recover in early January. But the accounting issues are here to stay. |
There was nothing that was said to inspire confidence. Until we see some end-market pickup, I'm not going to be convinced the end is near. |
There's a general concern about the economy and corporate profits, ... The deals seem to be driven by the ability to reduce costs or create greater synergies of scale, so it's not something that's going to help them meet next quarter's earnings. |
There's a general concern about the economy and corporate profits. The deals seem to be driven by the ability to reduce costs or create greater synergies of scale, so it's not something that's going to help them meet next quarter's earnings. |
There's all this emphasis on the next Enron, when that doesn't exist, ... What's more common is a widespread stretching of the standards of accounting, particularly in what companies count as one-time items as opposed to recurring charges. |
There's all this emphasis on the next Enron, when that doesn't exist. What's more common is a widespread stretching of the standards of accounting, particularly in what companies count as one-time items as opposed to recurring charges. |
There's been very little investment in infrastructure at these companies over the past decade -- tech was sucking up all the capital, ... Demand is picking up and you have this big, new demand from China, which is pulling away supply that might otherwise have headed to the United States. |
There's nothing for investors to latch on to with conviction. We're being tested on both sides. With no clear-cut view that things are getting better, the (economic) recovery keeps getting pushed out. |
These are all quality names in their sectors, all giving negative guidance, and I think that's shaking investors. |
This is a market that has no confidence. Corporate confidence is shot, confidence in earnings is shot, and confidence in Wall Street analysts is gone. Only time is going to heal that. |
This is a stock where everything went wrong last year; [it] bottomed out under $7 a share. What really attracted us was when we first started looking at the name, it was more of what are the assets worth. When we started putting that sum of the parts together we were coming out with numbers north of $20 a share, |