Barry Hyman Last Quotations

After last week's great run, the market is directionless. We're somewhat hostage until we get more proof that the economy is slowing.

After last week's great run, the market is directionless, ... We're somewhat hostage until we get more proof that the economy is slowing.

The market rally this week supported a growing opinion that January 31 will be the last interest rate hike.

This may be the last round of refinancing, and it could actually save the Christmas season.

We've been stuck in an extremely narrow band for the last few weeks, and this could break us out.

A lot of money left the sector last week over concerns that valuations were just too high. But there's still a lot of interest in technology.

The Nasdaq broke its support levels last week because of IBM, Cisco, and Computer Associates. The S&P was weighed down by its tech exposure. Another key story next week is whether the Dow follows the rest of the market or can it continue to hold in the gains.

Anything goes this week. You had a great week last week and it shows there were buyers willing to come in just on the thought of stabilization.

It's been a very surprising and volatile last couple of days. Today, speculation came back into the market. We seem to be jumping to a conclusion without an assessment.

I think to an extent we've taken for granted the last few Fed meetings, and next week's meeting takes on more significance, ... A quarter-point hike is pretty much expected, but I think the relative bumpiness of the recent economic news could mean the Fed will indicate that rates may not rise as aggressively last year as people had been thinking.

It is just an affirmation that the Nasdaq represents the growth sector of the investment universe. That is where much money is being put to work the last month.

I think this last quarter proves out that their business model works versus Gateway, versus Compaq, versus other PC box makers,

Today is the next to last day of the quarter and window dressing gets more aggressive.

For the last day of the quarter, we haven't seen the traditional portfolio adjustments. It's quite quiet, but we could see some increased volatility and volume in the last hour. But we're still ending on what I'd call a superb quarter.

These last few days have been consolidation, off of a good employment report and almost six weeks of gains.

This is a continuation of last week's decline and it's picking up in intensity. There is little rotation as we see the commodity complexes taking a huge hit. It looks worse than it actually is, but still it will require a lot of work technically to right the damage.

The economy is already slowing down without the impact of that 50 basis point hike last month, and I think what you have to look at here is the ending of the interest rate cycle. The growth stocks are technology stocks. And at this time it's a very seasonal thing as well. We are coming to the end of the quarter, so you are going to just get the great stock into the portfolios and sell the weak ones.