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We're seeing pre-releases starting in 'old economy' stocks - companies that are not leading-edge tech companies but are more affected by this dramatic rise in energy prices.

We're seeing massive buying in bank stocks on the back of economic optimism. What we need to see is this sort of targeted buying of lenders spreading to other industries. With that we will have further sustainable gains.

We're seeing global rate increases, which is having an impact on global bonds and that affects stocks here. American investors are becoming more concerned about how higher rates will affect consumer spending.

We're seeing better earnings news in corporate America. That's what the market is celebrating, ... We made major collateral damage to stocks in the last six weeks and over a larger 2-1/2-year period. What's happening now is that the market is bottoming out and is building a higher support base in the process.

We're seeing a lot of volatility, a lot of indecision as people bail out of stocks and other people jump in. We could be seeing the classic signs of bottoming, but we thought the market was topping for three years before it went down, so maybe we're going to be thinking it's bottoming for three years before it goes up.

We're seeing a little bounce from oversold conditions, with stocks not being down quite as much as they were this morning, but it's still nasty out there. We're in a bear market, where we have these false rallies on a little short-covering, but there's nothing on the horizon to push it past that. It's also the end of the quarter, so you've got a lot of people sitting on the sidelines.

We're seeing a general slowdown in earnings growth. That makes me more cautious on the outlook for stocks this year.

We're looking for stocks that are showing accelerating earnings growth. Stock appreciation will follow earnings growth.

We're looking at what we always look at -- stocks whose value is not being recognized by the market.

We have to get these interest rate increases behind us and the Fed did hold off this last time, but I think there's still a possibility of another rate increase later in the year. And that's weighing on investor's minds. Earnings have slowed down a little bit. The interest rate increases to date have had an effect and we're seeing some earnings disappointments at some companies and that has investors concerned. But on the other hand, we have the mergers and acquisitions that tend to buoy up the prices in whatever sectors affected from one day to the next and that will keep investors interested in stocks certainly.

When you say the stock market is overvalued, you imply that the stock market is going down. But there is a touch of lunacy in every bull market -- stocks can become even more overvalued. A rational investment policy in an irrational world is suicide.

When FCC starting gun goes off on Monday and indeed (joint ownership) is allowed in the top 100 markets, they can formalize deals that have been discussed, ... Even with these gains, there's still some room for these stocks to run. For a number of months, investors weren't sure if regulators were going to come to a decision in June.

There are no major movements for blue chip stocks and very little turnover.

There are some stocks that are being sold for no particular reason, even though they weren't overvalued. When the dust settles, these may pose a buying opportunity. However, it may take longer for the IT-related stocks to recover.

There are some slight movements in technology stocks with sporadic gains, but nothing to write home about,

The OPEC demand revision is more of a reminder than anything else. Between the high level of crude stocks and the downward revisions to demand, the price should have trouble climbing like it has done this week.

We deem this a positive for the stock given that media stocks are now primarily viewed as value stocks that need to deliver free cash flow to outperform.

We're at a funny point in the cycle. The companies have reported that they're seeing some growth for the next quarter, but it's not robust growth, and the valuations on a historic basis are still pretty full. What's driving these stocks is sentiment -- people are afraid that if they miss them now they'll miss a big run-up.

Yesterday's high now become key resistance. Because the longer term trends all remain up, there are lots of support zones below current prices. The big Nasdaq stocks have been the weak link in the rally, as demonstrated again yesterday by being the only major average to fall.

Yesterday, it felt like the whole world was changing, but today we're seeing that we're still going to have to deal with all the same things as before. The Bush administration is expected to announce an economic stimulus package next week, and that may buoy the markets. But there's still tremendous uncertainty on the international front and until that's settled, stocks are probably gonna tread water.

We've seen upside in all the railroad stocks over the next year, ... remains the cheapest railroad in our universe.

We've seen investment in capacity go up quite a bit and we had a scare this summer with wireless. So you can make a case that the business is in trouble. We try to focus on slightly longer-term fundamentals. The relationship between spending and revenue in this business is still reasonable. Visibility is still good. Pricing is good. Let's not forget, wireless handset demand is growing 50 percent over year-on-year. So with stocks down a bit and the fundamentals still solid, we though it was time to declare the mid-cycle correction over.

The fact that investors are chasing commodity stocks on the back of higher oil prices, instead of selling stocks outright, suggests that market sentiment is quite strong.

The extraordinary financial performance of conventional homebuilders in this economic cycle leads us to believe that there is a strong possibility that their stocks could be poised for record-breaking valuations.

The extent of the U.S. economic damage caused by Katrina is so unclear, and that could weigh on stocks there.

The CPI will still have an influence on the Fed meeting. You are in a bear market in technology stocks and you'll have to accept that. You're not going to get anything significant until the second half of the year.

The CPI will still have an influence on the Fed meeting, ... You are in a bear market in technology stocks and you'll have to accept that. You're not going to get anything significant until the second half of the year.

There is a lot of following stocks around today. That was the big thing after the huge decline in the European equity markets - there was a lot of nervousness about what would happen in the U.S.

The outlook for technology stocks is becoming increasingly positive. Hewlett-Packard released some good numbers and it looks like this is becoming a very good quarter for Dell.

The popular indexes have managed to reach 4-year highs, while small and midsize indexes flirt with all-time highs. The lack of sustainability is likely due to the senior citizen status of the bull market, now in its 41st month. The restless rotation is keeping hope alive with money shifting from energy stocks to home building to technology to financials.

The popular indexes have managed to reach 4 1/2-year highs, while small and midsize indexes flirt with all-time highs. The lack of sustainability is likely due to the senior citizen status of the bull market, now in its 41st month. The restless rotation is keeping hope alive with money shifting from energy stocks to home building to technology to financials.

We live in an age of great jitteriness in the financial markets. And there's no doubt at all, I think, that the volume of computer-traded stocks has helped contribute to that.

We're hearing from a lot of value-oriented managers that they're taking this opportunity to move into stocks with growth prospects. My goodness, Cisco is in the portfolio right now, which isn't something that Windsor shareholders might be expecting.

This rally is very fragile, as it is being led once again by energy stocks and not technology or finance. This is no time for the bulls to relax.

We've seen a lot of jumping around in stocks the last three or four sessions, and I think we'll see more of the same next week.

We had a very solid move up in stocks in the first quarter. There's a good chance that what the markets will be left with is a great deal of uncertainty or even the belief that more rate increases are coming.

When the market is low such news (rate cut) push up the stocks a great deal. But now, when the bourse is scraping its highs, it is hard to spark up more than a short-term trend.

The price was expensive and the decision to raise it 23 percent came as a surprise. The sale took place when most investors had already added sufficient banking stocks to their portfolios so they don't have strong reasons for buying.

The price of gold has taken a jump. We'll see a bump in gold stocks on that.

When you compare that to the industry multiple of 13.5, these stocks look a little overpriced but they are in good shape.

There are opportunities to invest in these stocks even given the uncertainty because they're strong companies and they're poised to recover when things start to look better.

There are only certain windows, certain periods of time when executives can trade stocks and exercise options.

We're looking at companies which are taking advantage of high energy prices, and we've been buying energy stocks. We try to avoid consumer-related stocks as high gasoline prices will impact the consumer.

We recommend taking short-term profit in stocks that may gain on technical rebounds until the political situation becomes clearer.

Lowe's was maybe a bit of a letdown this morning, and the other retailers and some of the homebuilding stocks are down. The Dow transportation average is also weak today, despite UAL's gains. There's really no new news today to push us too much in either direction. We've had a great run recently and a minor decline isn't so bad.

Lower stocks overseas, news over the weekend about the war effort that is less optimistic than a few weeks ago, Argentina could have a domino effect, and in general none of the economic numbers give any optimism for a quick bounce back.

Many of the leading technology companies have shown solid sales and earnings growth since the economy began to improve in late 2001. While technology earnings have continued to grow and the stocks have remained flat or even dropped, we believe the prices of many of these companies are more attractive than we have seen in a long time.

Many of the large-cap tech stocks, including Intel, are undervalued. Any move strengthening their position in the market, makes their stocks more attractive.

Many local investors are switching to small-cap stocks on lack of clear direction in blue chips, absence of fresh corporate news and political uncertainty.

Many of the bank stocks that have been mentioned as takeover targets are underperformers that don't meet earnings expectations. We would not be chasing them.

Many people have lost all their food stocks and stoves in the quake ... and they need ready-to-eat food.

Many stocks in this sector lost heavily last year and it may be time for them to rebound.

Many stocks have already built in good earnings. A stock like Goldman Sachs had a tremendous run over the last two or three months, so my sense would be you'll have a 'sell on good news' for a lot of these financial stocks that have rallied.

Shares rebounded from Friday's fall with property stocks and large cap China Mobile leading the gains. The momentum was, however, not strong enough for the index to touch the 16,000 points level.

Share prices gained as New York stocks continued to rise overnight.

Share prices for property stocks are high and it's getting difficult to push them higher. Semiconductor demand is picking up and Japanese chip-related companies, as global players, will benefit.

Sectors such as oil and mining will possibly be a little bit overpriced because they are the stocks and shares that fund managers should have in their portfolios at the moment.

Sentiment on junior high-tech stocks and China high-tech stocks is quite negative for the time being and until we see Nasdaq stabilize we won't see a big change in the market psychology.

Sentiment has not weakened significantly, and there's plenty of demand out there for stocks like Teijin.

Semi stocks won't do anything until we get guidance about estimates for 2004. Otherwise, the stocks will get really overheated.

Selling was generalized across the market, with the most liquid stocks going first.

Solar stocks as a group are probably up 4 to 6 times more than most of the commonly followed indices.

Old economy stocks are feeling the pinch in fear that rates are going much higher.

Some company earnings have been good, but we had large retailers in the past couple of days warning about a slowdown in sales. That is enough to get the market a bit concerned with a possible slowdown, ... Add higher interest rates to that mix and what you have is the housing sector and financial stocks suffering.

Silver stocks are powering ahead ... taking the HUI above the 315-316 resistance to all-time record highs.

Signs of a pickup in U.S. consumer confidence helped make investors more confident about the economic outlook globally. Technology stocks are sensitive to the global economy, and they tend to benefit the most when growth is evident.

Short messaging services has been the driver of the growth for these companies and I'm not sure if the average investor realizes this. They see an Internet company that recently turned profitable and that's been enough ammo to bid the stocks higher.

Short-covering has brought stocks back a little, but you've got very little volume and the rhetoric of the potential attack against Iraq and the September 11th anniversary hanging over markets.

She got out of tech stocks a year ago and bought a new Beetle. She paid cash for it, and now she's looking at a PT Cruiser.

She got out of tech stocks a year ago and bought a new Beetle, ... She paid cash for it, and now she's looking at a PT Cruiser.

Since theological propositions are scientifically meaningless, those of us of pragmatic disposition simply won't buy such dubious merchandise. . . . Maybe -- remotely -- there might be something in such promotions, as there might be something in the talking dogs and the stocks in Arabian tapioca mines that W.C. Fields once sold in his comedies, but we suspect that we recognize a con game in operation. At least, we want to hear the dog talk or see the tapioca ore before we buy into such deals.

Six of the seven last years, technology stocks have been weak around that time period. June, July has usually been around a bottom.

Sitting on the market has been this 800-pound gorilla, King Kong of the Federal Reserve, and when you remove this gorilla ... I think stocks can work their way higher.

Since we try and take a fairly buy-and-hold approach to our newsletter portfolios and don't sell at every whipsaw, we want to have a mix of stocks that will perform at both ends of the oscillation.

Since making recent highs in February, gold stocks have continuously come down in price. We have reached a level that is uncomfortable for the industry. Some of the higher-cost producers are starting to feel the pinch.

Since gold prices are stuck in that range, gold-mining stocks are not going to move very much either.

Most people want stocks to go up all the time. We're back to normal and people don't like it, ... Investors that don't have the patience to ride through trading ranges won't be able to participate in the surge.

Mobile phone stocks primarily contributed to the main board's rise given hopes continued strong demand will help Taiwanese handset makers report solid revenue growth in the next few months.

Mixing the two stocks in the wild has resulted in the transfer of bad habits from the puppet-reared to the parent-reared birds. All misbehaving birds in the wild should be re-trapped and returned to captivity, since they pose a risk of passing on their bad behavior to birds released in the future.

Mining, oil and gas stocks are critical for the UK -- it is a quarter of the market -- and obviously there is a bit of nervousness around those sectors. Have they run too far?

Mining and resource stocks will be in the spotlight this week as another round of iron-ore pricing negotiations is due - which would provide short-term volatility and price fluctuations for the market.

Momentum investing has become more and more in vogue. When certain stocks start to move, there's a tendency toward massive concentration.

Momentum in the two China telecom stocks is slowing because all the good news is in the price now, ... In the near term they will follow the trend in the telecom sector, where there is still some weakness.

Modest inflation is certainly not a negative for stocks. The general feeling is that this economy can handle these rate increases. You're getting to a point where people are starting to look back at stocks as a place to go in a time of economic growth.

Maybe we were a little overbought after yesterday. That scared some people and they started taking profits ...With stocks trading at this level, people are looking for any excuse to worry.

Media is becoming much more important now that people have broadband at home and mobile telephones that can receive content. Media stocks are going to ride a wave of growth that is only beginning.

Nobody feels they have to buy the market at higher prices, at least not yet. Stocks have had a nice recovery, they're up overseas, the dollar is weaker -- so people are saying there's no real reason to buy the bond market.

One message we get is that the stocks people buy when they're scared -- basic materials, beverages, foods -- did not do as well. Investors are more optimistic about the economy.

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One objective of the Dow is to have a great deal of breadth. It's amazing for 30 stocks that it does such a good job.

One of our big challenges with the newsletter is that everyone thinks big stocks are safe. That's not true at all. They're only safe if the money is flowing there.

Only 10 New York Stock Exchange stocks made new lows yesterday, so it's clear that there is a great deal of underlying market strength. Industrials remain the clear winner, as they reached another new high yesterday. Financials had a huge rally and also closed at a new high. Leadership will eventually shift back to tech, energy and basic materials, but we're not there yet.

One thing we are seeing is decent review in spending. The defense sector is definitely benefiting from that. Their business is improving, their stocks are doing well. My favorite is General Dynamics.

More fund managers are selling their stocks in the market in the past two days, which could be a sign for a rapid drop in market.

More than half the Dow stocks are up. People are putting money into mainstream companies looking for quality and less volatility.

Money will flow to where there are solid returns on capital. There are great opportunities in Eastern Europe and other emerging markets. We're seeing economic growth twice that of the U.S. but stocks are trading at a discount.

Maybe Exxon will go up a little bit today because they beat the earnings; but remember, the stock has dropped 7 points in the last couple of weeks. So I would say this is really not a very dynamic investment. People like it and get a little dividend. You are really wasting your time with these stocks because you invest money in them and in two years, you have the same price as you had from the time you invested. So you really, in a sense, lose money by owning these stocks.

Numerous academic studies have shown that amateur investors make poor traders - buying stocks for the wrong reasons, holding losers for too long, and acting on whims and emotions.

Now that the market has made a tremendous upward move and the large cap stocks are at their highs, more people are looking at smaller companies for some better values.

Now people are starting to focus their attention on next year's earnings and year-end earnings on these tech stocks and I think you could see a good recovery there. Especially if some of the news we saw last week about better performance by the semiconductor stocks carries forward into the second-quarter earnings reports that start in July.