Robert Long Quotations

There are some genuinely problematic reports out today, like Merck, but there's a lot of good stuff, too, and people are taking some pretty decent earnings and focusing on the negative.

We got whacked on the Fed comments (Wednesday), but that reaction doesn't make sense, ... Don't you think if the Fed is hinting that interest rates will go up sooner, that suggests the economy is doing well? I think the comments bode well for the GDP (gross domestic product) report tomorrow and next week's monthly employment report.

There are some pretty good-sized articles, ... We have to be careful because there are changes going on in the clerk's office and they have to prepare the election workers.

I would expect a strong payrolls number Friday, and for the market to have some sort of positive response to it, even if it's just very short-term.

I expect more volatility between now and next Wednesday.

I think we're pretty near the bottom. We need to see a few more days of gains on strong volume, but I think we're getting near the point when people are going to focus again on the fundamentals, which remain really strong.

Microsoft tomorrow is the most significant earnings report this week. Everyone knows management's usually fairly cautious, so if they say something really good, that could help things a lot.

Microsoft tomorrow is the most significant earnings report this week, ... Everyone knows management's usually fairly cautious, so if they say something really good, that could help things a lot.

We'll probably have a couple classes every month until the end of the year.

We had a brief correction for a few days with some early tax-selling and some portfolio managers wanting to take profits, but we're back on track today.

We've got to be looking at some sort of debt exclusion for capital needs somewhere down the road, ... No matter how hard we try and work it, there's just no money.

We've had the correction people were calling for, and now you have investors coming back in.

Everything's coming in really strong on the earnings front, across a number of sectors, but the market doesn't seem to be responding to it. I think it's just a bit of 'sell the news' in terms of a lot of these earnings.

I wanted something for this boutique that would reflect Manhattan, New York, which is my favorite place on the planet, ... Allure's boutique is really something different. It is fashion-forward. It brings things up to date, because the New York fashions are traditionally years ahead.

I wanted to do this (cosmetology) since I was a very little girl,

Normally, this time of year is good for the market. You have portfolio managers making end-of-the-year moves, you have a global economy continuing to recover, and in the short term, you have some relief that there was no terrorism attack over the holidays.

This drive is going to help countless of other people that are also in need of blood. Whether Matt is going to get it or not ? which he is in need of it also ? it's going to help countless people that need it, and there is a shortage of blood and this is a great turn out.

There may be a little pullback over the next few days, but many companies have come in with strong earnings, and that is going to keep supporting stocks.

There's a lot of optimism about the earnings due in the next few weeks, and right now that's concentrated in technology, with people feeling upbeat about tech earnings and spending, which is why you've been seeing the Nasdaq perform a little better than the others this last week.

It's just not fair to her, ... We will try and move all the financial stuff on the 17th ... we'll go right at it.

It really is an honor to be elected moderator of this body. I do thank you for your confidence.

The lake is so beautiful. It is really one of the things that attracted me to Oroville right away.

In fact at the outset he had said 'I'm not going to tell you who to vote for,' ... He spoke in terms of our values ... basically urged people to vote on issues such as war and poverty, to have those values in mind.

This is one of those things I have always wanted to do, ... I opened the salon six years ago and things went really well. So, I purchased the property with the extra building and decided that I might as well go for it.

The market went down almost four weeks in a row in part on the February payrolls number with traders saying the economy is good, but we have no jobs,

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