Joseph Battipaglia Last Quotations

We sold off pretty heavily in January coming off last year's rally, and I don't think we'll see as much of that in 2006. This year's start could be a little more bullish, and you still have lots of companies sitting on a lot of cash that can be put to use in 2006.

We've had a 7.5 percent correction in the Nasdaq and something more modest in the Dow and S&P 500 over the last six weeks, so you've got a little bounce right now,

I like the retail group as a whole because now Wall Street has soured on these companies, ... They're worried about the consumer vitality. But don't forget we have an election coming up in November. That actually stirs confidence, interestingly enough. This could be another good Christmas season. Also this summer, we may not see a drought for most of the country, which means people's spending on home and hearth might be a little better than it was last year when it was so tough outside.

We have a lot of difficulty with the telecom service sector, ... It looks like the bad news is localized in that company and that sector. We're at a point where most of the major shocks have been had and the market action today, after the gains over the last few days, is very constructive.