Mike Ryan Quotations

The outcome of the meeting is fully priced into bond prices. Only the (Fed) statement may offer intrigue.

We are probably looking at six months to two years before some of these outbreaks can be brought under total control in the poultry population.

We're so dependent on foreign capital that, if you could see any weakness in the dollar it could come on Friday with the trade numbers. If we see a sharply above consensus reading for trade, there could be some concern about the sustainability of that trade gap and that could certainly weigh on the dollar.

What we're dealing with is small clusters of cases associated with exposure to poultry. We have a strain of influenza with the potential to pick up human genes, and we're nowhere close to declaring a pandemic.

We've been in this trading range between 5.375 and 5.75 (30-year bond yields) for a very long period of time, ... Then we finally broke out of that and the next target people are setting their sights for is 6 percent. We have a refunding this week, we have an awful lot of corporate supply and we also have next week's FOMC meeting approaching.

Sentiment in the bond market has really soured.

So many champions and good horses have come from this program; it's proven ground. These horses are on the come; they have so much upside to them.

Shutting down a design team like that will mean that dozens of people, if not hundreds of people, will either be sent away or they will be distributed to other programs.

Simply because the Fed is maintaining an accommodative monetary policy position doesn't mean they keep the fed funds rate at one percent indefinitely,

She probably handled the ball 70 percent of time on our offense. She is a true point guard. She runs the whole show on offense.

Maybe we haven't seen the same magnitude of rate declines that we typically have seen in easing cycles, but directionally it has been a fairly classic bond market reaction to the easing cycle.

Polo captures a unique segment of the sports world and we are always looking to serve sports fans in new and different ways.

If the Congress decides that the priority for this engine is higher than the DoD has proposed, then I'm sure the Congress will be able to soundly and thoughtfully restore the program in a way that will be the least damaging to everything else.

If the Fed is not going to do the heavy lifting, the bond market is going to do it for them.

He makes everybody better. On his line and on the team.

It is good and reassuring that the system in Turkey is able to detect cases consistent with the disease, but it is premature to say these are human cases of avian flu.

I think what the Fed really did today is they kept the door open for further cuts.

It is a very, very dangerous and lethal virus in human beings.

Party's on the first floor, there's nobody on the second floor.

Spreads have come back a bit. We're starting to see demand for credit issues as well, and I think it's a positive development.

Yesterday there were rumors that (OPEC president) Ali Rodriguez was going to push for pretty substantial production increases from OPEC, but what we've heard is that these production increases will be less than what was speculated. Yesterday had crude prices down sharply but they're rebounding today. Inventories are still low and demand, globally, continues to rise.

We don't have the same concerns about a financial contagion that we saw spread once through the region of Asia and then, certainly, in Russia. This hasn't been the same type of flight to quality that the Russian situation put upon us.

We are continuing to take our cues from the stock markets.

We're early in the outbreak. We expect more cases. It is a very serious outbreak. Ebola kills its victims very quickly. We're taking this outbreak very seriously.

There has been some speculation that you could conceivably see the two-year note cut back to a quarterly cycle from a monthly. I do think that will happen, but I don't think it will be announced tomorrow.

Expectations are that the Fed is going to do nothing and refrain from raising rates and maintain an inflation risk bias,

We were expecting boilerplate, and this is well off boilerplate. We were wondering if they were going to pass or run, but instead they punted.

We were expecting boilerplate, and this is well off boilerplate, ... We were wondering if they were going to pass or run, but instead they punted.

This was by far Jessica's best effort in terms of intensity.

We chose it because it was one of the best ones in storage, it hasn't moved for about 10 years but it was really good . . . and could be upgraded to a modern-use tram.

We feel our hospital is the employer of choice in Beaufort County, even in the entire region. Still, in this environment, you've got to do anything you can to properly and effectively recruit. It takes skill.

There's no smoking gun and there's no reason for them to go changing rate policy right now.

It was a little stronger than expected. I think we are going to see the bond confined to a narrow range based on the economics.

Preparedness is not just about stockpiling, it's about having an actual plan.

Public health must overcome all obstacles in the trade and licensing area,

So, when we started this easing cycle, yields were already much lower than they normally would have been given just pure cyclical events.

As far as leadership, I have never coached a better kid, who comes to practice and games ready to play. Her desire to win is unmatched.

This issue about the yen and the euro has been about what's happening with BOJ policy against weak Japanese policy. The fact that the euro continues to have a hard time finding its footing and the dollar has been the beneficiary of that.

The way the platform was against the tram, it was just like stepping into an elevator car.

They (the Fed) are making sure they keep the economic stimulus in place because there is a lot of uncertainty.

A lot of us joined the city during the years Plano was growing and will retire together.

It stunned us how things have turned around there.

It's not that he stepped into the lineup and won games by himself. But he allowed us to move things around. He can play the point on the power play, he kills penalties and is in terrific shape so he can double shift and that messes up the line combinations for the other team.

It's been a good measuring tool for us to help prevent heat illness. Any time you're in Florida in the summer, it's always a concern.

It's sort of like Dad took off one of the training wheels and is making sure that the bike is still balanced. And here we are, we're going to try and keep the bike on a clear path.

The big move in oil happened over the last three days. I think we all understand the rules with oil now. You're going to have issues about inventories being low and that will push prices up. Then Saudi Arabia will say $30 a barrel is not sustainable so we're back at this game.

It's very important we remain calm about worst-case scenarios,

In birds this is a disease of biblical proportions and it is difficult to control in a setting where people depend on poultry as a major source of protein for growing children.

Investors are clearly expressing renewed confidence in the economy and financial markets while keeping a watchful eye on domestic pocketbook issues.

For the bond market, it's clearly not bullish, ... At a time where growth is strong, the labor market is still tight, and price pressures are building, the last thing you need is a surge in energy prices that will push inflation up across the board.

(Akers) didn't really score the first goal. It was a girl named Emily Pickering. She got the first goal on a free kick and put it right in the corner. The Danes were flabbergasted.

The employment report will make or break the bond market this week. Until you start to see moderation on the employment front, you're not going to see much of a slowdown in the economy.

The equity market is clearly more vulnerable to the Fed not taking any action.

The market was overbought surrounding the employment report and the heavy supply is weighing on it.