Peter Mancuso Earnings Quotations

I think you're looking out two quarters, maybe even three quarters before you start to see a substantive increase in earnings for some of these companies. That, to me, is in a nutshell what's going on in the markets.

We keep getting earnings reports that are horrific.

Accounting and other issues are still overriding the market. There have been some reasonably good economic numbers but the earnings situation hasn't gotten as good as it could. You could make a case for the bull and the bear.

I just don't know how far we'll be able to go with the Fed helping us out. At some juncture, the numbers as far as earnings are going to have to turn around.

The market never faltered today, and it was a good close. But I think you're going to have this fog of war going forward. Also, we're not sure what direction we're going with the economy, and earnings are still spotty.