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What's going to be positive here is delivered earnings, a fairly bright outlook for the second half by corporations, and a growing comfort among investors that perhaps the tightening initiative by the Fed is coming to a close,

We feel very good about at least the next six months. Once you get beyond that, it's anyone's guess. Any sort of macro-economic catastrophe could change the outlook overnight.

We expect this strong outlook to be reiterated during second-quarter conference calls. We expect companies to discuss a very strong outlook for second-half of 2000 and 2001.

We expect that funds held 17-18 million ounces of gross long positions as of Tuesday. If the net long position is more than this then we will become even more bearish; only a release that shows that the net long positions declined from the 15 million ounces reported last week would make us positive about the short-term outlook for gold.

We expect strong year-over-year sales growth in the first quarter, and our outlook for growth in 2000 remains strong. We expect that in 2000, our overall operating loss will decrease significantly as a percentage of sales.

We expect pressures to remain for the present. We're not kidding ourselves. As we look at the current near-term outlook there's sluggishness out there. However, the long-term picture is not entirely negative. The fundamentals for economy remain very positive for the industry as a whole.

We expect pressures to remain for the present. We're not kidding ourselves, ... As we look at the current near-term outlook there's sluggishness out there. However, the long-term picture is not entirely negative. The fundamentals for economy remain very positive for the industry as a whole.

We expect housing and construction markets to continue to stabilize in the remainder of the year, but be down relative to last year's record levels, ... As a result of this environment and continued pressure on our cost structure due to higher raw materials and energy costs, Johns Manville's outlook for 2000 is for net sales and underlying earnings to be essentially flat with last year's record levels.

We certainly expect rates to be tightened by the ECB this year. The outlook for Europe is certainly better on the growth side.

We certainly didn't expect such a bearish outlook and they haven't given any earnings guidance, which is a pretty negative sign.

We are very confident about the long-term outlook for our business, but believe that the immediate impact will be a further weakening in the operating environment and a delay in the economic recovery, ... However, given increased fiscal and monetary stimulus, we anticipate that long-term economic recovery should be more certain and vigorous than previously expected.

We think it's likely that the stock will see a short-term rally on relief that the outlook has not deteriorated further, but the absence of bad news does not constitute an argument in support of the stock...we struggle to understand the upbeat consensus outlook for the fourth quarter.

We saw the market take a pause for breath in February, but Brazil remains the star of the emerging markets and, as long as the international outlook remains positive, stocks should rise.

We're very confident about our growth outlook -- so confident that we announced today we're accelerating our stock-buyback plans,

U.S. employers are still void of the business confidence needed to increase their employment projections for the third quarter, ... Employers have expressed uncertainty in hiring intentions in recent Manpower Employment Outlook Surveys, but this quarter represents the weakest job outlook in 12 years.

U.S. Corporate Profits: Outlook And Credit Implications. Up until now, this has been subdued by strong corporate liquidity positions, but with manufacturing activity expected to rev up (as hinted by the fairly strong ISM manufacturing numbers and orders growth) and margins of slack in the economy set to diminish, strong growth in capital expenditures will be needed. In turn, this should raise external borrowing needs.

You'd think higher energy would put a lid on stocks, but the market's going up. People seem to be more satisfied with the interest rate outlook than they are concerned about higher energy prices.

To be honest, the outlook is tenuous -- we're still coming out with an initial slate, but we may be a week or two later; we just don't know.

There have been more surprises on the upside than the downside, and the outlook statements have been encouraging enough to at least convince investors to stay in the market.

Washington's employers continued to add new jobs at a healthy rate in August, though not at the same extraordinary pace as in June and July, ... The exceptional job gains we've experienced over the summer have encouraged many more Washington residents to look for work. At the end of the day, demand for labor remains firm and the outlook for continued job growth is quite positive.

We are still positive on the outlook - the market is taking a breather. All the fundamental drivers are in place for the market to move higher.

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Bond yields, especially five-year ones, are reaching a fair level to reflect the outlook for a policy shift.

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Bristol-Myers' dividend has been an important attraction for value minded investors -- providing the key back-stop for shares even amidst the company's near-term negative growth outlook and lackluster pipeline news.

Even though economic growth is going to slow down, the market outlook for Latin America is still positive, ... The key is going to be what happens in Brazil.

Even the recent upgrade in our ratings outlook would not trigger investors to aggressively position in the market today.

Between the growing need for information security experts, highly-knowledgeable ERP and Internet-based technology professionals, and advanced healthcare technology to help answer the call of aging baby boomers, our outlook for the technology employment market and its wages is optimistic for 2006.

Based on our performance for the first five months and our outlook for the balance of the 2000, we believe that the company is on course for another record-breaking year, ... This would mark our sixth consecutive year of double-digit EPS growth.

As the earnings start we may see more buying come in based on the figures. Large companies with stable earnings outlook are attracting investor attention.

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At this point, a leveling out or a modest softening of housing activity seems more likely than a sharp contraction, although significant uncertainty attends the outlook for home prices and construction.

Comments on monetary policy and the outlook for consumer prices continued coming out and concern is spreading among investors.

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Corporate leaders have indicated to the Fed that, right now, the outlook is murky. Long term, the Fed and everybody else is positive. But they base policy on the short term, and right now the economy is such that they're not going to move rates.

Corporate earnings growth remains supported by the outlook for global economic activity, which is improving.

Ever since the Intel warning, there's been this nagging worry in the market over the outlook for semiconductor shares.

Ending 2005 with the highest wages for skilled technology professionals recorded in five years is a high water mark for the industry. Despite major economic setbacks during the year, the technology industry has demonstrated its strength and confirmed its power to propel the employment market in a positive direction. Between the growing need for information security experts, highly-knowledgeable ERP and Internet-based technology professionals, and advanced healthcare technology to help answer the call of aging baby boomers, our outlook for the technology employment market and its wages is optimistic for 2006.

Earnings have been much better than we expected, so I'm guessing the Nasdaq situation is purely a result of Dell cutting its outlook going forward.

Earnings are in good shape, but the outlook is cloudy.

due to any change in outlook coming from the company.

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Essentially, the energy prices outlook offers almost a lose, lose scenario. Bad news for inflation if they rise and bad news for the economy if they rise too much.

European markets are set to follow the outlook for the dollar. The dollar is getting stronger and European currencies are weakening and that is probably taking European markets higher again.

European markets are set to follow the outlook for the dollar, ... The dollar is getting stronger and European currencies are weakening and that is probably taking European markets higher again.

Fed officials have made clear that their heightened inflation concerns are related more to the outlook than the present situation. Thus, inflation fears have intensified even as core measures of prices have been exceedingly well behaved.

The results were impressive to say the least. The outlook for consumer spending is a bit brighter than it was a week or so ago.

The results show a stable outlook among business owners for their own sales and profits during the next six months, which suggests they are adapting to higher energy prices and interest rates. Many, however, are taking aggressive steps to counter continued increases in costs for employees' health care coverage, which could mean reductions in benefits for some employees.

The results are consistent with the outlook (we announced) in October. Growth in emerging markets, demand for (notebook computers) and demand in manufacturing are delivering healthy growth in Intel's revenue.

There's quite a healthy outlook for the economy and inflationary pressures are fairly subdued. I can't see why they need to do anything. They'll keep the policy statement unchanged.

The trend is for higher yields given the outlook for economic growth. Consumer prices will probably turn positive after October.

The tone of the conference call was quite cautious. Coupled with a revised outlook on sales and marketing expenditures, it suggests that a re-acceleration of revenue growth will only come at the cost of earnings.

I still don't think that the tech outlook is all that great. This rally is based on sentiment, not fundamentals.

I've been negative on the industry outlook for quite some time. I think next year is going to be a down year with competitive pricing. The economy is slowing and housing, which tends to be the swing factor, is slowing. I think it's going to be more of a replacement market next year.

The worse the outlook for corporate profits the better it's becoming for investors who are beginning to sense that perhaps the central bank will not raise interest rates again, ... When liquidity is in poor supply, it's good for stocks versus other asset classes.

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There will be some bigger fears about whether the bill for years and years of trade deficits is finally coming due. The outlook is for continued, big current-account deficits.

The sales are reasonably good. I think the most important thing is that inventories are in shape. So, the outlook for the coming year seems to be pretty positive.

It was another solid quarter by GE, in line with expectations and certainly optimistic about the outlook and environment playing into GE's strengths.

It was a largely in-line quarter. The outlook was in-line to modestly better from a revenue perspective but a bit below on earnings per share.

These results are consistent with the revised performance outlook we released June 9. We are focused on our core aerospace and defense business to deliver strong performance.

The September numbers were generally on track, there were pockets of strength and there were some weaknesses. The numbers overall were not horrendous, but overall certainly the outlook could have more of a negative backlash from the higher oil prices.

These were particularly good results with a strong margin improvement in the fourth quarter, but the market may focus on the very challenging outlook comment for 2006.

These earnings really give analysts confidence that this company and the industry and the metal are well on the road to recovery and the outlook remains strong.

The store consolidation plan does not change our optimistic outlook with regard to new store development, and we continue to expect that we will open up to 70 new OfficeMax stores in 2006, using primarily our new Advantage store prototype format, to strengthen our position in key areas of the country.

The stand-out was the strong iron ore shipments, which engenders confidence in their ability to grow the business and the outlook for 2006.

The size of the outlook revision, unseen in recent years, was a big surprise. Profit margins are dropping.

The stronger economic outlook is positive for the stock market and may encourage more fund inflows to Asian countries such as South Korea and Taiwan. Such flows are supporting the currencies.

The strength of U.S. domestic demand on the price outlook can't be overlooked. On the positive side, the U.S. population continues to grow to 360 million people, creating potential beef eaters.

The story is one of continuing boom conditions in mining and very strong nonresidential construction activity. The Reserve Bank is still very much on hold, watching both the inflation outlook and domestic demand.

The slump in stock prices and bond yields points to weaker economy ahead. An easier monetary policy will help the economy stay on an even keel as consumers and businesses adjust to a weaker outlook ... We think the FOMC will see the wisdom of acting early.

The slight earnings disappointment is compensated by the positive outlook on dividends, where management guidance is moving towards our more aggressive dividend payment assumptions.

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The stable outlook reflects revised expectations concerning the prospects of policy continuity and adherence to fiscal consolidation, which foreshadows improved chances for overall deficit reduction and stabilization of the country's debt dynamics.

The telecommunications market outlook remains turbulent, ... We continue to see a very significant decrease in the long-haul market in North America.

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The tame retail sales outlook helped the bond market. The market rewarded that with a very strong day. Financials and technology stocks righted themselves. We're on the cusp of taking out some important resistance levels.

The third quarter is going great and there is no change in our outlook from what we said at the end of the second quarter,

The supply side is going to progressively improve in the next few months, while the demand outlook is going to get worse. It's the combination of those two factors that's starting to undermine the bull story in this market.

Sometimes investors look at things like higher oil prices and just sell off the airline stocks, ... But if you look at fundamentals of their business, the load factors are still, by historical standards, very high. As long as the economy continues to grow, those load factors should stay high and their pricing power seems to be pretty good here. So Delta's a company that has struggled over the last couple of years with their strategy, but they have new management and we think the outlook is pretty bright.

Technology shares got a boost from the solid U.S. outlook as they are sensitive to the global economy.

Technology companies will see a recovery in earnings in the second half so the outlook for the industry is positive.

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Samsung can continue to generate profit growth and earnings this quarter will be positive. The outlook this year is favorable.

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Sales for the corporation continued to be somewhat below plan in March. In light of our actual sales performance in February and March, and our outlook for April, we are unlikely to fully achieve our profit plan in the first quarter.

Salaries vary, depending on degree, type of job, type of employer, and other factors, but the increase reaffirms the positive job outlook for this year's class of college graduates.

Prudential has had a successful year across all its businesses. We have ambitious growth plans in place and I am confident in the outlook for the group's future prospects.

Really, I expect the light volume to probably last until the Fed stops raising interest rates, and that will kind of depend on the economic outlook that we see, in terms of how much growth we have at the end of this interest-rate cycle. It really tells me that there is a lack of conviction from the buyers and a lack of conviction from the sellers, ... And it's somewhat psychological because people have their stocks, they're down, they don't want to sell them. And that's only been going on for, what, two or three months now? The real question is, after six or seven or eight months and stocks are still down -- will people start selling at that point? And maybe the volume picks up at that point.

Prior to this latest event, we had been cautious in our outlook for the company due to a number of potential issues such as product transition risk and tougher year-ago comparisons.

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Our third quarter was disappointing, and based on our review of these results and their impact on the fourth quarter, we are reducing our outlook for the fiscal year.

Our concern on Qualcomm relates to the outlook for the handset and CDMA business. As we have indicated previously, we remain concerned that the company may take down forecasts for future earnings because we think the company's CDMA forecasts are too aggressive.

Our economic outlook still calls for real GDP (gross domestic product) growth averaging 3-4 percent in coming quarters. We believe that economic and profit expansion can persist for longer at the moderate pace we project,

People recognize that the economy is getting stronger and job creation is more in their favor, but the outlook is impaired by oil prices and events abroad. Uncertainty is overwhelming what consumers know to be better economic conditions.

People's outlook for the economy changes much faster than the underlying state of the economy. The Fed tries to keep its eye on the larger ball and not on the ping-pong ball of the stock market.

People are still focused on the outlook for interest rates. The general sense is that interest rates are going to continue to creep up a little bit but not run away from us. The financials have been under pressure most of the day.

People buying generators sounds more like a smart insurance plan to protect some of their assets, rather than a sign they're living in fear. It may dampen people's outlook a little bit, but not in a way that would translate into weaker spending.

Operating results for the quarter are consistent with our outlook in July. We continue to see healthy growth worldwide in the PC market and in Intel's revenue and gross profit.

Advertising growth was in line with expectations following that statement. The outlook was encouraging without giving people too much to get excited about.