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Muto's comment reversed sentiment among investors and it is a reason to sell bonds. They're now thinking the economy is still recovering and yields won't keep on falling.

Negative sentiment is expected to weigh on European equities.

Negative sentiment has basically led to across-the-board declines, very few stocks have escaped unscathed.

Right now, I think the market needs a catalyst in order to get out of this difficult environment. Hopefully if oil prices continue to decline and move back into the mid $50s, that could turn sentiment more positive on Wall Street.

Positive sentiment has also continued to strengthen the peso exchange rate, thus providing continued stability to domestic prices of imports.

Ongoing protests are affecting investor sentiment negatively. Investors are now concerned whether the crisis will affect government economic policy.

I'd like to keep holding this sentiment as I have done so far,

I don't know what the guy is going to say tomorrow, but like everyone else I am going to be listening closely, ... I tend to think that this (CPI) number should have quieted down a lot of the sentiment about the likelihood or the need for a Fed tightening move.

I don't agree with the sentiment 'write what you know.'... I think one should write what one doesn't know. The world is bigger and wider and more complex than our small subjective selves. One should prod, goad the imagination.

Certainly sentiment towards gold now remains positive, with the market ignoring the further drift lower in the oil price and the recent strength in the dollar,

Bush's speech and the implications of what he proposed last night gives the market confidence that despite negative economic data like the consumer sentiment numbers this morning the economy is going to be okay.

Basically the stocks are following the sentiment on the crude side more than anything else. There are no big surprises.

I feel the rally has stalled amid disappointment about progress in the war, but Bush is right, the allies will be victorious, and that will provide more fuel for the market to advance from a purely sentiment point of view rather than on fundamentals.

If, in the days going forward, Japan does not make good on its promise (of weakening its currency), market sentiment could shift back in favor of the yen.

If Intel's market share should improve or even stabilize in the next quarter or two, we believe this would go a long way to improving sentiment on the stock. Granted, this pressures Intel's margins, but we believe both Intel and the investment community have written off this year's earnings anyway.

I can only guess that this is one of those sort of anti-Microsoft sentiment things that's going on here.

Growth has come back and there's still some further improvement left in the pipeline. I think the sentiment on the rate-setting committee is also evolving. With the data continuing to improve we could see a 9-0 vote fairly soon.

Given Bahrain's strategic value, Washington may be reluctant to criticize its ally, but a failure to do so could result in growing anti-U.S. sentiment in the kingdom.

Given the current sentiment in the market, there's probably a greater chance of the dollar rallying on a strong number than the risk of any sort of sell-off if there is disappointment.

Gainers outnumber losers and sentiment is not bad. But investors are keeping away from large-cap technology stocks right now, as it's hard to see where the U.S. market is going.

Funds moved back into technology shares, on strengthening sentiment in the industry.

I expect the market to stage a mild technical rebound. Interest rate worries will continue to affect sentiment and limit momentum for the rise.

Given today's jump in sentiment numbers, hard economic data for January should follow suit.

Given the renewed interest in commodities and positive sentiment in gold, price risks for the (platinum group metals) are still very much on the upside, in our view.

Given the overall positive sentiment and an apparent lack of interest to short the marker aggressively, we see further room on the upside.

If the symbolic industry of the United States collapses, it may adversely affect Japan-U.S. relations by stirring up nationalist sentiment there.

If the case gets reviewed, it is likely to become a long-drawn matter that will negatively affect sentiment for a while.

If spending numbers looked like sentiment numbers, we'd be back in recession, ... The good news is that consumers are complaining, but they're spending.

There is a fundamental sentiment change, aside from that nothing has changed. Sentiment was very bearish yesterday and you could attribute that to nervousness. I expect a roller-coaster ride for another two-to-three weeks. I'm bullish but I don't expect it to be a smooth ride.

Today is a rebound from the nervousness of last week and sentiment is shifting on the strength of the economy,

I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.

I would still be very, very careful, ... There may still be some dips before we get into an advance. Things are getting better but we may have another few weeks of backing and filling -- investor sentiment still shows some complacency about risk.

It appears that investor sentiment for upstream semiconductor-related shares has been strong.

I think the Qualcomm report may be dampening sentiment and Compaq's report is somewhat mixed. It does seem that disappointment over the Qualcomm report is feeding into the tech stocks.

I think that there's been an unspoken sentiment in the market that this is not the time to be speculating,

I think that of the three, the sentiment numbers are most important.

I think what we saw was perhaps a bit more excitement at the end of the year than was warranted. Today we're seeing much more of a negative sentiment than is warranted.

I think both the sentiment and fundamental factors are in place for the resumption of a bull market.

I think it's very clear that the sentiment is real and it does matter. It has been only 40 years since white children and black children were not allowed to go to school together and it's not something we should ever forget.

I think it's strictly short term. The market is just range bound with trading opportunities. It's all sentiment right now because fundamentals are just not there.

It gives us reason to take a closer look at overall manufacturing and business sentiment at the end of the year.

I think that we are setting the stage with cash levels very high, with negative sentiment widespread for both the economy and the stock market -- I think we'll see a nice rally developing over the next six months, ... So I suspect investors -- if they've held on, I would encourage them to continue to hold on, and we might end up with a positive return in those sort of large-cap growth stocks that I specialize in by year-end.

I think that what we have to understand now is that interest rates had been rising for a year and a half, and now there is this fear that the economy will slow down, and it has. Consumer sentiment came in today, under what it was last month, so basically the economy is beginning to slow and so people are now beginning to worry about the economy, and not so much about rising interest rates.

It is Margaret Thatcher's fault, ... Inspired by busy little demons, she slashed and burnt her way through the old order. Sentiment was given short shrift, as short as the trade unions: nothing including old-fashioned industry was to obstruct economic progress. Making things was slow. There were quicker ways to get rich...

I think the underlying sentiment has actually been relatively positive even though we've seen technology shares drop over the last week and drop significantly.

I think the tone is rather hopeful that we'll see companies come in with good numbers next week. There's money on the sidelines that's looking to be invested, and with positive results it will help the sentiment move forward.

It is a powerful statement about sentiment on the floor (of the exchange).

I think there's a little bit of negative sentiment in the market. Back-to-school sales at retailers were not especially great, and that put a little damper on things. People start focusing on valuations, which is an old story. But valuations are still, you know, pretty high,

I think there is a strong sentiment that there needs to be change in the district. There are some who believe that is tied to seeking a different superintendent. Our association is not seeking that.

I think there is a dangerous rise in defeatist sentiment in this country. I have said that repeatedly, and I mean it and I believe it.

I think there was a shock reaction (at first) and then people said 'Is this very worse than we thought it was going to be?' And the answer was no. Yes, it was a down day but it wasn't very much of a down day, ... I think the sentiment is cautious but not as worried as would be expected.

I think the results from AMD and Apple after the close should help boost sentiment toward technology stocks, which have been on a bit of a roll for a few weeks,

I think there's a change in sentiment to some extent. People believe that more cases should go to trial, rather than settle.

Korea's consumption growth is currently very much dependent on sentiment and unanticipated wealth gains, leading to concerns about the sustainability of consumption recovery.

OPEC needs to increase production to improve sentiment in the market,

Overall market sentiment was boosted by the sharp gains in the regional bourses, especially rises in the Japanese market.

Overall this latest outturn is consistent with the recent favorable trend in consumer sentiment and would suggest solid gains in retail sales in the coming months.

Overall the sentiment in the metals is still very bullish and it is hard to see this changing in the near term.

Overall sentiment is poor as the anti-government rally planned for Sunday draws nearer, and investors are likely to stay away or play short-term.

Overall sentiment hasn't changed significantly, obviously we've had a reversal and the selling has ceased temporarily... But the strength of the dollar has been relatively modest.

Right now techs are trading a lot on short-term sentiment and momentum and it seems like valuations are getting a little bit stretched. We're probably approaching a short-term top.

Right now sentiment is all loaded on one side of the market. It gives you the idea we're running late in the game -- we may be in the process of putting in a short-term top in the market.

Reliance stock was volatile but sentiment appears to be positive. We see strength in Reliance's core businesses of oil exploration, refinery and petrochemicals.

Reliance stock was volatile but sentiment appears to be positive going forward.

Our position is there are going to be aggressive incentives on 2004 pretty much right off the bat, ... The sentiment of customers is if they come in and it doesn't have a promotion on it, they'll wait until it comes on. And the automakers know that.

Ordinarily it would have been surprising that consumer sentiment did not increase for a fourth consecutive month, given the range of encouraging economic news.

States have a choice: They can either buttress federal law or undermine it. It appears Virginia is trying to buttress it. And I think that reflects popular sentiment in Virginia.

Local market sentiment was also buoyed by overseas investors, who had placed large net buy orders ahead of the market opening today. This helped prompt retail investors here to step up purchases.

Market sentiment was dampened by overseas investors who were net sellers in pre-opening orders today for the fifth trading day in row, on fears that possible increases in interest rates in the US and Japan could raise their funding costs for investing in equities here.

Market sentiment was dampened by an upturn in the yen against the US dollar and a pullback in New York markets.

Market sentiment is a bit negative now, but I'm a long- term bull when it comes to Japanese stocks. Getting away from zero rates will enable monetary policy to return to normal and shows the economy is finally back on track.

Market sentiment in the short end is probably more bearish than bullish -- people want to pick the end of the Fed ease cycle (and) expect Greenspan to signal things are on hold,

Market sentiment has been shifting in the dollar-negative way for the last couple days.

Market sentiment changed completely in the second half, triggered by Koizumi's re-election.

I think sentiment is turning a bit cautious after seeing the market rallying three days in a row, so there's profit-taking at about 16,800.

I think offshore investors would be looking at the Australian telecommunications market and seeing a stock that is already fully priced compared to its international peers and has sentiment weighing on it, at least for the shorter term.

It does look like we reached a shorter-term capitulation but I don't think sentiment ever got negative enough to suggest an absolute low.

I think he was honoring a lot of sentiment in the community and trying to do what was right. His choice not to have football for the remainder of that season, I think, was a very important one because he said it's important for the families to be together and grieve, and it might just be too raw a moment to have a football game out there too soon.

I strongly believe that politicians misjudged the amount of national and local sentiment about this issue.

The architect can only achieve this if he establishes a relationship with those buildings which have hitherto created this sentiment in man.

The American sentiment after 9-11, the heartbreak, the fear and the anger, all of that was used to get us into Iraq and I think that's incredibly cynical for them to have done that,

Micron is a beneficiary of the current weaker pricing environment from the standpoint of its relative cost position, market share, and long term profitability as marginal competitors struggle to maintain a current capital base in a weaker pricing environment, ... Further, while pricing hasn't yet bottomed, investor sentiment is likely near a bottom.

Michigan Sentiment may be the key to activity today. Otherwise it may be a case for waiting for some confessional news next week and the next quarter's results from Morgan Stanley, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers often a good barometer of economic and business activity.

While we understand the sentiment behind the May 1 events and support comprehensive immigration reform, we are not encouraging workers to participate in the rallies. We are asking workers not to take any unauthorized time off and instead seek pre-approval from their supervisor or participate during non-work hours. We don't want our (employees) to jeopardize their good employment records and incomes by taking unauthorized time away from work.

We continue to expect sentiment to worsen until GM/Delphi/UAW reach a three- way deal, which we believe would also greatly facilitate a GMAC sale.

Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without intrigue or effort on his part, Grant is the candidate whose supporters have never threatened to bolt.

We expect a big drop in September: Katrina has depressed sentiment and pushed up jobless claims.

We had a massive jump in the Conference Board measure of consumer sentiment last month, and everybody will be looking for confirmation of that improvement in the Michigan survey.

We've got some weighty numbers tomorrow, with consumer sentiment and Chicago PMI due.

We've had four days of very positive action on the Nasdaq and it looks like we might finally hold these gains. I think the sentiment has changed. There's more confidence in the marketplace but we still have that worry about the earnings part of the equation.

Valuations on mining stocks look very rich. Any pause in the spot price is leading to sharp price corrections and sentiment can reverse quite quickly.

U.S. weather is turning less bearish. Bullish sentiment is still firmly in place and further price advances are possible, despite bearish current fundamentals.

With the tide turning on job growth, consumer sentiment going into the holidays is far better than last year, even if it's not quite happy days are here again.

We know that there is an undeniable and unstoppable sentiment for change in the country. A change towards a new, clean, constructive attitude that will exist within a Conservative government.

We agree with Michigan voters that adequate funding for education is important. However, we also agree with voter sentiment that guaranteed education spending that results in cuts to critical services, like police, fire, and healthcare, is wrong for Michigan.

Thus far, there has not been a real sentiment to move players for draft picks. People want bodies back.

Whereas we typically see a new year's increase, our polling indicates that workers are approaching this year with a 'wait-and-see' attitude. This is not a great cause for concern, though, as worker sentiment remains essentially unchanged from December, which showed increased optimism overall.

We're not expecting much in the way of volume, although sentiment is slightly positive because of the healthy U.S. economic data,

Tomorrow is set to be another busy day on the U.K. corporate calendar and this stands to provide some direction, but U.S. economic sentiment in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina looks set to continue to dictate where the major indexes go next.

We're at the tenderloin of the earnings season and you are going to see powerful earnings reports from a lot of companies this week, and I think while we have got economic reports, earnings are going to be the focal point of the market right now, ... I think one feature that we've not talked a lot about is just the sentiment on the part of professional money managers. They have had to be kind of tentative the past two or three months with the Fed hiking. My guess is the one move they can't miss is a big up move here, and I think you could have a train-leaving-the-station kind of rally as institutions come into this marketplace.