David Briggs Quotations

There are some gradual signs that the worst is over for this particular downdraft, ... We're optimistic that we can get a little turnaround by the end of the week. But it's hard to point to any one real catalyst that can turn things around.

We're in a state of shock. The S&P lost 50 points in four days.

We're in a narrow range, moving around about 1 percent over the last three days, and it looks like the markets are waiting for some economic figures or waiting on oil because there's really no reason to push anything now.

Where that integration exists is where the poker market is going -- the mix of celebrity and average Joes.

Tomorrow will, in large part, depend on the PPI number,

What we're hearing is that today was predominantly short covering, ... I know that there's people that have cash and are stepping in when the market's down.

We're still in that pattern. Everyone is on hold and waiting for the next (quarterly results) pre-announcement season in September.

Yesterday's sell off created a little bit of a bargain today, and investors are stepping it up and taking advantage.

We're heading into the typically slower summer months, and it's slow already. It's hard to imagine a sustained rally taking hold.

We had a very nice rally yesterday and now you have some people wanting to take profits and others who missed out wanting to swoop in now.

Maybe today is a sign that we can gradually move modestly higher without getting crazy.

Basically we're holding our breath and seeing what happens on the Fourth.

I looks like we've got our work cut out for us to turn psychology around.

I get the impression that every pullback this year has been met with new buyers coming in. There's still plenty of money out there that people are willing to put back into stocks.

If the inflation reading comes in high it could really torpedo the markets. The markets were really bracing for that figure today, going a little higher with the idea that they could really fall tomorrow.

Greenspan sparked a reaction. I guess people like to be verbally reassured that we can get through the oil prices.

(Jobs) have been one of the bright sports recently. But it's hard for me to envision the market getting any kind of legs.

I think it's going to be pretty dead until everyone finds out what the Fed is going to do. It looks to me like the market is setting itself up for a little bit of profit-taking because people are concerned.

I think it's going to set us up for a little Santa Claus rally in a few weeks. I think the buying on the dips mentality is going to hold.

I think the market is trying to make up its mind,

I think the market is getting ready for a little trading buy,

I think the market had been pretty weak, and then we saw a little bargain hunting Monday, ... But those same people hunting for bargains yesterday got a little spooked today when they saw the AMD warning and the Alcoa miss.

I think the oil prices (being) off helps.

I think we'll see an end-of-month advance next week.

I think we have gotten ourselves into a classic year-end speculative mentality. I really think the market has gotten ahead of itself. People really started buying on hope. I don't rule out some year-end euphoria, but I don't think the market has a lot more upside to it.

I think that consumer confidence number really shocked a lot of people. Because if consumers aren't going to hold this economy up -- the bad news just keeps on coming.

I think (stock) prices have run up anticipating a recovery but I don't think the recovery's here yet,

Last week we were looking for three things: for cash to flow into mutual funds, tech stocks to do better and the market to end above 1,200. We got them all, so we were anticipating a good day today.

I think confidence is higher. There's a sense of 'What are we worried about now?' because we got through the rise in interest rates, the election, we're dealing with the energy prices. I think people are feeling better.

People are holding their breaths, waiting for an impetus to move,

People aren't going to chase those types of rallies anymore. Investors have been burnt too often and we're going to have a choppy market going forward,

Our pattern has been a tough month, followed by a good one, and it looks like we're due for a good one.

Right now, people are more inclined to own blue chips than speculative stocks. It's a little bit of a valuation play.

Right now, people are more inclined to own blue chips than speculative stocks, ... It's a little bit of a valuation play.

Look at Philip Morris. Its stock value was depressed for a long time on litigation risks, but after all these years the value has finally come through.

I think people are just frustrated right now. Everybody feels that given the fundamentals, we should be rallying, but no one is pressing the buy sign.

I think overall the market is OK, there is still cash coming into the market, but it hasn't been a very good week.

I think everybody was looking for a correction in the market. If you look at most bull markets, you do usually see a few pullbacks of at least 5 percent.

I think everybody was looking for a correction in the market, ... If you look at most bull markets, you do usually see a few pullbacks of at least 5 percent.

I think last year was a good year for stocks, I think this year was extremely difficult until recently.

We were looking for a little pullback because you don't often see a 9 percent gain over two weeks.

We'll probably drift through February, a typically tough time for the market. We had four months up and one month down, so we're not out of the woods yet.

Today was a holiday for some people and that's why we had light volume,

Today was a good healthy profit-taking day. There were no particular leaders, and it was a pretty broad-based sell-off, which felt good after the recent run that we've had.

When a rally gets under way the sellers pull away and when selling sets in the buyers pull away. We'll have to get used to this type of volatility. The market is trying to find a bottom and could take six months to do that. But people are trying to trade this market in excess of its underlying fundamentals.

We're due for a little bit of a bounce back from the lower end of the trading range.

There is light at the end of the tunnel, but how long is the tunnel?.

Today's deals don't have the same oomph as (the Procter & Gamble -- Gillette deal Friday); and that's because the premiums are more modest,

We'll see an avoidance of major pharma, maybe with a move toward medical technology and biotech.

There basically is an absence of sellers in the market. It seems the market is a little ahead of itself, but people are reluctant to sell. People are still putting money to work here in the market.

We had a big gain on the first day of the quarter, but that was too much too fast and the market hasn't been able to hang onto it.

This recent rally may have legs, but we're still on a downtrend.

We seem to have a hiccup every late September or October, and that's set us up for a bit of a rally, ... The question is whether it fades in early November or lasts through the holidays.

This was a big win for us because we are a young team. It was important to get that first win, because they can start believing in themselves. I was real happy with the way we came out in the first inning.

With higher interest rates, fundamentals are starting to erode. We're looking for margins and earnings to be constrained going forward.

Earnings seem to be flat to a penny better, and everyone was prepared for the worst. There don't seem to be a lot of sellers in the market, and it seems like the tide might be starting to turn. The market is fairly valued...it gives the opportunity for the economy and earnings to move higher here.

Everyone wants to see a sign that will urge people back into the markets. Right now, there is no confidence; there's no reason to do anything.

Everyone thinks stocks are okay, the economy is okay, but markets have been lower since the beginning of the year. People are waiting for a reason to make a move. They want to act on an event, like the earnings that are coming out or the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting.

Every day that goes by (the market's lows of April and March) seem more and more like the true bottom.

Earnings are a mixed bag, but it seem like tech stocks are starting to turn the corner.

Early next week you've got a trade deficit number and retail sales, and those reports could be volatile.

Every time the market pulls back, people come back into the market. I think the real driver is there's no return holding cash.

There's really not much to be happy about today.

There's not a lot of selling pressure in the market. Having sat here and watched and traded, you could tell something has changed. It's a bit of a reprieve. I think the market has to prove itself ... but this rally feels a little bit different. It feels a little bit better.

There's not a lot of conviction out there. It's a strange year-end, you just get a sense that people are content, waiting for the new year.

There's lots of mixed news. We started off with negative tech news, then National Semi came out in the middle of the day, and we're doing better, but we're still down for the week.

Things look good, but I don't think the markets will really go anywhere until after we get a better read on the course of the economy and earnings.

The S&P lost 50 points last week and today we gained back four. This is not great.

The stock market rallied late last year and early January because people thought we were near the end of the rate cycle, but now they're less sure.

The stock is down 40 percent from its high, ... It's a very good buy, and the company just dominates the industry.

Tech stocks have done better recently, so it could be some profit taking.

Reality is setting in. It is going to be extremely difficult for the market to rally. The market showed resilience from $40 to $60 a barrel, but I don't know about $70.

Oil prices are up, GDP is down and we've got a little month-end cross section here, so we're seeing some volatility,

Any company out there that has some accounting concerns, either real or imagined, is getting hit today. There's fear out there that maybe Enron was just the tip of the iceberg.

At some point, high oil prices have to matter. When Joe Six Pack has to start paying $50 to fill up his tank, you have to think they will stop buying Frappuccinos and bottled water.

This is an oversold bounce. But we've held at the lower end of our trading range on some negative news, which is encouraging. Now that we've gotten two back-to-back days of gains, we're hopeful that we can move to the middle of that range.

A lot of people are not sure what to do and that uncertainty is playing itself out in the marketplace.

You don't want to sit here going long with stocks and have something happen over the weekend.

This particular stage of poker on television is driven by people who have been playing offline for the last 10 years.

There's a lot of bi-polar disorder out there, ... There's one camp that says we're going to have another leg down; there's another camp that says the economy's improving.

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This may not be the bottom today (Thursday), but we are getting very near the point where it's interesting to buy these stocks.

There's a lot of investor apathy out there right now, and I don't see any incentive for people to move until the payrolls report. After that, people who are holding out may be willing to get back in.

It's been such a nice run already, really a good run since August. I think the market is going to chop around here, maybe end the year just a little bit higher.

It's a reminder of the old angst (of international conflict), despite a good jobless report, ... People seem to be ignoring the economic numbers right now.

It's a fairly impressive rally. There's some serious longer-term money flowing in today (Wednesday). We continue to get positive indicators each day.

It's a little unclear if this rally is short covering. We'll know tomorrow.

It's not surprising that the buyers are timid.

It's normal, it's healthy. The market is going to need to get a little more economic news under its belt before it can move higher.

It's the same old, same old. Large cap tech is going to be in the doldrums for some time.

It just feels lousy. There's a lot of reasons not to do anything.

It's also September, a typically bad time of year for the markets, ... and I think after two weeks up, people are saying, 'What are we doing here?' and stepping back.

It looks like the drop in oil prices did it.

It looks to me like the market is getting a little psyched-out with these psychological levels, particularly 2,000 on the Nasdaq. After hitting that, people have pulled back a little, but there's still plenty of money on the sidelines. It could inch back up.

It made me nervous, but we hung in there. Our pitcher is our veteran, and she is a steady force for us. She held us in there. This was a good win for us, and I think Frazier is a good team. I will be surprised if they aren't a playoff team in their section this year.

It's frustrating right now because everybody says that stocks look relatively cheap yet everyday the market bounces around. Everybody is looking for the next hurdle. People are waiting to see what the earnings look like, and that seems to be the key driver in the current market.

It's been a really tough month. Fundamentally, nothing has changed, but we're probably due for a little pop.

It's really good to see, ... that there are levels when buyers step in.

Earnings look OK and it looks like there's some pretty good bargains, but where's the demand going to come from?

Everybody's holding their breath wondering what the next event is going to be. I don't think anybody expects a rally any time soon.