Michelle Clayman Quotations

Until both the economic and corporate news start moving more consistently higher, you won't see another big move up for stocks.

We started off with a bang yesterday, so it's not surprising that there would be a pullback. Plus, you had Home Depot's pre-announcement.

WorldCom (WCOME) selling off is no surprise, but it's certainly adding to the sentiment, and the drug companies are having problems as well,

Yesterday, it felt like the whole world was changing, but today we're seeing that we're still going to have to deal with all the same things as before. The Bush administration is expected to announce an economic stimulus package next week, and that may buoy the markets. But there's still tremendous uncertainty on the international front and until that's settled, stocks are probably gonna tread water.

September tends to be the take-a-breather month, historically. I would guess the market over the next few weeks will be bound to a narrow trading range as companies begin to report earnings.

Negative pre-announcements are outpacing positive ones by a three-to-one margin -- and that's very high, ... The big question is whether the market can look through that. We expect consumer confidence will increase and business confidence will start to turn up as well.

Greenspan's comments suggest the Fed won't be aggressive in raising rates in the near term, which is a positive for markets, but he's not saying anything that surprising,

There are still concerns that profits will slow considerably, and that will hit stocks. But I think there are a number of stocks that are just oversold at these levels.

Last week was down, so some of today is a reaction to that, with a bit of a bounce.

People are looking for a pretty good earnings pick-up in the second half of the year. The rate cuts are certainly going to kick in.

I think part of it is certainly a relief rally that the blackout is behind us.

Yesterday was a fairly solid day, today we had a fair amount of economic news -- and as far as the market is concerned it's good news and bad news.

We're also still getting support from the low interest rates. While Treasury yields are not as low today as they've been, they are still historically at a substantial low, and that lends support to equities.

We are in the summer doldrums. Once we get into September, markets will probably rally because the fundamentals are strong but August tends to be a time of light trading.

Earnings have been pretty astonishing, but the market hasn't always responded to that. I think people are feeling better about tech earnings in particular, but we still have worries about interest rates and what that might do to the recovery.

There's still a great deal of uncertainty. We've got a pretty worrying international situation. There is a decline in confidence in business leadership based on a few bad apples, and a certain complacence about the economic data.

The run-up is probably due to a number of factors.

Oil is remarkably high, but at least it's moving in the right direction.

You're seeing some spillover weakness in Sun and the telecoms continue to waffle, ... There's still uncertainty about tech leadership.

A lot of the Nasdaq stocks had a tremendous performance last year and may have gotten ahead of themselves in the early part of this year.

Economic data has shown us that we're not out of the woods just yet. We suspect that April too will be weak. ... What we need is a clear sign of economic activity picking up and companies willing to spend.

Things have been so gloomy, (but) now many people sense the bottom is here and we'll start to drift upward.

GDP numbers could surprise a little to the upside, and that may be why the Fed said what it did. Confidence numbers could also be surprising, in light of recent reports.

This is more air coming out of the Internet bubble, coupled with a bit of a flight to safety into the old trusted stocks.

You've clearly got some selling on the news. Microsoft wasn't bad at all, but it wasn't as bullish as some people were hoping.

You've clearly got some selling on the news, ... Microsoft wasn't bad at all, but it wasn't as bullish as some people were hoping.

The economic news isn't great, but it's not awful, so that helps.

The fundamentals are improving, so that's great, but there's always the risk after the run-up of the market being a bit tapped out.

And because it's such a low liquidity week and a lot of people are on vacation already, you're unfortunately going to see more of the same as the week goes on.

The market has been miserable of late, so it's not surprising that we're seeing a little bounce now, aided by the three economic reports. The economic news isn't great, but it's not awful, so that helps.