Todd Clark Quotations

The other tobacco, if we were to get a couple of days' rain it could become pretty good.

We're basically pretty quiet, so I think there might be some anticipation that some others will follow Microsoft's lead from last week.

We're basically consolidating what has been a favorable week. We've had some strong economic data and a pretty good decline on crude for the week.

We're going back down to yesterday's lows and see if they hold. I think we're going back down to the October lows. The economic data doesn't support any aggressive buying.

Leading indicators were stronger than expected. It may have rekindled fears of rate hikes.

Maybe we'll get a little relief rally, a little more upside, but not a whole lot, ... Hopefully I'm wrong, but we still have some strong headwinds here.

If that's taken out you're going to have a lot of people claim that we have bottomed. That's the key.

We can look to the end of rate increases as they've intimated that there may not be very many more. The market's been looking for signs that we may be closer to the end.

Today it's all about rates. That was a much better-than-expected ISM manufacturing number. That clearly caught people off guard.

I think you're going to have people withdraw money for good, ... People are going to say, 'I'd rather bet on the New York Giants because I have a better chance of guessing the result than of knowing what some management team is up to.'

It happens, not only with this boys tournament, but it could happen in any number of tournaments throughout the course of the winter. That's just the nature of the climate we live in.

Our feeling is, the teams are here, most of the fans come down early, we're going to go ahead with the games, regardless of the weather.

That definitely helped, ... Everybody wants to see some accountability for the stuff that's been going on, and we finally saw some people being taken away in cuffs.

It doesn't seem like it's going to be all that robust. But maybe we found a nice level.

Most of the companies that have come out haven't surprised on the downside, ... People are thinking that there may be some pent-up demand on the corporate side, and as a result they're trying to buy that group in front of what may be some improved results.

We got off to a good start off of the mergers and acquisitions news, but I think people just looked over their shoulder and saw rates continuing to back up and crude drift a little bit higher, and it's given them a little bit of pause.

The problem, ... is there is no reason to stay long in to the weekend.

We are pulling back a little bit, and I would view this as a pretty healthy consolidation, considering the run we had last week and the fact crude is still above $70 a barrel.

The existing home sales number was much weaker than expected. It's giving a reason to pull back a little bit.

We're just chopping around. There's not a whole lot to get excited about. It's quiet as a mouse. There's absolutely no bias at all.

This type of a pattern is actually pretty good, and I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to rally them back again late in the day.

Energy stocks are such a large part of the S&P and even the Dow. That's what's pulling the indexes a little bit lower.

There would be a little short covering rally, but I don't think it would last too long. People would worry that the Fed is seeing an economy that's dipping back into recession.

Probably the most worrisome thing was the existing-home sales.

You're seeing a lot of sell on the news.

A lot of people have been watching that. That looks like the line in the sand.

There just aren't that many motivated sellers. It makes me think the overview is fairly positive.

According to all of our available records, this was a state record. Until somebody shows me differently, this is the new mark.

It's just typical day-before-the-holiday trading. The economic numbers that came out this morning weren't enough to sway people to be overly optimistic or overly pessimistic.

It's the start of a new month, and I definitely think there's money around looking to be put to work in stocks.

It's like, 'Whoops, I better buy some. It usually means you've made some kind of low.

It won't hurt, but the cloud surrounding what's going on in the Middle East is ruling the roost, ... Last week we saw better-than-expected economic news in a couple of cases not help the market at all. The macro picture is overriding the individual companies.

The vote might be close, it might be overwhelming. We don't know.

They just wore us out. We have to sit in zone because we can't defend, and we knew they could make some runs. We thought we could sustain them, but we missed easy shots.

Their guidance wasn't that great and that's what everyone is keying on. The implication for the overall market is the economy still needs to kick in.

I'm sure if this happened when the market was open, stocks would be getting crushed.

I don't see any reason why we would bounce -- there's no real compelling reason for people to buy. It seems like we're going to keep on undergoing pain.

The UAW ratifying the changes GM was looking to put into place was a big plus for that stock, which has been pounded lately,

The market's been looking for signs that we may be closer to the end.