Fears of interest rate-related mood swings in the U.S. market have been suspended for now, and that's a big help.
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HERBERT LAU The market is speculating that the Fed may keep going. The interest rate in Canada right now lags be...
STEVE BUTLER The U.S. economy's growth is making further interest rate increases likely and that's been translate...
JUNICHI MISAWA Market expectations... for a pause in interest rate rises have retreated.
KOSUKE HANAO There has been a shift this week towards expectations of another U.S. interest rate rise in March --...
DEREK HALPENNY The Fed has been singularly unsuccessful in cooling down the hot U.S. housing market, primarily beca...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH Interest rate fears have waned a bit. Although inflationary worries remain, good earnings are suppor...
LEX WERKHEIM When interest rates rise, the rate gap with the U.S. will narrow and that will provide pressure for ...
JEFFREY TAN If there are big swings in the future, it could have an impact, but there hasn't been any for now.
HIROSHI OKUDA We have several stories that are very important right now - politics in Germany, spectacular equity ...
JEFF YOUNG The whole psychology of the market has changed since the U.S. unemployment figures on Friday. All th...
JAMES SO There's a little bit more caution coming into the investment outlook mostly because of fears of high...
CHRIS IGGO Interest rate differentials continue in favor of the U.S. dollar and that is one of the big drivers....
HUGH WALSH The market is dithering, because on the one hand we have the interest-rate gap, but on the other we ...
FUMIHIKO KAWANO It's been on a steady decline, it certainly bodes well for the U.S. dollar and obviously that feeds ...
TED GOULD Most of the markets in the region are also under selling pressure on fears of rising ( U.S. ) intere...
ALEX TANG I'm a Scorpio. I have different mood swings.
CRAIG ROBINSON On balance, the steady increase in payrolls in conjunction with yesterday's comments by [Fed] Chairm...
CHARMAINE BUSKAS On a bad day, I have mood swings - but on a good day, I have the whole mood playground
CHARLES ROSENBLUM Earnings expectations have been a bit high and, given the disappointments in the U.S., those expecta...
KOJI UCHIDA The interest rates are at its lowest point now because of the economic turmoil. People in the market...
ZENG HAN JUN The short-term interest-rate level at 4.25 on fed funds provides mortgage rates which definitely won...
KIT JUCKES The market's keen to see U.S. labor costs and economic growth figures for signs of a possible intere...
HIROICHI NISHI There are some big concerns about the U.S. economy and the stock market will struggle a bit. Interes...
FELIX LANTERS Like all of us, we have pretty serious mood swings.
JOSH SILVER It comes down to rate fears. The Fed is going to have to get pretty aggressive. We're quite worried ...
TERRENCE GABRIEL The market goes through these bizarre mood swings. All of a sudden, people are concerned that we're ...
ED YARDENI The dollar's firm tone is supported by a shift in the market focus back to interest rate differentia...
KOSUKE HANAO I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can ...
SYLVIA PLATH I suppose the market should've shown some respect to the Prime Minister, but expectations that deman...
HITOSHI ICHIO The larger the rally is, the more time it takes for the ensuing correction to find a new floor.
HITOSHI ICHIO From an interest rate differential standpoint, that is positive for the dollar, but higher rates mig...
HUGH WALSH We are still seeing buying of interest-rate-sensitive stocks. Investors believe the U.S. economy is ...
FREDERICK TSANG There's a sense of uncertainty in the market about the outlook of both the U.S. economy and interest...
HIDENORI KATO There is growing optimism about the Fed's interest-rate hikes coming to an end. That would mean cons...
HIROFUMI KASAI Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO It's just another day with Nasdaq guiding us. In this climate of fears about U.S. interest rates, [a...
PAULO DE SA We now have two (instruments), an interest rate floor and the short. We're keeping the short hidden ...
GUILLERMO ORTIZ Interest in this technology abroad was much higher for airport security because there weren't as man...
JOSEPH ATICK Buying momentum for stocks is shrinking. Overseas investors are pulling their money out of Japanese ...
HAJIME YAGI We're seeing some profit-taking of blue chips after Friday's gains but generally the market is very ...
HERBERT LAU What we are looking for is interest rate cuts to be beneficial to the market.
CHRIS WOLFE Even though the interest rate rise had been discounted, a half percentage point rise in local intere...
JAMES SO In terms of current interest rate levels and inflation, the ECB has room to cut rates and help the u...
GERNOT NERB Interest rate uncertainty and the fact that major blue chips have already announced results force a ...
BEN KWONG We've got a market that's very concerned about interest- rate increases.
FRANKLIN MORTON If the rate expectations continue to come down, Hong Kong, as an interest rate sensitive market will...
EDDIE WONG The sooner U.S. investors can see the end of this current interest rate cycle the better.
ANGUS CAMPBELL Larger U.S. retailers have recognized for a number of years that the domestic market is mature. In o...
ERIK AUTOR Any data indicating U.S. rates may peak is a good signal for the rand and other emerging market curr...
ELISABETH GRUIE The FX market is watching interest rate markets and short- end yields have come off and that's becau...
DANIEL KATZIVE Clearly the outlook for the currency markets, and in particular the U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate w...
ALAN WILLIAMSON I'm known for changing halfway through the day if my mood swings.
ASHLEY MADEKWE Narrowing interest-rate differentials with the U.S. will continue to hit the Australian dollar.
BENJAMIN PEDLEY Emerging market stocks were hit hard today, along with their bonds. Lingering fears over higher U.S....
CARLOS HOKAMA The market is adjusting to a trend that the market hasn't lived with in some time. Inflation is goin...
DOUGLAS CLIGGOTT Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO Continued job and real wage growth is needed to increase a household's pool of cash and to strengthe...
CARL STEIDTMANN Continued job and real wage growth is needed to increase a household's pool of cash and to strengthe...
CARL STEIDTMANN It's not unusual for a child with ADHD to have mood swings from boredom to bouts of over-excitement ...
KRISTIN STANBERRY The rate of annual growth has been slowing as would be expected, with most of the rise in the market...
HOWARD MORLEY The big shift for 2006 will be interest rates rising outside the U.S..
ANTON PIL These loans will help finance economic revitalization in areas that have experienced trade-related j...
AIDA ALVAREZ Higher U.S. interest rates will continue to support the U.S. dollar in the near term. We're still lo...
BESA DEDA Global markets have not been affected by the possibility of rising U.S. interest rates. Japan and th...
JASON HWANG There could be some upward pressure on the interest rate given the current liquidity conditions in t...
AK PURWAR As the market now feels that any interest rate hikes in the US will come to an end with the Federal ...
KAZUYUKI KATO The market is wondering whether U.S. growth can maintain the current rate, and a weaker reading than...
AKIFUMI UCHIDA The market is underestimating the Bank of Japan's determination to return to a more normal interest ...
ANNE MILLS The market is still concerned about the interest rate and whether the Fed is on a possible pause.
IAN STANNARD The market is losing reasons to buy the dollar. The end of an interest-rate-driven market may be dra...
HIDENORI KATO The market's expecting that the interest rate cycle is close to an end and that's the major driver o...
AGNES DENG I have mood swings, but I'm sure people in England have that, too. Me and my friends, we're ...
JENS LEKMAN Unless the outcome contains a major negative surprise, the underlying firm tone of the dollar is exp...
TAKASHI KUDO The market is starting to price out some of the rate increases that have been priced in.
MARC LEVESQUE The market has shown a good recovery, though without much volume, against a background of improving ...
BRUNO OTERO We're slightly positive on the bond market for now. A rate move is priced in for June but people hav...
CYRIL BEUZIT Demand related to inflation and safe-haven fears has been driving gold. I particularly believe numer...
DANIEL VAUGHT In an environment where the interest rate is expected to go down, the market will be positive.
HARRIS DALIMUNTHE The volume has been extraordinary. We've seen a great deal of money coming into the market place ear...
JAMES ALEXANDER The volume has been extraordinary, ... We've seen a great deal of money coming into the market place...
JAMES ALEXANDER With the rate verdict due later, there's a cautious mood creeping into equity markets as although a ...
MATT BUCKLAND U.S. interest rates aren't going to necessarily support the dollar anymore. Each interest rate hike ...
DON ALEXANDER High interest rates have affected car and motorcycle sales. The high interest rate climate has affec...
HENRY HO The interest-rate advantage with the U.S. will continue to narrow and that will weigh on the Austral...
JARROD KERR Mood swings cost some people their whole entire life.
OLASOT Most of the Japanese automakers have a lot of exposure in the U.S. and it's important for their over...
ATSUSHI OSA The dollar is stronger because of higher rates. Look at the bond market: it's been selling off with ...
JOE FRANCOMANO Right now the market is in a bearish mood. Sometimes it's good to be reminded that the market is not...
JOHN LONSKI Right now the market is in a bearish mood, ... Sometimes it's good to be reminded that the market is...
JOHN LONSKI The dollar was buoyed as the market confirmed that interest rate differentials between Japan and oth...
YASUHISA ISHIDA Now market participants are saying that investors should expect range bound trading to continue into...
ANGUS CAMPBELL Perhaps it's a function of the fears that (Fed Chief Alan) Greenspan has already gone too far (with ...
CLARK YINGST The market is showing a good improvement. Some points of concern, including in the political sphere,...
MARCELO PORTO We're already in a bear market for small- and mid-cap stocks. Big caps have been in a Super Bowl mar...
AL GOLDMAN My father would take me to the playground, and put me on mood swings.
JAY LONDON We have been pursuing the student accommodation market for nearly a year now, both here in Australia...
HUGH THOMSON The risk is for the ECB to accelerate the pace of interest- rate hikes. There seems to be very littl...
CYRIL BEUZIT The market thinks the U.S. economy will be stronger than they thought a few months ago. That's been ...
DAVID GOLDMAN Another interest rate hike in March is a 'done deal' among market participants and a pause is likely...
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