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JOHN HULL Some investors are staying at the sidelines as uncertainties linger over whether the Fed would surpr...
HERBERT LAU The statement fueled market expectations that the Fed will further increase interest rates.
HIROKI SHIMAZU A lot of people are waiting on some big economic numbers due out of the U.S. tonight because of the ...
DAVID MASSEY What will make you a star is in you
SOTONYE ANGA This whole thing is, everybody's waiting for Friday. People are worried about the Fed raising rates.
JOSEF SCHACHTER I think the Fed is going to raise interest rates over the rest of this year. I think it will go up a...
FRANKLIN RAINES In the first half, we think interest rates are heading higher.
PETER ANDERSON Trading is cautious as investors are waiting for the market to choose a direction after the recent v...
LIANG JING I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
ABBY COHEN I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
ABBY JOSEPH COHEN I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
JOSEPH COHEN The market is not going to figure out where it wants to go until you have some conviction about wher...
VINCE FARRELL The implications are a bit worrying for spreads, particularly for the corporate market. The inversio...
DAVID GOLDMAN The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO If the Fed doesn't raise rates, it's strictly for morale. Given the recent market swings, they're go...
ED PETERS I think we're seeing already the start of a relief rally. Investors are fairly confident, or gaining...
BOB DICKEY I think part of what has driven the market today are fluctuations in oil and interest rates and the ...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN The decline in oil helped, as well as the hope that maybe the Fed will be finished raising interest ...
PETER BOOCKVAR Today's market may well face a struggle for direction. Uncertainty over oil prices and the future di...
MATTHEW BUCKLAND There are some big concerns about the U.S. economy and the stock market will struggle a bit. Interes...
FELIX LANTERS Basically the top ten industries were those that are economically sensitive and are bouncing back fr...
SAM STOVALL There was some buying back in the early morning, but the market remains top-heavy, as market players...
AKITSUGU BANDO There were many years where the Fed Funds rate was as low as 1 percent and interest rates on savings...
LAURA BRUCE The decline in oil helped (stocks), as well as the hope that maybe the Fed will be finished raising ...
PETER BOOCKVAR There's increased speculation that the Fed will be cutting interest rates between meetings.
CHUCK CARLSON Interest rates probably aren't high enough. The Bank of Canada will keep raising until it sees some ...
FRED PYNN Consumers will be squeezed with higher interest rates, which is not good news for the market general...
EDMUND SHING It was a slightly negative day, partly because of waiting for when the Fed will start raising rates,
LARS KRECKEL Everyone knew the Fed was going to come in and do something sooner or later, ... We're no longer spe...
JOHN MANLEY Markets are confident that the Fed will raise rates another 25 basis points at the Federal Open Mark...
ANN OWEN Investors are confident the dollar will remain strong against the yen for the time being on the pros...
HIDEAKI KURIMOTO We're developing a more bullish scenario here because of the slowdown in the economy leading to less...
COURTNEY SMITH As certain as it is that the sun rises in the east, the Fed will be hiking its benchmark interest ra...
JOHN LONSKI I think that the market - once we get through this interest rate fear and we're more certain about t...
GRACE FEY We're starting to have a more positive scenario, where investors are resuming their bets that emergi...
EDUARDO COTRIM The numbers relieved some fear of the Fed tightening interest rates. For how long, I don't know. But...
DAVID JARVIS The market has been pretty oversold and pessimism was and continues to be widespread, so the slight ...
ROBERT PHILLIPS A lot of factors are positive for the sector, there's Christmas turnover, a stronger rand which mean...
FERDI HEYNEKE The market is just waiting for the consumer price index. If the figures are strong, market players a...
FUMIHIKO KAWANO Long-bond buyers aren't afraid of inflation or increased interest rates, the way short-term bond buy...
BENJAMIN PACE A good number will confirm the upward bias for interest rates and higher rates are a headwind for eq...
HANS OLSEN Today's inflation figures have boosted the dollar across the board on accumulating chances that the ...
ASHRAF LAIDI After the Fed comes out with its rate hike, and when it communicates to the market that it's satisfi...
ASHRAF LAIDI I think the question the market is struggling with is whether we are concerned about inflation and t...
KEN TOWER The markets have been relatively positive. We had a big run in the semiconductors and people are wil...
BILL MEEHAN![]()
I don't think you will see the Fed jumping to interest rates,
GEORGE SOROS The Fed will be concerned about inflation pressures building and will keep on hiking interest rates....
INDRAJIT ADVANI The world is coming to a view that the Fed is going to provide more liquidity and interest rates wil...
ADAM MYERS Many market players already think the ECB will raise interest rates in March and then several more t...
AKIFUMI UCHIDA The immediate impact of the minimum-wage increase will probably be negligible because we are already...
CAROL PREGILL The market generally believes that zero interest rates will continue for the next two or three month...
KAZUYUKI KATO The decline in starts shows that higher interest rates are impacting the housing market. That is a s...
JAMES CARON The flip side is that mortgage interest rates are now in decline, which will give the market a littl...
HOWARD MORLEY I think the Fed still has no other choice but still to raise rates. I know that there's some rumors ...
MARC GABELLI The silver lining on this is that it confirms that the Federal Reserve will not be raising interest ...
DONALD SELKIN We expect no change in interest rates. The market has been factoring in better interest rates for th...
JOE ROONEY The short-term interest-rate level at 4.25 on fed funds provides mortgage rates which definitely won...
KIT JUCKES The perception is that rates are going up, and people are lining up to buy homes because of that. It...
CARL WEINBERG As long as the Fed keeps raising rates, yields are going to move higher. The Fed decision definitely...
JOSEPH SHATZ Clearly people feel less wealthy and people are going to focus on what happens to the direction of i...
GREGG HYMOWITZ It's unclear when the Fed will stop raising interest rates. Even if the rate hike comes to an end, H...
LOUIS WONG The 10-year bond looks like it's headed higher, so I think the feeling is starting to pervade Wall S...
BARRY HYMAN If rates keep going higher, that will pose some problems to sizeable chunks of the stock market, par...
CARLOS ASILIS The Fed will continue to raise interest rates. We think they will do so twice more.
KATHLEEN STEPHANSEN In Life there are both active players and passive players -- active players are creators of opportun...
WILIAM CONSTANTINE Rates for long term CDs (terms of 12 months and longer) are typically driven by the activity in the ...
RANDY ROSEN (The market) is telling you that at these levels, given all the warnings we've had from every Fed go...
CHARLES WHITE Treasuries are expensive at these levels given that the Fed is still going to raise interest rates. ...
HIROYUKI YAMADA Good earnings are the main support for European markets. On the other hand, Europe will not be spare...
JEAN BORJEIX The large-cap stocks tend to be the ones that are most interest rate sensitive. With the changes at ...
BILL SICKLES Earnings growth is strong, interest rates are low, and the environment is positive for stocks. The m...
BOB STRAUS The change in the balance of risks keeps the market focused on conditions in the corporate bond mark...
GEMMA WRIGHT Some technology stocks are being cut because of concern that high oil prices and rising interest rat...
SIMON CHAO If the Fed is on the warpath with an eye to slowing the economy and trying to blunt inflation before...
CHARLES CRANE You will never be less than you are today... However, you are responsible for becoming more than you...
TRAVIS J HEDRICK The market is closely watching if there are any other comments on the US economy or interest rate hi...
MASAMICHI KOIKE The interest rates are at its lowest point now because of the economic turmoil. People in the market...
ZENG HAN JUN Bear Stearns has been well run but undervalued for some time. They are best known for their fixed in...
RALPH COLE Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE Employment is likely to be much weaker going forward and the jobless rate will keep rising as the ec...
JARROD KERR Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
SHANE OLIVER I think that until we get further indication, probably in the next Fed meeting, of where the Fed is ...
ANDREW BARRETT Yields on Treasuries have risen and some people are thinking this signals higher interest rates in t...
MARCELO RIBEIRO The U.S. labor market continues to tighten and the implication is the Fed will need to raise rates. ...
GAVIN FRIEND If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th...
GARY F EVANS... The fundamentals are still there. We have low inflation, low interest rates and a worldwide demand f...
ALFRED KUGEL The market is more focused on the bigger trends we have seen of late, and that is concerns about inf...
PETER BOOCKVAR As long as the BOJ raises interest rates in tandem with the economic recovery, there should be no ne...
SUSUMU ABE There are many investors who remain concerned with the outlook for interest rates and with how much ...
JOSEPH STOCKE The Fed is not finished yet in raising interest rates. Investors are still cautious on inflation and...
YOSHIHIRO ISHIDA We are having a little back-off in the bond market today in anticipation of what (Federal Reserve Ch...
BERNADETTE MURPHY The big shift for 2006 will be interest rates rising outside the U.S..
ANTON PIL The market was dead almost all day, but at the end some people appeared to believe that tomorrow int...
GABRIEL JAFET![]()
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
LAO TZU![]()
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading
GAUTAMA BUDDHA My sense heading into the quarter was the market expected Humana to raise guidance today. I think th...
CARL MCDONALD Everyone knows that interest rates will rise but the question is how fast and by how much. I see the...
KNUT HOCHWALD There are two key challenges to the U.S. market: one is Fed policy -- and it's still our concern tha...
GARY DUGAN [Overall, following the statement,] the market is fairly clear that the Fed will keep raising rates ...
JEFF KLEINTOP
JOHN HULL Some investors are staying at the sidelines as uncertainties linger over whether the Fed would surpr...
HERBERT LAU The statement fueled market expectations that the Fed will further increase interest rates.
HIROKI SHIMAZU A lot of people are waiting on some big economic numbers due out of the U.S. tonight because of the ...
DAVID MASSEY What will make you a star is in you
SOTONYE ANGA This whole thing is, everybody's waiting for Friday. People are worried about the Fed raising rates.
JOSEF SCHACHTER I think the Fed is going to raise interest rates over the rest of this year. I think it will go up a...
FRANKLIN RAINES In the first half, we think interest rates are heading higher.
PETER ANDERSON Trading is cautious as investors are waiting for the market to choose a direction after the recent v...
LIANG JING I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
ABBY COHEN I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
ABBY JOSEPH COHEN I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
JOSEPH COHEN The market is not going to figure out where it wants to go until you have some conviction about wher...
VINCE FARRELL The implications are a bit worrying for spreads, particularly for the corporate market. The inversio...
DAVID GOLDMAN The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO If the Fed doesn't raise rates, it's strictly for morale. Given the recent market swings, they're go...
ED PETERS I think we're seeing already the start of a relief rally. Investors are fairly confident, or gaining...
BOB DICKEY I think part of what has driven the market today are fluctuations in oil and interest rates and the ...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN The decline in oil helped, as well as the hope that maybe the Fed will be finished raising interest ...
PETER BOOCKVAR Today's market may well face a struggle for direction. Uncertainty over oil prices and the future di...
MATTHEW BUCKLAND There are some big concerns about the U.S. economy and the stock market will struggle a bit. Interes...
FELIX LANTERS Basically the top ten industries were those that are economically sensitive and are bouncing back fr...
SAM STOVALL There was some buying back in the early morning, but the market remains top-heavy, as market players...
AKITSUGU BANDO There were many years where the Fed Funds rate was as low as 1 percent and interest rates on savings...
LAURA BRUCE The decline in oil helped (stocks), as well as the hope that maybe the Fed will be finished raising ...
PETER BOOCKVAR There's increased speculation that the Fed will be cutting interest rates between meetings.
CHUCK CARLSON Interest rates probably aren't high enough. The Bank of Canada will keep raising until it sees some ...
FRED PYNN Consumers will be squeezed with higher interest rates, which is not good news for the market general...
EDMUND SHING It was a slightly negative day, partly because of waiting for when the Fed will start raising rates,
LARS KRECKEL Everyone knew the Fed was going to come in and do something sooner or later, ... We're no longer spe...
JOHN MANLEY Markets are confident that the Fed will raise rates another 25 basis points at the Federal Open Mark...
ANN OWEN Investors are confident the dollar will remain strong against the yen for the time being on the pros...
HIDEAKI KURIMOTO We're developing a more bullish scenario here because of the slowdown in the economy leading to less...
COURTNEY SMITH As certain as it is that the sun rises in the east, the Fed will be hiking its benchmark interest ra...
JOHN LONSKI I think that the market - once we get through this interest rate fear and we're more certain about t...
GRACE FEY We're starting to have a more positive scenario, where investors are resuming their bets that emergi...
EDUARDO COTRIM The numbers relieved some fear of the Fed tightening interest rates. For how long, I don't know. But...
DAVID JARVIS The market has been pretty oversold and pessimism was and continues to be widespread, so the slight ...
ROBERT PHILLIPS A lot of factors are positive for the sector, there's Christmas turnover, a stronger rand which mean...
FERDI HEYNEKE The market is just waiting for the consumer price index. If the figures are strong, market players a...
FUMIHIKO KAWANO Long-bond buyers aren't afraid of inflation or increased interest rates, the way short-term bond buy...
BENJAMIN PACE A good number will confirm the upward bias for interest rates and higher rates are a headwind for eq...
HANS OLSEN Today's inflation figures have boosted the dollar across the board on accumulating chances that the ...
ASHRAF LAIDI After the Fed comes out with its rate hike, and when it communicates to the market that it's satisfi...
ASHRAF LAIDI I think the question the market is struggling with is whether we are concerned about inflation and t...
KEN TOWER The markets have been relatively positive. We had a big run in the semiconductors and people are wil...
BILL MEEHAN
I don't think you will see the Fed jumping to interest rates, GEORGE SOROS The Fed will be concerned about inflation pressures building and will keep on hiking interest rates....
INDRAJIT ADVANI The world is coming to a view that the Fed is going to provide more liquidity and interest rates wil...
ADAM MYERS Many market players already think the ECB will raise interest rates in March and then several more t...
AKIFUMI UCHIDA The immediate impact of the minimum-wage increase will probably be negligible because we are already...
CAROL PREGILL The market generally believes that zero interest rates will continue for the next two or three month...
KAZUYUKI KATO The decline in starts shows that higher interest rates are impacting the housing market. That is a s...
JAMES CARON The flip side is that mortgage interest rates are now in decline, which will give the market a littl...
HOWARD MORLEY I think the Fed still has no other choice but still to raise rates. I know that there's some rumors ...
MARC GABELLI The silver lining on this is that it confirms that the Federal Reserve will not be raising interest ...
DONALD SELKIN We expect no change in interest rates. The market has been factoring in better interest rates for th...
JOE ROONEY The short-term interest-rate level at 4.25 on fed funds provides mortgage rates which definitely won...
KIT JUCKES The perception is that rates are going up, and people are lining up to buy homes because of that. It...
CARL WEINBERG As long as the Fed keeps raising rates, yields are going to move higher. The Fed decision definitely...
JOSEPH SHATZ Clearly people feel less wealthy and people are going to focus on what happens to the direction of i...
GREGG HYMOWITZ It's unclear when the Fed will stop raising interest rates. Even if the rate hike comes to an end, H...
LOUIS WONG The 10-year bond looks like it's headed higher, so I think the feeling is starting to pervade Wall S...
BARRY HYMAN If rates keep going higher, that will pose some problems to sizeable chunks of the stock market, par...
CARLOS ASILIS The Fed will continue to raise interest rates. We think they will do so twice more.
KATHLEEN STEPHANSEN In Life there are both active players and passive players -- active players are creators of opportun...
WILIAM CONSTANTINE Rates for long term CDs (terms of 12 months and longer) are typically driven by the activity in the ...
RANDY ROSEN (The market) is telling you that at these levels, given all the warnings we've had from every Fed go...
CHARLES WHITE Treasuries are expensive at these levels given that the Fed is still going to raise interest rates. ...
HIROYUKI YAMADA Good earnings are the main support for European markets. On the other hand, Europe will not be spare...
JEAN BORJEIX The large-cap stocks tend to be the ones that are most interest rate sensitive. With the changes at ...
BILL SICKLES Earnings growth is strong, interest rates are low, and the environment is positive for stocks. The m...
BOB STRAUS The change in the balance of risks keeps the market focused on conditions in the corporate bond mark...
GEMMA WRIGHT Some technology stocks are being cut because of concern that high oil prices and rising interest rat...
SIMON CHAO If the Fed is on the warpath with an eye to slowing the economy and trying to blunt inflation before...
CHARLES CRANE You will never be less than you are today... However, you are responsible for becoming more than you...
TRAVIS J HEDRICK The market is closely watching if there are any other comments on the US economy or interest rate hi...
MASAMICHI KOIKE The interest rates are at its lowest point now because of the economic turmoil. People in the market...
ZENG HAN JUN Bear Stearns has been well run but undervalued for some time. They are best known for their fixed in...
RALPH COLE Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE Employment is likely to be much weaker going forward and the jobless rate will keep rising as the ec...
JARROD KERR Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
SHANE OLIVER I think that until we get further indication, probably in the next Fed meeting, of where the Fed is ...
ANDREW BARRETT Yields on Treasuries have risen and some people are thinking this signals higher interest rates in t...
MARCELO RIBEIRO The U.S. labor market continues to tighten and the implication is the Fed will need to raise rates. ...
GAVIN FRIEND If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th...
GARY F EVANS... The fundamentals are still there. We have low inflation, low interest rates and a worldwide demand f...
ALFRED KUGEL The market is more focused on the bigger trends we have seen of late, and that is concerns about inf...
PETER BOOCKVAR As long as the BOJ raises interest rates in tandem with the economic recovery, there should be no ne...
SUSUMU ABE There are many investors who remain concerned with the outlook for interest rates and with how much ...
JOSEPH STOCKE The Fed is not finished yet in raising interest rates. Investors are still cautious on inflation and...
YOSHIHIRO ISHIDA We are having a little back-off in the bond market today in anticipation of what (Federal Reserve Ch...
BERNADETTE MURPHY The big shift for 2006 will be interest rates rising outside the U.S..
ANTON PIL The market was dead almost all day, but at the end some people appeared to believe that tomorrow int...
GABRIEL JAFET
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. LAO TZU
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading GAUTAMA BUDDHA My sense heading into the quarter was the market expected Humana to raise guidance today. I think th...
CARL MCDONALD Everyone knows that interest rates will rise but the question is how fast and by how much. I see the...
KNUT HOCHWALD There are two key challenges to the U.S. market: one is Fed policy -- and it's still our concern tha...
GARY DUGAN [Overall, following the statement,] the market is fairly clear that the Fed will keep raising rates ...
JEFF KLEINTOP
