They went on a big run, and we just couldn't recover. I thought we played panicky after that.
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My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit.
One big difference was that last year retailers kept promotions under tight control. Things were more panicky this year.
It's the predominant story today, people are walking in and getting a bit panicky about this. The last 40, 50 cents of this rally is speculators in London thinking we could see more buying when the Americans start trading.
We're going to be getting back to normal, with a lot of the panicky stuff dissipating. We're going to begin looking at the data again and what it means in terms of the Fed.
People who think I'm panicky don't know their football. I'll be quite blunt.
We're not at the stage yet where investors are panic-stricken by any stretch of the imagination. Concerned perhaps, but certainly not panicky. I think from a volume standpoint, safety and quality (is where) the money was moving into and moving out of what we call lots of P and no E companies - lots of price and no earnings.
We went a little soft. We started playing out of anxiety. We got a little panicky and fed their momentum.
In previous elections, we've had voting stations overrun by panicky mobs, and there's been a bit more obvious intimidation.
That's the fun part of it all. You get creative when you're in Little League. You're creative when you're in middle school. You're creative in high school and college. And then when you get to the league, this position, the more mobile quarterbacks, we have a tendency to want to become traditional and nervous and panicky in how we want to call plays and put guys in position to make plays.
Get the heat and emotion out worry, and put cold, ruthless scrutiny onto the problem, and worry loses its power. When we are worried and filled with apprehension, we become panicky and are likely to see only gloom and failure. There isnt any situation so bad that it wont become a lot better when you think rationally and spiritually about it. God gives you the ability to think rationally about things by filling you with peace and faith.
The early gigs were pretty panicky - and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years.
I think Greenspan realizes that if he doesn't move tomorrow, he may have to do 50 basis points at the end of January, which could look panicky.
The damage to investor psychology is pretty severe and it takes a while to overcome that. But there is a lot of evidence of panicky selling, which one can only hope is indicative of a market trying to find its footing.
But we do think that employing that panicky investment strategy, scrapping your existing strategy and buying all defensive names is not the way to go. Stay focused with your existing disciplines and not stray from those.
Among bond funds, portfolios heavy on high yield did an about-face, with the average fund in this group up 5.4 percent in the quarter. Last year people got panicky about corporate debt because of Enron and WorldCom, ... The spread (between government and corporate bonds) got too big and the market reversed.