Anais Faraj Quotes (12 Quotes)

Except for copper, which is influenced by speculation on China, global demand for commodities shows no sign of abating.

The world rally is looking very stale now.

Economic data is currently pointing to a double-dip recession. ... Investors are feeling bullet-proof at the moment but with most professionals away on holiday we expect the selling to begin again by the end of the month.

The regulatory changes will squeeze margins, there's no doubt about that. But a sense of normality has returned to the telecoms sector -- investors are no longer worried about asset deflation and are trying to pick the winners.

It's a middle of the road view.

Banks have laid off so many people, and now they're getting hit with pretty heavy volumes. At end of the day, there's a labor bottleneck.

All I am hearing is that they are getting cooperation from Iraq,

The market is taking it as sign that war will be delayed. But I'd rather wait for the Powell rebuttal before I make my mind up. The U.N. basically appears to be rejecting the Powell view.

They've spent the last five years trying to de-politicize the whole oil price setting mechanism, getting rid of the image of OPEC as a politically driven cartel, trying to portray themselves as central bankers and they are being asked to make a tough political choices now,

Market nerves are ragged. Its like Chinese water torture. We thought we'd have resolution from Blix, then we thought (U.S. Secretary of State Colin) Powell was going to give the definitive statement and now its dragging on until next Friday.

It's hard to be enthusiastic about the consumer goods sector in Europe, which is being squeezed by global competition and flagging consumer demand.

But if this is the victory rally it is going to be short-lived unless we get that perfect war that follows on, which is a week or two and then a victory parade and then back out again.