Barry Hyman Quotes on Media & News (16 Quotes)

Our look for the rest of the year is we're going to rally and worry. We're going to rally and worry some more. And we're going to rally again. I think the concern or the 'worry period' that we're now entering is this cyclical issue again, after this run up in the semiconductors sector and the third-quarter prerelease season, which we're quickly coming to. And I think that's going to give the opportunity for the next run up in the marketplace, which should come somewhere over the next few weeks into the election. The good news, as you pointed out, is that the Fed's done,

We don't have a predominance of negative news, day-to-day, in terms of economic events.

The retail sales numbers we saw should have presumed a rally but we had some selling in Hewlett-Packard and NBC Internet. During the day, people started to realize that retail sales were good news.

There are certainly negatives out there, ... But the psychology has changed and the bad news isn't having as big an effect on the broader market.

I think it's emotional, because all the news out today is already known.

It's one eye on the news, and one eye on the markets.

There's a little nervousness in the air regarding heightened geopolitical news. The rhetoric from Iran is not helping.

I think to an extent we've taken for granted the last few Fed meetings, and next week's meeting takes on more significance, ... A quarter-point hike is pretty much expected, but I think the relative bumpiness of the recent economic news could mean the Fed will indicate that rates may not rise as aggressively last year as people had been thinking.

I think there was some bargain hunting coming in on the back of good news.

The moves in media stocks are never earnings based.

Overall the earnings seem to be coming in a little better than expected, but the news has been the lackluster going-forward look in high-profile names in tech and finance.

On the earnings front, it's kind of mundane news, ... but the restructuring seems more aggressive than had been thought, and that's good for the stock.

There was nothing Greenspan said that was harsh and sometimes no news is good news,

We ended up OK, although most of the advance happened late in the day on the China warning and the volume remains light, ... There was the risk of new stagflation fears to develop out of the economic news, and that didn't happen, which was another positive.

You're getting a lot of positive sentiment in the market and a lot of rotational shifting toward growth, ... It doesn't say that earnings are going to be better but it does lead one to believe that a lot of the bad news may already be built in.

Without having that constant barrage of negative news, there is the opportunity for the market to exhibit some strength.