Chris Meyer Quotes (8 Quotes)

The combination of standardized protocols and component-based software will make it less and less sensible for corporations to have their own IS staff in the traditional sense,

Everybody wants to go to India. It's got the largest middle-class in the world, and that means there's plenty of consumerism, the same elements that our (U.S.) economy has.

We encourage investors not to sell the brokers on the news this quarter, as visibility is good leading into the rest of the year and valuations are reasonable.

The new combined company is going to be trading at something like 20 to 22 times 2007 earnings. So, it's very much at the high end of the asset management peer group. Most asset managers trade at that sort of multiple on this year's earnings, not next year's earnings.

It's an expensive proposition. Everyone kind of bit the bullet and went ahead with the project.

When you take out the 15 cents and the 20 cents, you can get a number which actually was below consensus. And that's obviously in stark contrast to what we saw from Lehman Brothers yesterday.

Quality is a little hard to figure out, but strong asset management incentive fees offset weaker restructuring fees resulting in in-line revenue.

Have your camera with you at all time. I went to New Orleans for spring break and now it's a mess. You never know what's going to happen or how things will change.