Terrence Gabriel Quotes (9 Quotes)

It comes down to rate fears. The Fed is going to have to get pretty aggressive. We're quite worried about the interest rate outlook.

We have 30-year bond yield pressing toward 6.70 percent, when you couple that with the kind of strength we had yesterday, you're going to find ample reason to take profits.

People feel the growth is there whether you push rates up to 6.50 percent or 6.80 percent.

I think the Nasdaq was facing a lot of profit taking already. Certainly on the Nasdaq today, the Microsoft issue is hitting stocks in general.

I think the Qualcomm report may be dampening sentiment and Compaq's report is somewhat mixed. It does seem that disappointment over the Qualcomm report is feeding into the tech stocks.

It's almost like now the psychology is shifting to expectations that sequential quarters will in fact decline. Rightly or wrongly, that's the perception that's taking hold.

To a certain extent, the demands on productivity are so strong and the pace of innovation is so great. There is tremendous pressure and need to spend money on the business infrastructure to continue to maintain and improve productivity.

Momentum investing has become more and more in vogue. When certain stocks start to move, there's a tendency toward massive concentration.

Stocks are not reacting to good (earnings) news. Next week begins the real flood of what should be very closely watched reports. If the good earnings news is not able to buoy the market, it's because of interest rate concerns.