William Hummer Quotes (18 Quotes)

That's what's probably bringing the market around. Low interest rates and sustained growth will bring estimates that corporate earnings over the coming year could very well be up 8 or 9 percent. That will sustain the market for the coming months, until year-end.

Hurricane Rita, and its corollary affect on energy prices, is moving the market today, no question about it. Uncertainty is poison for the market.

It's a good time for those who are inclined to take gains to realize them now if they're going to do it anyway -- I don't think the market's going anywhere for a while.

It creates a short-term hesitation and a wait-and-see attitude, which will be ameliorated and will wear off in a fairly short time, ... And the more of these terror alerts we have, the quicker the wearing-off process.

There are a tremendous amount of investors who are very happy with the floor system, ... That is not to say that over years advances in technology and efficiency won't change that. My perception is that the change will be glacial, not abrupt.

I think energy stocks will flatten or worse, ... I'm not looking at the sector to tank, but I don't think it will hold the same appeal for money managers as it has in the previous three quarters.

Stocks that have minimum exposure to higher interest rates.

worst world monetary crisis since World War II.

There's no end in sight as the Asian crisis will go on for years and this is having a major effect, ... It will trim earnings probably more substantially than many economists expected.

The strength of the economy since the beginning of the year has been an embarrassment to forecasters. There is much more momentum than most people recognized.

We're entering a seasonal period now, pre-Thanksgiving, pre-December holidays, where we often see a stock advance,

There are a combination of forces which could be positive, on net. The market's been held hostage by the election and Iraq, and those may at least temporarily fade as preoccupations if better economic news takes hold.

Intel gave us a good preview of the quarter, but oil suffocated the positive news.

The third quarter earnings have been fairly well received and I think there will be anticipation that fourth-quarter earnings could be better than expected,

You're seeing more optimism about earnings.

I expect there will be improvements in the trade balance and business investment and in inventories so that the overall pace of activity will accelerate in the third quarter,

The services sector is showing some inflationary pressure, and wages are starting to climb.

This is a disconnect job growth is psychologically and practically the core of what's happening in the economy. In sharp contrast, the oil price is volatile. It's certainly not meaningless, but it's subject to so many variations that it doesn't have the same importance.