19 Quotes by Angel Mata

We're seeing better earnings, and that's making people more enthusiastic. But programs have been skewed to the buy side. To be honest, this is probably not sustainable.

There are a lot of bad things happening right now in the Bush White House. Obviously, leadership at the highest level is very important to investors feeling comfortable about making investment decisions. This is probably the darkest or the lowest point in the Bush presidency.

One of the things the market wants to see is that the Fed is finished raising interest rates.

If they are having a hard time getting paid by their customers, what does that say about the rest of the industry?

If it's down a lot (people are investing in it). Everyone says this can't be sustained, but that's what fuels the markets.

Historically, you can't have an up market without banks leading the way. Today it's an earnings rally again led by the banks.

Really there's no news that would account for the lift,

We had a pretty dramatic sell-off yesterday, so it's to be expected that you are going to get some type of 'dead cat' bounce in this market. GDP numbers are helping somewhat, but it was pretty much in line.

The question is, 'How long will it take to rebuild confidence?'