74 Quotes by Bill Sullivan

You don't get huge swings like this if you don't have huge amounts of capital being put to work,

There's a huge conviction in the Wall Street community that this will be a successful, surgical, short-lived military incursion. That it will not cause any collateral damage to oil fields, that it will not destabilize Middle Eastern governments and that it will not lead to acts of terrorism in the United States.

It was a very strong quarter across the company,

It's almost absurd to think you can replace the World Series as an economic event. In no way does it put the economy at risk of double-dip recession, but I believe the economy loses.

It's almost a boilerplate meeting. At the last meeting there was widespread expectation that they would remove their pledge to maintain accommodative policy for 'a considerable period.' But the December employment figures made it very apparent that the job market continues to lag, and most observers have come to the conclusion that the Fed really does need to stay accommodative.

It's very clear that September was a month of continued vigor for the economy. But consumption wasn't as vibrant as in July and August.

It may be just a coincidence, ... but all recessions since the 1970s have been associated with higher energy costs.

That is amazing. ... People have the same script but are interpreting it differently. The equity crowd view is that the Brazilian package is the first step to relieving the stresses on Latin America.

It's clear that, even though the economy is growing fairly rapidly ... it's not generating any price pressures. This may permit interest rates to edge lower.