45 Quotes by Charles Payne

With the low volume, if we have some good news on Friday, we could get a nice jump,

We're seeing some selling, but today is interesting in that it's reminiscent of a number of days last week, where there are a lot of reasons for the market to be down much worse than it is -- the Dow rose yesterday, you have Texas Instruments and other negatives -- but instead it's actually holding in there better than we would have expected.

I think it's insane, absolutely insane for a person to have one of the highest and most important jobs in the entire world to be saying that he has to be at his children's soccer practice.

I don't like paying taxes, same as everybody else.

We knew it was coming but there were some rumors of a possible 50 basis point cut (a half a percentage point) and every time that happens it sets us up for disappointments. The reality is a very large majority of people don't know how to react to this so they're taking their cue from the market. It's really indecision.

Obviously we're getting to the point where everyone would have to agree that, on a short-term basis, the market is overdone on the downside.

No one is panicking and that is the good news. There's no leadership out there and there are a lot of question marks. Investors have convinced themselves of a better second half, but it's not assured.

I would be surprised if some smart managers don't go near some of the exiting stocks, particularly on weakness in stocks like Unilever -- well-run and has been able to grow through acquisitions. But I don't think anyone can construe this as a no-confidence vote on these stocks that are cut, but just as a different route by the S&P committee.

I'm a little bit impressed because it seems like every time we start to drift buyers are being wooed out of the woodwork a bit. It shows that people are lining up and they want to jump in there but they need the right stimulus.