45 Quotes by Charles Payne

Fridays have been the toughest day for stocks, ... We've been looking for a catalyst for the market in economic data. I believe this is a market that wants to trade higher. There's a lot of money on sideline that wants to commit. All they need is one sign.

if someone were to call the stock from you, you wouldn't have to go out and buy it -- you could just deliver the stock. The great thing is it's a contract so you know what the price is going to be and there's not a lot of guessing there.

I think it could have been a lot worse (at the open). But I think it's important that the Dow stays above 9,600 or we could see another wave of selling.

I think investors may be seeing some of the things they want to see. Certainly people paying for the sins of the past are among those things.

I think that one of the problems that lingers with us from the last five years, with every one jumping into the market, is that we need instantaneous results.

I think were heading into next week with a head of steam we haven't seen for some time.

I wasn't surprised investors began pulling back at the close. Even though the run-up was huge, there wasn't a lot of volume there.

Most of the negativity is built into these stocks. Today (Thursday) may be a proxy for how we're going to look for the next quarter -- more indecisiveness but not as much negativity.

Visibility is important, even if the visibility is poor, because it shows you have a handle on the business. The ability to give guidance is certainly something of a comfort.