25 Quotes by Jay Suskind

Next week, you'll start to hear about technical levels of the indices,

If this storm wasn't out there, the market would probably be behaving much better.

But there is no panic in the air because Friday's decline was explained. Earnings that came in were a little disappointing, we had a huge run-up in January so profit taking was expected, everyone knows what's going on geopolitically and it was a Friday with options expirations.

Given the rise we saw, it shows you the importance of interest rates and what the Fed thinks. This gives us hope that the Fed will be sensitive to the economy and we can get back to that nice 'Goldilocks' economy where growth is just right.

It certainly has been an up week overall. The market is stepping back and looking at the fact that inflation is in check, we are near the end of the rates-tightening cycle and the economy is growing.

I think it's going to be tough to draw conclusions because of the lack of participation. Next week, you'll start to hear about technical levels of the indices. People will be wondering, Can we break through and really continue this year-end rally?

I think what you have is a manic market. The market reacts differently to the news each day. One day it's sure of a strong economy and controlled inflation; the next day, it reads higher rates from the Fed.

I think it's the same old story: The economy certainly surprises us by how resilient it is. It's also a question of how the market interprets those numbers. I think it'd rather see a stronger economy with higher interest rates.

Those were three lousy numbers from an economic perspective. There is the intimation of a slowdown led by the housing market and if the consumer rolls over, then we have a problem.