92 Quotes by Michael Carty

I don't think that anyone is immune to interest rates. Although the Justice Department said it wanted to divide (Microsoft) into two parts, the judge seemed to be disinclined to do that. However, if the Justice Department does decide to do that, we're going to have a difficult time in the near-term.

Certainly we like certain specialty retailers. We like the regional banks. These are companies and industries that have earned money through the recession, are continuing to earn money and seem like reasonably safe bets,

I don't think the evidence supports the view that we will get there. But it's a situation that bears watching.

I do like computer software, and electronics. And therefore, you know my top picks right now would be large-cap companies in a high-growth area with good, solid, clean balance sheet, good return on equity and good earning projections.

This has been the strongest quarter in three or four years, and so you'd expect investors to want to take some profits as the quarter is winding down.

The economy remains in a growth pattern, and normally the market would be responding favorably. But people are worried about inflation, the rise in energy prices and the weak dollar.

The earnings reports and outlooks have been fairly positive, but I think trade has been kind of muddled recently, with the market wanting to give itself room to breathe after the big run it's had.

The challenge for stocks next week is going to be getting through more Iraq news.

The markets seem to be rising as a consequence of the fact that the Federal Reserve had decreased the interest rate by half a percentage point and the fact that people began to believe the Fed was going to do whatever it can do to continue to see the economy turn around.