13 Quotes by Michael James

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    Jack couldn't find a wall he didn't want to run into. He'd write insulting cover letters to editors. When I'd say, 'Jack, you're shooting yourself in the foot,' he'd launch into a tirade about the worthlessness of a life lived untruly to oneself.

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    I think people coming into town would go to the south and so folks up north would not get as much business.

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    The stronger consumer confidence numbers are probably the biggest potential reason for the Fed to continue raising interest rates.

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    The Nasdaq is up on the day, primarily due to Apple. This market is climbing a wall of worries. People are too committed to equities in the longer term.

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    As long as oil is trading near $70 a barrel, interest rates on the 10-year (note) are around 5 percent and gold hovers at $600 an ounce, it will be difficult for equities to make headway.

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    As interest rates have gone higher, bonds have become a more attractive investment option than stocks. Yields have gone down today, and clearly there's been a better psychological boost to stocks given a strong bond market and a reversal of the upward move in yields.

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    It's tough to make too big a judgment call on anything because of options expiration-related volatility.

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    In general, institutional investors aren't sold on the (stock) market going higher, even with the pullback in oil.

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