17 Quotes by Michael Strauss

The Fed is a little bit uncomfortable with that.

Investors are relieved that he's continuing the same tone and isn't changing things.

Investors are having to deal with the reality of lower corporate profits. And the stock market is starting to feel that impact.

The equity market is going to begin focusing more on corporate earnings and may even focus on the positive benefits of a little bit of economic activity.

The Chicago PMI helped, but the economy is doing better and we know the fourth-quarter will have some of the effect of the hurricane, but the market is ready to withstand that.

The current system doesn't provide for enough visas. It's plagued with an enormous backlog and doesn't provide enough visa categories to support the U.S. economy's demand for workers.

The market probably did a reasonably good job anticipating this pickup in inflation. Investors are relieved there wasn't more pressure on core inflation. Unfortunately, we're probably going to see that pressure in the upcoming months.

The market is preparing for a pretty good bounce in employment. What that means, though, is some more concern about inflation as demand increases.