15 Quotes by Sarat Sethi

Given the lack of trading volume, it's going to be hard to gauge any moves we make. We have a lot of data to get through.

I think it's going to be a quiet week heading into the long weekend. Through the summer, people are going to be focusing on the next earnings period, monetary policy, and if we are going to see more strong economic growth, as well as payrolls.

I think the key word is uncertainty. Until we find some direction you look for good companies or sectors that are growing at a reasonable price.

I think this is just a continuation of the market getting to the point where people are taking profits.

Over the last few days, we've seen oil prices come back, and the market was looking for that to happen, especially since that has been a tax on the consumer and on business.

Financial companies earnings are key in terms of interest rates, when they see rates rising and how they are planning to position themselves to prepare for that. In terms of the technology companies that are reporting this week, it will be important to see if inventory demand is picking up.

Earnings are coming in improved, but one caveat is that a lot of them are also coming out of cost-saving and not revenue growth, and compared to expectations that are already so low.

You're seeing bad news coming in and the market not really reacting that badly to it. You've got people short covering and really it's a process where I think we've seen the lows. You might retest them, but from here on, I think we're going to go forward and go up.

You're seeing a lot more selling now and a little bit of buying. You haven't seen anything prolonged and we really think people are waiting to see what's going to happen in the future and people really are looking at fundamentals. I think you are seeing a sea change where fundamentals do matter. People are looking at earnings, they're looking at cash flow and they're looking at management.