15 Quotes by Sarat Sethi

There's a number of different factors affecting the markets. We're getting near the end of the year and with the S&P 500 up around 20 percent, there's a lot of portfolio pruning going on, with people taking profits, or choosing to sell for tax purposes.

It's been a rough quarter for many people, because of rising interest rates and the move in oil prices. But it also exemplifies that investors need to look outside the obvious places to invest.

Stocks have had a good run over the last couple of months on anticipation that the fourth-quarter earnings would be good, and by and large, they have been. But we've had so many weeks of an up market that it was bound to stabilize at some point, which is what we're seeing now.

Investors are coming back. Even though it's still a nervous market, there is still some great valuation out there.

The employment news this morning provided some support for the market, counterbalancing the news out of Intel.

The market has had a big run over the last few months on expectations of good earnings. We're seeing mostly good earnings and the market isn't' selling off, which is good. But I think we're at a point where we're trying to figure out what the next growth driver is for the next six months to a year.