20 Quotes by Scotty George

Until we get some sort of clear-cut message about where we're going in terms of the conflict with Iraq, the economic slowdown and corporate profits, fiscal policy, and everything else, we're going to keep seeing this kind of action.

What we're seeing today and what we have been seeing for the last week is a drying up of sentiment as investors wait for some definitive resolution of world events and some new corporate catalysts.

What we're looking at generally is whether the market can get past these levels. We think there's enough strong sentiment and stimulus in the pipeline for that to happen and that the earnings will ultimately lead the market, but it's a process, and it's going to take time.

I think the market today is just perpetuating the uncertainty we've seen in the last few weeks after it hit its highs earlier in the month.

I think that we're entering into a season of commonality. Earlier this year we had such a euphoric spike in different sectors at different times, and it was very tough to get a fix on valuation and fundamentals.

I think we're going to see a successful third quarter, but it's going to be determined by the quality of the earnings.

Lately, the market has been spiking violently up and violently down. And though we'd prefer it were different, this type of violent movement is appropriate right now. The market has come a long way.

I think long term, even though we're down today, you're seeing some energy and drug stocks responding in a way that suggests the market believes he is going to cut rates again this year.

We're really testing the patience of investors who have lost substantial sums of money. We're also testing technical levels, with stocks expanding or retracting as we get near key lows.