“Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is make by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.”
George Soros
“It is the litany of uncertainty this year - the housing market moderation, worry about energy prices_ that may be factoring into peoples' views about the future.”
Carl Tannenbaum
“Some institutions may want to withdraw from the market to avoid policies uncertainties during May 1 holiday, but the downside should be limited.”
Chen Huiqin
“Some investors are staying at the sidelines as uncertainties linger over whether the Fed would surprise the market by a larger-than-expected cut in interest rates.”
Herbert Lau
“The current uncertainty of corporate governance caused huge transfers of money into more stable and safer assets. Large money managers shifted their investments into bonds, thereby lowering their yields and allowing mortgage rates to follow.”
Frank Nothaft
“The election is a minor uncertainty that the market would like to get out of the way. Over the next couple of months I do expect stock prices will be better. I think corporate profits will turn out to be OK and the market will view some of the tensions and anxieties of the third and fourth quarter as a bit of overkill.”
Christine Callies
“Business is risky enough without the additional uncertainty created when a nation's unit of account -- in plain language, its money -- is undermined,”
Richard Fisher