(113 quotes found)
“The increased pessimism about the regional economy has offset more robust consumer confidence in the Southeast over the first six months of the year.”
Craig Wright
“This degree of pessimism, in conjunction with the anticipation of much higher home heating bills this winter, may take some cheer out of the upcoming holiday season, ... In order to avoid a blue Christmas, retailers will need to lure shoppers with sales and discounts.”
Lynn Franco
“You had a tremendous amount of fear on the opening. There's so much negative pessimism out there and the fear gets thicker by the hour. Nothing has changed, though. The market was skewed by IBM today, but the market is bigger than any one individual stock and you still have to pick and choose your sectors.”
Barry Hyman
“It's a scenario where everyone is nervous and pessimism creeps in. On the positive side we are looking very cheap.”
Andre Caminada
“I don't think fundamentally anything has changed from the pessimism of yesterday. The fact is, there are still declining earnings estimates. That, along with the uncertainty of an Iraqi war and the terrorism threat, makes it difficult for the market to get moving again.”
Matt Brown
“We generally just think of optimism and pessimism as just feelings and emotions. But they're the simple things that make a huge difference in our health.”
Larry Dossey
“There is a growing, deep-seated discontentment and pessimism about the direction of the country.”
Tony Fabrizio
“There was a lot of pessimism at the end of the year and rightly so. So yesterday was a pleasant surprise. But after that kind of day, if we're down 20 or 50 points (on the Dow) today, I'm not worried. What you want to see over the next few days and weeks is generally a continuation of that positive trend on better volume.”
John Hughes
“In the short term there is a lot of pessimism among farmers as a whole. But they want to believe it will work itself out.”
Chuck Wilson
“Every year the market has cycles like this. Every year, the market has wild optimism and wild pessimism.”
Ken Kam
