Quotations

«(We like) stocks with a moderately high dividend give that stock support. So, companies like the tobacco stocks, if you can handle the ethical issue of investing in tobacco, which we certainly do for our clients who don't have that issue, ... These are high dividend stocks. The dividend is very secure. That's a great strategy. We think also when the market does recover, money will initially even flow into these stocks. Because on a relative basis, say a Philip Morris with a 5.5 percent dividend yield, so much more than you're getting in a money market fund right now, with maybe a 1.5 dividend yield. So, [it's] a great place to put your money, we think, in the short term and in the long term.»

«This is a pulp and paper stock, which is very leveraged to economic improvement, ... That's certainly a stock we like a lot.»

«I think this is a technical bear market rally that we could get today (Wednesday) on oversold conditions after we went through some technical levels on the major indexes yesterday. So we can expect the market to lift up some,»

«We do have the wind of the Fed at our back. At some point this downturn we're in levels out.»

«We think they're out there probably trying to sell this business, ... That's going to magnetize some assets and help this company.»

«Yet again we're seeing relative strength in the technology sector and we've really seen this for about a week. Big Tech is leading the market and that's a good sign for that sector.»

«Is this a true rally, or a false start? ... Nobody's going to wave a green flag when there's a bottom.»

«It obviously still dominates the software space, and we think it's going to be a good Christmas in the PC sector, both for the consumer and for business,»

«It was a very reluctant rally but it shows how much the market can feed on itself.»

«The question is when does the economy recover and to what extent does it recover?»