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The potential for a cyclical downturn in 2008-09 -- or sooner if we have a global economic recession -- is realistic.

We're still optimistic on equities, we think they offer good value, and we're still playing the cyclical theme.

This is unfortunate rhetoric from politicians. We're a cyclical industry, earning a fair rate of return for everything we have to do to meet our energy needs, all the money we have to invest, all risk we have to take.

The more cyclical stocks, like entertainment, have been hit hard.

A positive outlook on the economy is boosting cyclical stocks today, and sectors like real estate are being bought.

The tech sector should provide a nice hedge from broad-based (outward) spread pressure in 2006, especially in cyclical areas.

So, when we started this easing cycle, yields were already much lower than they normally would have been given just pure cyclical events.

I've said we would make a cyclical top in the first half of 2004. It may not happen until the third quarter, but the ingredients are moving into place.

This is the fourth consecutive monthly increase in manufacturing output and confirms that a manufacturing cyclical rebound is finally underway.

There is a steady migration of recruitment dollars going online, ... Employment figures are trading catalysts but this is a secular growth story, not a cyclical one, so month-to-month employment numbers are less and less relevant.

Cyclical sectors are at high valuations, justifying a more defensive stance.

Richard McCabe

We expect that a cyclical decline will unfold in 2006.

You look at Morgan Stanley and its peers, you see a lot of reliance on their proprietary trading desks and a willingness to take on more risk. If the markets are reaching a cyclical peak, which I think they are, profits are at risk when the economy slows down.

We haven't had a lot of up-and-coming teams. I don't know why. Hopefully they're coming. They're not there yet. But hopefully this is one of those cyclical type things.

Peter Greene

On the Dow, you have gains in the more cyclical names versus more selling in Citigroup. You also have the Dow getting a lift from some positive short-term movement in the dollar,

More globalization means there's more pressure to increase productivity, not to reduce it. No pricing power means there's more pressure to increase productivity, not less, ... There's so much pressure to push it higher, it will be difficult for cyclical factors to push it lower.

Siemens and DaimlerChrysler's results were better than expected and on the macro side, the U.S. labor market data is positive for a cyclical recovery.

John Malkovich

Most filmmakers' entire body of knowledge is of other movies. When they describe things, they describe them in relation to other movies. That's why we have so many cyclical movies that look like other movies. But I'm not cynical. I even go to some of those movies.

For the last several years, cyclical stocks haven't worked no matter what it is.

Bruce Bochy

We've been very cyclical with our hitting. That's what has kept us from getting on a roll and a nice winning streak.

He's been wrong about what's happening with inflation for two years. He's more focused on structural disinflation forces than he is on the cyclical inflationary forces from excessive accommodation.

You are getting some long-overdue profit taking in the technology sector, and the cyclical stocks are having their day in the sun.

Our point is that, like other cyclical businesses, this overcapacity has to get worked out.

If you're looking for growth, you're not going to find it in the cyclical stocks that gave you those high returns in 2003 and 2004.

His conclusion, in essence, is that much of the productivity explosion of recent years is permanent, but there is a risk that there is significant cyclical element too. Unfortunately, this leaves us none the wiser as to his intentions at the next (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting.

There's the whole theory that there's a lot of exceptionally good fundamental value in those old economy, cyclical type stocks.

It's hard for me to get excited about a cyclical recovery when I personally think that the risks of a double-dip recession are increasing. If anything, the fact that tech is outperforming underscores my notion that the U.S. market is still highly speculative.

These are cyclical stocks. When the economy slows, investors get out.

The dollar's cyclical factors are waning but they haven't banished totally. The market is keen on switching to structural dollar stress factors but it's too early -- we also had strong housing figures from the U.S. last week.

The dollar has been propelled by cyclical factors, namely the Fed raising rates boosting the dollar.

Peter Greene

You have gains in the more cyclical names versus selling in Citigroup and J.P. Morgan. You also have the Dow getting a lift from some positive short-term movement in the dollar,