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I would summarize the quarter as a solid quarter from a revenue and earnings per share perspective and a strong quarter from an orders perspective.

John Davidson

There are some worries about will the earnings this year support the 2-1/2 year highs that the indexes have recently reached, particularly in an environment where interest rates will be rising.

I think the earnings are going to be better than expected, but I don't know whether the market's going to rise on that.

John Davidson

I think that overall we are in for a pretty good earnings quarter, and that may be a positive for stocks.

HP's fundamental earnings power highlights that this is more than just a restructuring story.

Reasonable mergers generate substantial synergies, so that provides for earnings and cash-flow growth even if it doesn't provide for revenue growth, and I think that's a big driver.

Price is fact. Earnings on the other hand are estimates. You restate earnings. You never restate price.

Our much improved earnings resulted largely from the strength of refining margins during the quarter,

Investors' expectations of steelmakers' earnings are high. Steel producers may lead the market this week.

Investors are taking stock of earnings and questioning whether they should be as optimistic as they are.

Investors are going to be surprised when we get a string of stronger economic stats. But we might have to get through earnings season before that happens.

In the past, I think there had been low expectations for Kyocera's electronics parts business, so I think investors had gradually started to view it as one of the losers in the tech sector. In that sense, these earnings are a positive surprise.

Mark Watson

Interest rates, to me, matter more than earnings growth, ... The prospect that rates are going up will revalue the whole market.

Subodh Kumar

In the very short term, you are seeing a response to the economic news, and that can give the market some buoyancy. Whereas in September and October, the above-consensus earnings enabled the market to perform better than it traditionally has, in November the focus switches to the economy.

Intel's earnings announcement has made investors skittish about the prospects for other chipmakers and computer-related companies.

The IBM earnings were good, but is this enough to turn things around?. I guess the futures could rally overnight, but as it stands, we're headed toward a lower open.

The events of September 11 were not helpful for the global economy and it will be harder to maintain our earnings growth of the last two years.

The estimates are for earnings to be down 50 percent in the second quarter, 37 percent in the third quarter, and 12 percent in the fourth.

The majority of earnings have been good, but there have been some misses and the market has reacted violently to them. This is a week that has put me on alert.

The Iraq situation is going to loom pretty heavily. Some of the things I'd hoped would provide a stimulus, like the earnings announcements, haven't been there. We're going to be stuck in a trading range.

John Bartlett

You've got earnings growth visibility that's stronger than the market. M&A is a tailwind.

The good earnings news is really taking hold. Some of the warnings from last week are less of a factor in the marketplace now.

The global outlook is OK, so that suggests that the earnings (growth) will still be there, and as long as they are, people take the view that the wherewithal for dividend growth and share buybacks will be there.

The economy is still strong, earnings will be good, and that bodes well for the stock market,

The economy is on good footing, the earnings in the first quarter are expected to be better, but I can't see anything that's going to have a big impact on the market in the short term other than the price of oil.

The earnings were about a penny or two more than expectation, but because the source was investment banking, it probably doesn't excite the market that much.

The earnings so far are not inspiring but it's the guidance people are looking at, not the numbers, and this has not been wonderful.

Chuck D.

The earnings rebound keeps getting pushed out further.

The earnings picture looks good, especially on the resources side.

The earnings picture is one that people will be able to hang their hats on,

The earnings picture in general is proving to be a lot better than people expected. The outlook for earnings is still very positive so these markets are doing exactly as you'd expect. There's no indication yet they're looking tired.

The earnings number may not mean much in this particular report,

The earnings momentum at Kawasaki Kisen and other Japanese shippers has already peaked. It's not good to aggressively invest in the sector at this moment.