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Earnings are moving right on up, and I don't see any serious diminishment of the earnings projections. It looks like we are going to do 10% to 15% profit growth in 2006. That is what is pushing stock prices higher.

Earnings are in good shape, but the outlook is cloudy.

Earnings are good. We need energy prices globally to come down.

Earnings are going to have to really go up in order for valuations to look attractive. Tech earnings are going to be strong but it's already more or less priced into the stocks,

Earnings are a mixed bag, but it seem like tech stocks are starting to turn the corner.

Even after a 90 percent decline, we still think the stock is expensive, trading at 91 times 2001 earnings per share and 45 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Even good earnings results from well-known names like Toyota Motor Corp aren't helping sentiment.

First-quarter earnings seem to be very much in line with expectations.

First off, Microsoft does have a good product mix, ... It has a five-year earnings growth rate, which is somewhere around 15 percent because it is a giant after all.

Five and a half times earnings is the maximum I have seen for young professionals.

Fiscal Q4 guidance is a clear-cut disappointment. However, sentiment was very poor prior to the earnings release and some investors are likely relieved that it's not worse.

Fiscal fourth-quarter guidance is a clear-cut disappointment. However, sentiment was very poor prior to the earnings release and some investors are likely relieved that it's not worse.

Earnings will be good, and probably better than some expected. That will be refreshing to investors.

Earnings were up 6 percent from the first quarter, making the second quarter of 2000 Alcoa's eighth consecutive quarter of improved earnings,

Earnings were essentially in line to mildly negative because of the adjustments.

Earnings were better than anticipated, that's good news for Engelhard.

Earnings still look good and overall economic growth is still moving in the right direction.

Earnings so far have been fairly robust. And if you look at projections, the short-term looks pretty good too.

Earnings seem to be flat to a penny better, and everyone was prepared for the worst. There don't seem to be a lot of sellers in the market, and it seems like the tide might be starting to turn. The market is fairly valued...it gives the opportunity for the economy and earnings to move higher here.

Earnings season is finished, and the economy is taking this one step forward, one step back path. I'm looking for us to be in a holding pattern at least through the rest of February.

Roger McNamee

Earnings right now is as good as you could possibly imagine. I mean, the economy is strong, the technology economy in particular is strong. I think what we have seen, though, is a phase shift on Wall Street and, frankly, investors are looking for reasons to sell.

Earnings per share may drop, relative to where they have been.

David Malpass

Earnings of corporations are going to be under more and more pressure.

Earnings news has been discounted and investors are looking for a reason to take money off the table, ... Today, they found that reason in Microsoft's sales projections.

Because inflation is modest, and worries about that are starting to diminish, I think the focus will turn to earnings, and the earnings are going to be very strong.

Hugh Johnson

Every time (crude prices) move toward $50, it raises serious questions about the economy and earnings in 2005.

Subodh Kumar

I see volatility until the end of the month. With earnings season near and energy prices high there will be volatility.

The worst of the earnings news is probably out of the way and expectations are probably back in line.

They are also reasonable value, and earnings momentum is holding up better than expected.

We solidly outperformed on revenues, expenses, and earnings per share, and we feel good about where we ended the quarter on unearned (revenue),

We solidly outperformed on revenues, expenses, and earnings per share, and we feel good about where we ended the quarter on unearned (revenue),

When all is said and done, the fact of the matter is we will have double-digit earnings growth for the S&P 500.

We are slightly raising our prior guidance on earnings per share for 2000 to $3.14, which would represent a 67 percent increase, versus 1999's EPS on ongoing operations of $1.88.