Quotes by Courtney Smith

“If we see (broad economic growth in) Europe total at over 2 percent, that would be a significant increase from last year. At the same time, were going to see Japan show positive economic growth for the first time in several years. What thats going to do is (encourage) money flowing out of the dollar.”

“It was hard and tiring but I think our team really worked together and pushed through it.”

“The low volume is coming because the market is holding its collective breath ahead of the Fed.”

“I think well probably see an up session in the market over the next several days.”

“Were starting to put in a bottom I think in the Nasdaq, but its not quite there yet. Were going to probably stagger around and see some volatility over the next week or so.”

“I think what you want to do is also focus on companies that are making the transition from old economy to new economy because they have old-economy valuations, but are really joining the new economy and should have new economy valuations.”

“I still prefer technology stocks. The tech sector is still the place were the earnings momentum is.”

“Its the exact opposite of a U.S. presidential race, where you want to get out of the box early and scare off opponents by fund-raising and showing well in primaries.”

“Were developing a more bullish scenario here because of the slowdown in the economy leading to less pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates. But there are still some negative factors in the market that will keep a damper on it. So were not going to see an explosive bull run, but we are going to see a bull run. The underlying interest rate picture and liquidity picture is starting to improve significantly.”

“Im not gonna get excited about it, but I want one.”