The selling is just about over for the time being, but it's not an environment conducive to buying. There's not much reason to jump in.

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It's imminent that it's going to happen. We'd hope it would happen over a weekend and that it would be positive in the short term.

192

I think what we're doing today is selling into the rally. We're positive on the market for the time being, but once this thing is settled, we'll have to take another look. We'll have a whole new ball game -- then we're talking about the economy.

174

The Chicago numbers got things going this morning, and the money just poured in from the sidelines. The mood is upbeat and people are buying on the dips. It's really been an encouraging day.

165

I think you'll probably see an extension of this rally next week, barring any surprises over the weekend and assuming the ISM number Monday is positive.

140

I think there was a lot of confusion in the market today. I think it's imminent that we are going to be going into Iraq. If (the United States) goes in and starts making more commitments, you'll see the market going up. Hopefully, we'll get some of this malaise out of the way.

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I think we're watching New York in a semi-depressing mood. There's a lot of apprehension and uncertainty about the potential for an attack and what's going on politically in the rest of the world. There hasn't been any corporate news today (Wednesday) that's been particularly terrible, but there's also nothing to push you into the market now.

115

Everybody is doing a 'wait and see' after the recent run. In the last few months, every time we've stepped in too quickly, we've been subject to a correction shortly thereafter, so people are reluctant to commit.

99

I don't think investors are discouraged, they're just not sure what to do. People want to get this out of the way. We've got so many other things to work through, with the economy struggling and the budget.

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