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I don't play accurately-any one can play accurately- but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.

Oscar Wilde

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

Oscar Wilde

The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

Woodrow Wilson

Sentiment is somewhat ingrained now regarding bird flu, but there is not a sea change taking place. People suspect there are risks on the horizon but not so material just yet.

John Atkinson

If spending numbers looked like sentiment numbers, we'd be back in recession, ... The good news is that consumers are complaining, but they're spending.

Robert Barbera

There are serious worries consumer sentiment would deteriorate if possible U.S. military action lasts a long time.

Toshihiko Matsuno

When this sentiment-driven rally finally comes to an end, the pullback we are going to see is going to be aggressive.

Simon Weeks

Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life.

Henry David Thoreau

Consumer sentiment has been improving since about half a year ago.

Taro Saito

It makes sense because both Merck and Schering are too small to compete. Sentiment is good for mergers and acquisitions at the moment.

Alexander Groschke

We would need a very bad trade number to hurt the dollar against the euro, given positive dollar sentiment at the moment.

Carsten Fritsch

Everybody we've heard wants to save the Grape Bowl. Nobody has told us they want it to be torn down. So far, the sentiment is that it's too much of a community asset to do anything except renovate it.

Richard Dean

Terrorism and dialogue cannot go together. Pakistan is not prepared to listen. The overwhelming sentiment in India is that no meaningful dialogue can be held until Pakistan abandons the use of terrorism.

Atal Behari Vajpayee

There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world through their own follies than to boast that they rose in the world through their own industry and talents. It is the same shabby-genteel sentiment, the same vanity of birth which makes men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels rather than elevated apes.

W. Winwood Reade

If the symbolic industry of the United States collapses, it may adversely affect Japan-U.S. relations by stirring up nationalist sentiment there.

Hiroshi Okuda

Clearly German business sentiment has been on a decline since May last year and what we are seeing now is that German manufacturers are really feeling the impact of the global slowdown.

Peter Dixon

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

Ugo Betti

The national sentiment is against the Senate structure.

William Bango

Worse-than-expected trade-deficit figures could be fertile ground for dollar selling. Amid the already dollar-bearish sentiment, the U.S. currency has a downside risk.

Masaki Fukui

What Gore needs, to counter the anti-Clinton, anti-Gore sentiment that's out there for a number of Democrats, is strong labor backing. And this issue is a thorn in the side of organized labor. This is a headache. It's not yet the level of a migraine.

Norman Ornstein

The company may wish to boost sentiment of the IPO given the lukewarm interest in the automotive industry.

Sam Ho

Sentiment seems to be more upbeat at the moment but bear in mind much of the improvement in earnings has come from restructuring, as companies take action to deal with lower sales and weaker pricing power.

Gert De Mesure

There's been a positive sentiment on stocks all week. Companies in Europe are showing decent growth.

Francisco Salvador

What we are seeing is more than a summer phenomenon but a worsening of investor sentiment. People are continuing to be quite concerned about the state of economy and the markets. This is causing them to hold back their investing activity.

Glen Mathison

Sentiment for gold is improving but the outlook largely depends on the fate of crude oil prices.

Tatsuo Kageyama

What the alleged coup failed to do, in terms of weakening the peso, the president managed to. Clearly, this is detrimental to foreign sentiment.

Joseph Tan

I feel the rally has stalled amid disappointment about progress in the war, but Bush is right, the allies will be victorious, and that will provide more fuel for the market to advance from a purely sentiment point of view rather than on fundamentals.

Clive Mcdonnell

We've had four days of very positive action on the Nasdaq and it looks like we might finally hold these gains. I think the sentiment has changed. There's more confidence in the marketplace but we still have that worry about the earnings part of the equation.

Mary Burnes

Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people.

William Blackstone

The market is going to be terrible. The last couple days ? with all the earnings warnings coming ? investor sentiment has been shot combined with the summer season.

Steve Tuen

Bottom line, the consumer is extremely healthy and sentiment is good. I believe they will be spending heavily this year, and that December retail sales will beat expectations.

Steve Neimeth

There is no sentiment in the administration for humoring the Chinese.

John Tkacik

It gives us reason to take a closer look at overall manufacturing and business sentiment at the end of the year.

Andrew Pyle

HOVEL, n. The fruit of a flower called the Palace. Twaddle had a hovel, Twiddle had a palace; Twaddle said: 'I'll grovel Or he'll think I bear him malice' -- A sentiment as novel As a castor on a chalice. Down upon the middle Of his legs fell Twaddle And astonished Mr. Twiddle, Who began to lift his noddle. Feed upon th.

Ambrose Bierce

Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

Edward Abbey

Fed policy may be shifting slightly to a longer period of rising rates, and that will hurt sentiment for shares.

Yoji Takeda

Sentiment is not too positive and people are quite cautious ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Tuesday.

Alex Wong

India has less risk than China. India has political transparency and a neutral sentiment toward Japan.

Takeo Fukui

We continue to expect sentiment to worsen until GM/Delphi/UAW reach a three- way deal, which we believe would also greatly facilitate a GMAC sale.

Peter Nesvold

The sentiment now is to work with our developers as well as government agencies.

Tom Savage

Higher oil increasingly will creep into the indicators. Today, it biased the trade gap higher and pushed up import prices and also impeded the consumer sentiment number.

Drew Matus

The average business owner will think that their business is worth more than it actually is because of sentiment. It's been their life. It's been their career.

Douglas Boyce

It was an irresponsible attempt to drive undecided voters into Merkel's camp by appealing to xenophobic sentiment against Turks living in Germany.

Lutz Erbring

Investor sentiment has been a problem for Latin America and emerging market asset classes as a whole, ... This is a time to get in to our portfolio.

Robert Meyer

Overseas buying is the biggest support we have now. Any stabilization in crude prices helps boost sentiment.

Masayuki Ito

Strong crude oil prices were generally lifting sentiment in the precious metals market.

Akira Doi

PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous, commonly clean and always solemn.

Ambrose Bierce

Sentiment was extreme and totally against the yen, and that's why we saw it getting stronger. When everybody is positioned for one outcome, then you've got to ask yourself where the marginal buyers are going to come from.

Steve Pearson

The business sentiment index is expected to reveal a slight improvement across a broad front, ranging from large firms to small firms, as the Japanese economy is now enjoying a well-balanced recovery.

Tetsuro Sawano

The sentiment on interest rates can swing. It really depends on the stance of the Federal Reserve.

Mandy Chan

The new austerity policy has created a small concern on the China side and there is a correction in the crude price overnight, so the market sentiment right now is not very good.

Gideon Lo

When the sentiment changes, we could probably get a pretty good rally, because that is what we're talking about, sentiment. The fundamentals are looking fine.

Kevin Bannon

Hopefully that emotion and sentiment will work for us.

Michael Searle

Sentiment now is very bearish. We view this as a good sign for the market, going forward.

Andy Engel

The cut in the debt sales is a positive for bonds. The improved fiscal situation with a stricter cap on sales lightens up the sentiment in the market.

Shigeru Endo

If the case gets reviewed, it is likely to become a long-drawn matter that will negatively affect sentiment for a while.

Padermpob Songkroh

You'd better spend a little more on R&D to lower your profits because you're going to lose them one way or another. The sentiment toward the oil companies is pretty negative in government right now.

Janna Sampson

Right now sentiment is all loaded on one side of the market. It gives you the idea we're running late in the game -- we may be in the process of putting in a short-term top in the market.

Paul Nolte

Energy has been pretty darn strong even with the price of crude down. In fact, the only real negative sector is consumer discretionary, because of the horrendous consumer sentiment numbers.

Jon Brorson

There is a prevailing sentiment that a higher cost for a managed service buys a lower-risk investment. I don't buy that argument.

Andrew Barker

Moody's news surely helped turn around sentiment. It gave Brazilian markets a good boost. Dollar futures fell, interest rate futures fell, and C-bonds rose.

Diniz Pignatari

Sentiment has not weakened significantly, and there's plenty of demand out there for stocks like Teijin.

Hidenori Karaki

Sentiment in the market is still quite good thanks to a bounce in China Mobile and China Unicom.

Alex Tang

The coupon doesn't appear to be attractive for many investors, so market players are keen to know if the auction could attract sufficient demand, which could also set the tone of market sentiment.

Ryutaro Matsuyama

We will start this summer to give retailers plenty of time to include the simple sentiment in their promotional activity.

Don Wildmon

The market sentiment now is much more nervous.

Tetsu Emori

Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.

Norman Mailer

Sentiment remains fragile... We are still waiting for signs that companies are rebuilding margins and investing again.

Valerie Plagnol

Public sentiment regarding such vehicles has turned more negative than previously.

Scott Sprinzen

Our view is that sentiment remains cautious.

Robin Marshall

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.

Rabindranath Tagore

Gainers outnumber losers and sentiment is not bad. But investors are keeping away from large-cap technology stocks right now, as it's hard to see where the U.S. market is going.

Masafumi Nakayama

The American sentiment after 9-11, the heartbreak, the fear and the anger, all of that was used to get us into Iraq and I think that's incredibly cynical for them to have done that.

Chris Wright

All of those numbers will be looked at, but the biggest number tomorrow will be the sentiment index.

Tom Schrader

The sentiment on interest rates can swing.

Mandy Chan

It's pretty funny how quickly sentiment can swing, but I think it's too soon for the Fed to pause (in raising rates). This morning's number keeps the Fed on track continuing 25 basis points (quarter-point) hikes.

John Shin

Bush's speech and the implications of what he proposed last night gives the market confidence that despite negative economic data like the consumer sentiment numbers this morning the economy is going to be okay.

John Waterman

PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another. An ancient philosopher, expounding his conviction that life is no better than death, was asked by a disciple why, then, he did not die. 'Because,' he replied, 'death is no better than life.' It is longer.

Ambrose Bierce

The market's starting to look further ahead. There seems to be the sentiment that the economy will cool and the Fed (once it hikes interest rates later this month) will be done.

Josh Stiles

Energy companies have been the best performers in terms of new issues this year. This reflects a shift in investor sentiment, in what investors are looking for.

Steve Tuen

Sentiment indicators show that people's expectations have been brought down a lot.

Tom Mcmanus

The European markets will play catch-down this morning. Sentiment finally broke down after disappointing earnings releases and a further increase in the price of oil.

Philippe Gijsels

People's sentiment is changing. They don't mind spending more for attractive goods.

Takahide Kiuchi

The decline in oil prices is positive for investor sentiment on shares of exporters.

Seo Jung Ho

The legal victory represents a significant reduction in the risk profile of the company. The company's fending off of this major threat is likely to lift sentiment for the entire large-cap pharmaceutical group through the remainder of 2005.

David Moskowitz

Sentiment going forward is cautious, which seems to be a trend in this economic recovery cycle, but capital spending plans are firm, indicating that companies are continuing to push ahead in business activity despite a cautious stance.

Mamoru Yamazaki

Overall the sentiment in the metals is still very bullish and it is hard to see this changing in the near term.

William Adams

Investor sentiment here looks a bit too pessimistic.

Tatsuhiko Takura

Most worrying for me in China is the stoking up of nationalist sentiment as an alternative to, I think, moral fervor that used to accompany Communism. I hope that the Chinese authorities will be careful about that.

Chris Patten

Clearly this is detrimental to foreign sentiment.

Joseph Tan

Nobody gave us a chance at the beginning of the season to make it to the Super Bowl. Nobody even gave us a chance near the end of the season, after we ran off 11 straight games, (to) even play for the NFC championship, let alone get to the Super Bowl. I feel like that's a sentiment we've had to overcome all year. Each time we've overcome that challenge, and I feel like we'll do the same this time.

Mack Strong

They are overestimating the anti-gay sentiment in their own organization and the country.

David Smith

Ongoing protests are affecting investor sentiment negatively. Investors are now concerned whether the crisis will affect government economic policy.

Sukbir Khanijoh

Given the strong consumer sentiment, merchants have been offering much smaller discount or even no discount compared with last year.

Daniel Chan

Yevtushenko has written that 'A poet in Russia is more than a poet,' and throughout his life he has tried to justify this sentiment, ... The Order of Friendship Between Peoples.

William Davidson

The dollar's decline was quite fast, particularly last week, so it's very likely we will see a correction upward. Sentiment remains bearish for the dollar, but the currency needs to rebound first.

Tsutomu Soma

Americans are still worried about rising interest rates and high gasoline prices. That, along with the lingering impact from Hurricane Katrina and ongoing political fights in Washington, seems to be holding back consumer sentiment.

Terry Jones

Economic activity is very strong this quarter and the Fed will have to raise rates to keep inflation under control. The market sentiment is still on the bearish side.

Kazuaki Oh'e

Market sentiment changed completely in the second half, triggered by Koizumi's re-election.

Tomokatsu Mori

Wall Street's losses overnight weighed on market sentiment.

Stanley Chou

Demand is growing, and we still have uncertainties in Nigeria, and the ongoing situation in Iran continues to worry. The sentiment is still very positive and the market in a very bullish mood.

Bruce Evers

There was an observable extreme in market sentiment.

Steve Pearson

Americans expect that this country's newest residents will proudly wave our flag and make strides to learn our language - English. An official English policy is the state government's manner of endorsing that sentiment.

Mauro E. Mujica

There is clearly a lot of anti-American sentiment in Pakistan, less so in Afghanistan, but I think that this will feed into it.

Peter Bergen

The sentiment for the whole telecoms sector has now cooled down.

Markus Steinbeis

We've seen an accumulation of strong numbers and sentiment at high levels in Europe. When we look at the numbers we're pretty confident the ECB will accelerate the pace of rate increases.

Cyril Beuzit

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

Ann Radcliffe

Sentiment is building that the Fed may pause for a while after raising rates to 5 percent next month. That helps shorter-maturity debt, especially two-year notes.

Hidehiko Maejima

It was a good discussion, but in the end, I think the general sentiment was that there was not enough data or support on which to defend that kind of thing.

Blake Ress

Investor sentiment is recovering on lower oil prices.

Lee Kun Hak

The companies' sentiment on the global market outlook appears to have suddenly turned pessimistic. A long recovery trend in their share prices continuing since 2002 could now have been snapped.

Yoshihisa Miyamoto

Investors are very reluctant to hold positions in an environment like this. People are anticipating that if the data on consumer sentiment is fairly innocuous, the day could be over at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.

Marty Cunningham

The market is in the grips of deflationary sentiment, the dollar has remained strong, and concern lingers about the economies in Asia.

Bernie Savaiko

Despite the strong rand the JSE remained strong, which showed that there was a lot of positive sentiment.

Ferdi Heyneke

The prevailing sentiment tends to be somewhat negative after the earnings reports.

Michael James

It's amazing how quickly sentiment shifts. Two weeks ago, people would have sworn that the economy was gaining momentum. But there's no reason to believe that if we have normal economic improvement then that won't translate into normal seasonal second-half demand.

Cody Acree

Clearly, the people who are buying growth stocks are saying the good news from a series of interest rates in the U.S. and Canada will mean inflation remains under control. The overall sentiment today was basically optimistic.

Kate Warne

They had been corrupted by money, and he had been corrupted by sentiment. Sentiment was the more dangerous, because you couldn't name its price. A man open to bribes was to be relied upon below a certain figure, but sentiment might uncoil in the heart at a name, a photograph, even a smell remembered.

Graham Greene

Given both the real economy and people's sentiment, I would say the Japanese economy is now about to exit a dark tunnel and move in a bright direction.

Kaoru Yosano

Sentiment on search has been neutral to negative this quarter. This is a data point that supports the strength in online advertising for the long-term.

Mark Mahaney

Sentiment doesn't bring people in. It can't stand forever. Tear it down.

Arthur Schwartz

It was weaker than expected, but it wasn't a dramatic surprise. It was already pretty clear that sentiment came off in January.

Jim O'sullivan

The way the bad news from Deutsche has been handled by the market shows we're not in bad shape right now. There seems to be sentiment change with the market looking at the good news.

Lex Werkheim

As a venture investor, the sentiment now is that we can finally begin to make money again.

Michael Greely

It's sentiment and business. Half and half.

Haim Saban

There is still a sentiment that Quebecers are the spoiled brats of Canadian confederation and that Quebec has everything it wants.

Benoit Pelletier

The overall public sentiment, other than where the homeless are going to go, has been very, very positive about us doing this.

Lester Chang

Sentiment will swing back in favor of a Federal Reserve rate hike in August if June retail sales rebound.

Marc Chandler

There's a lot of sentiment that this is really the last chance for Bill Ford to turn things around.

Stephen Pope

The Merrill Lynch report had significant impact on investor sentiment, which was already weak when the index failed to pass 6,700 yesterday.

Alex Huang

The yen is a yardstick for sentiment. We think that Japan is having a bad situation, so you sell Japan, you sell the yen.

Marc Desmidt

The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian.

Frank Herbert

More importantly it's names like Wal-Mart. [Wal-Mart] is a sentiment indicator for the whole retail sector.

Katie Townshend

The expectations are for another run of good results for the large, diversified miners. With many commodities still at higher levels, we're seeing the continuation of the positive sentiment.

Tim Barker

The dollar is drifting downwards. There is an inclination to sell dollars -- the current account deficit is the underlying concern. We need to see a big upward surprise in U.S. data to change the sentiment.

Daragh Maher

Political uncertainty is the main factor for the market decline. Buying sentiment was very weak as the crisis appeared to be continuing for a while.

Sukbir Khanijoh

It (consumer sentiment) was a little higher than expected, but the stock market has come back, gasoline prices have come down, and the weather has been beautiful and that has to affect consumers somewhat.

Mark Vitner

Our issue is not about finances. The issue in this state has really been about public sentiment, whether or not the electorate of this state believes the conduct of this research is appropriate.

Myra Christopher

I touch the future. I teach. I really appreciate that sentiment. That's going with me.

Christa Mcauliffe

Earnings have been coming in better-than-expected and that is improving sentiment.

Rene Clerix

At this moment, sentiment still feels good, and I think there's room for stocks to rally further.

Phil Schlakman

A 70-degree weekend in November helps to dampen sentiment on energy stocks and it makes for a quietly better market. When the weather gets a little cooler, it changes people's psyches and they will warm up to energy stocks.

Mike Driscoll

It will be very negative. Given the easy money out there, if these kind of prime assets can't get taken, it will rattle a lot of investors and depress sentiment.

Frederick Searby

People's sentiment has changed a lot. Everybody used to think gold is of no use. Now, they think gold is pretty good, very beautiful.

Ronald Leung

Any M&A on this scale is good news for the market. Consolidation is needed in the telecoms industry and premiums increase investor sentiment.

Robert Sellar

The mayor needs to stand out in front of issues and not wait for community sentiment to form. … I think they would like to take on a more active role, and that should be encouraged. … They would actually like to be a policy-making arm, a legislative arm.

Kevin Mckeown

Sentiment can change overnight. Good news is good news again.

Ralph Acampora

I think both the sentiment and fundamental factors are in place for the resumption of a bull market.

Alfred Goldman

Sentiment towards gold has now turned markedly more bearish and further long liquidation looks likely, although the deterioration in sentiment has been so swift that a bear trap can not be ruled out.

Alan Williamson

Signs of economic recovery continue to boost investor sentiment on stocks. Earnings at exporters will continue to grow next year.

Choi Min Jai

Given today's jump in sentiment numbers, hard economic data for January should follow suit.

Ralph Solveen

The market has shown itself to be sensitive to changes in sentiment. But nothing has changed with regard to the fundamental outlook for the economy, which is good.

Stefan Worrall

Amid the prevailing dollar-bearish sentiment, strong data in Germany could surely push up the euro again. Should the index rise more than expected, it will certainly raise expectations for ECB rate hikes.

Takehiko Jimbo

We think both competitors are to be taken seriously, but do not believe the case of secular impairment of the newspaper companies is as draconian as current sentiment would suggest.

William Drewry

Valuations on mining stocks look very rich. Any pause in the spot price is leading to sharp price corrections and sentiment can reverse quite quickly.

Chris Tinker

There is strong money flow, which is boosting sentiment, but we are seeing a lot of churn, as investors are taking a call on earnings.

Sandeep Shenoy

I'm both gratified and a little surprised at the on-rush of sentiment and affection for him that we've seen. You would suppose that in these circumstances a lot of hyperbole goes on, and I'm just not seeing that. This affection for Tim pre-existed these circumstances.

William Shea

The second half should be a barn burner, ... We've had a good lengthy correction and sentiment has been problematic. There's no irrational exuberance in these stocks.

Rick Whittington

I'm afraid the selling will continue until Nasdaq settles down, which may take another few weeks. There have been quite a few good earnings results from domestic firms, but their impact on market sentiment has been very limited.

Tetsuya Ishijima

There is a strong sentiment it might occur. But the when and where is still out there.

Tony Curington

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.

John Henry Cardinal Newman

We've got some decent data points to work through over the rest of the week. The new home sales, initial jobless claims are particularly important and Friday we have Michigan sentiment. But it's been the case of late that if the news is good, nothing happens and if the news is bad, we sell, so we'll have to see how these reports play out.

Bryan Piskorowski

Sentiment amongst institutional investors is very poor. There's a lot of uncertainty surrounding the new management's strategy.

Charlie Lanchester

Given the current sentiment in the market, there's probably a greater chance of the dollar rallying on a strong number than the risk of any sort of sell-off if there is disappointment.

Junya Tanase

We've got some weighty numbers tomorrow, with consumer sentiment and Chicago PMI due.

Tom Schrader

The mayor has been outspoken in saying that it's important for people to send a positive message within their own community and to fight the kind of sentiment that were in the old T-shirts, and he's happy that people have taken it upon themselves to present these positive shirts.

Seth Gitell

If figures in the jobs data are stronger than expected, 10-year treasuries could rise to 5 percent with sentiment already weak.

Hiroki Shimazu

The U.S. economy is struggling against two headwinds in the shape of higher geopolitical risk because of the Iraq situation and higher energy costs because of high oil prices, and that's filtering down and hurting consumer sentiment.

Kevin Grice

Political noise and the proximity of the general elections are not damping business sentiment. The strong fiscal performance reflects the buoyant economy.

Carola Sandy

Softbank's poor performance is especially weighing on sentiment.

Katsuhiko Kodama

There is so much bad news priced into the stock ... and sentiment is so poor, that we believe the disappointing near-term results will be discounted in anticipation of improvements from new management.

David Strasser

There is strong money flow, which is boosting sentiment, but there is likely to be a lot of churn, as investors take a call as more earnings come in.

Sandeep Shenoy

It came as something of a surprise. I would have expected sentiment to recover.

Rolf Biland

Tomorrow is set to be another busy day on the U.K. corporate calendar and this stands to provide some direction, but U.S. economic sentiment in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina looks set to continue to dictate where the major indexes go next.

Geoff Langham

Sentiment is equally weighted between bulls and bears at the moment and the.

Angus Campbell

It's the impact from Katrina, which in the first few weeks will be at a maximum, and it does increase our confidence that we will see a hit to the other sentiment indexes in September.

Michael Englund

ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.

Ambrose Bierce

The moves raised hopes that fresh money will flow into the market and helped boost sentiment.

Ding Chaoyu

The drop-off in Treasuries can't be ignored. That is contributing to weaker sentiment in Japanese bonds.

Hiroaki Takai

Weak economic figures give cause for concern over the Fed's rate increases. I had thought the data on foreign investment was not so important up to now, but amid the dollar-bearish sentiment, this could be yet another dollar-selling catalyst.

Tadahiko Nashimoto

The sentiment now is outright bullish.

Jan Leroy

There has been such negative sentiment around Amazon that just making the quarter and giving basically in-line guidance is going to be seen as positive.

Philip Remek

A weaker yen, and platinum futures prices trading above Yen 4,000/g, made the commodity 'very safe' to invest, in addition to the bullish sentiment felt across the metal futures complex with speculative funds.

Tatsuo Kageyama

The sentiment in the entire region is negative.

Hany Hussein

Consumers appear to be feeling some festive cheer as we approach Christmas. It appears that recent negative sentiment, caused by recent higher petrol prices, fears over house prices and other factors, has dissipated.

Stuart Bernau

For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.

Pierre De Coubertin

I think the fear of interest rates being raised and the impact that would have on economic growth is public enemy No. 1 for stock sentiment right now.

John Forelli

What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around.

Georges Bernanos

This is a market that will not do what may be obvious. It's sentiment-led, rather than value-led. If we stabilize, people may try to cherry-pick in blue-chip and growth stocks, but if we head lower investors may get defensive again.

Jerry Evans

Any excuse to sell, when sentiment is running this hot against it.

Brendan O'donovan

The long-awaited downside correction in the U.S. dollar is now underway, and appears likely to continue for the near-term due to extreme institutional and retail investor sentiment readings and unmet minimum measuring objectives based on the greenback's breakdown earlier this week.

John Kosar

There was a shortage of positive cues to boost sentiment.

Jeffrey Cheng

The sentiment is terrible for technology stocks right now. We were overbought and now things are moving back to normal.

Duco Frie

I think that's the general sentiment. I think 2006 will be seen as a real turnaround year.

Doug Henton

The slide in stocks is a positive for bonds. Further stocks declines will damp individuals' sentiment and could affect growth.

Yoshihiro Gake

Institutional sentiment still wants to be long the market. It wants to be long semiconductor stocks, regardless of what Intel had to say.

Michael James

The only thing driving it today is mergers and acquisitions, it's the story today as it has been for the last couple of weeks. There's good sentiment out there about corporate earnings.

Oliver Stevens

Overall sentiment is poor as the anti-government rally planned for Sunday draws nearer, and investors are likely to stay away or play short-term.

Sukhbir Khanijoh

Some mixed corporate news dampened sentiment.

Anthony Hill

A drop in oil prices removes one of the few big negatives in regard to markets. It definitely helps sentiment seeing lower crude prices.

Giri Cherukuri