Quotes about Trading

Rumors of refinery problems have created aggressive trading on the surplus fuel market, where independent station operators buy from. Although there is no shortage of gasoline, the day trading is driving prices higher.

Charles Langley

The dramatic rise in trading volume -- including last year's record options volume exceeding 1.5 billion contracts -- has allowed us to continue to cut fees while providing service enhancements for our business partners. We are very proud to be able to provide our customers world-class risk management, clearance and settlement services at a reasonable cost.

Michael Cahill

We regret that Canary was given special treatment, ... It should not have happened. We continue to work to determine whether One Group investors were financially harmed by this trading -- and if they were, we will make full restitution.

Jamie Dimon

Our leaders should also do more to create a safer and secure environment by not only paying lip service to their policies on gun trading.

Lucas Radebe

The stock is now trading at 42 times next year's earnings estimates, a huge discount to where it has traded over the last six months.

Neil Herman

Right now, you're talking to a company that 60 days ago had stock trading in the 12 to 14 cents range.

David Pohl

It did push things on the downside, but we didn't do anything to the (trading) range.

Lara Akin

Of course, we are happy to receive this aid, but at the same time, we are trading our dignity for 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of sorghum, ... The Fulani man has never counted on anybody for assistance, just Mother Nature.

Amadou Doutchi

A growing percentage of trading closed-end funds is occurring electronically and away from the exchange floor. NASDAQ is well designed to trade closed-end funds. NASDAQ's electronic trading is efficient, translating into excellent retail investor access. And NASDAQ Market Makers are well qualified to address the nuances of trading closed-end funds.

Bruce Aust

For the first couple of months of the year, tech stocks were trading more on hope than anything else, ... But as the year progresses, it is starting to appear that the hope was not justified.

John Rutledge

I don't think we're in for Armageddon, but there's not going to be any visibility on earnings. So we've got months of trading fun and investors can go to the beach.

Bill Meehan

You're going to see a lot of volatility all day. It's the last day of trading for the quarter, so things get hectic.

Brian Williamson

The market is only trading on about 13 times this year's earnings, which is hardly suggestive of irrational euphoria, and growth is still coming in quite strongly. I think there's an expectation that there will be further bid activity during the year.

Andrew Bell

With several markets closed today, it is likely we'll see low volumes and a start of trading close to unchanged.

Oliver Stevens

Trading at 12 times 2005 earnings, shares are reflecting a seemingly bearish view of Pfizer's growth prospects, in our opinion. With these low expectations built into the shares, we are encouraged that Pfizer's $4 billion cost restructuring will stabilize near-term earnings.

Chris Schott

But there is still some difference compared with the practice in the international market where fluctuation of trading currencies are mostly not bottomed or capped.

Wang Yuanhong

If physical buyers think the run is overextended, they will sell. It looks like some of them have sold gold when it was trading around $575.

David Gornall

Money will flow to where there are solid returns on capital. There are great opportunities in Eastern Europe and other emerging markets. We're seeing economic growth twice that of the U.S. but stocks are trading at a discount.

Frank Holmes

Instead of collecting trading cards and other memorabilia some have grown up and now air miles is the adults' collectable.

Randy Petersen

That was vital to the game because until then we'd just been trading baskets. I wasn't nervous because coach told me I'm not a freshman anymore. I'm a sophomore.

Jamar Smith

If there's little trading, that would be quickly reflected in the shares.

Yakov Amihud

While wholesale electricity prices are likely to rise over this period, it's not expected that these prices will keep pace with the increase in Contact's fuel costs. There will be significant pressure on the company's trading margins.

Grant King

We're in an environment where share prices are trading ahead of valuations.

Rob Mercer

I'm not saying the U.S. market is going to be open 24 hours -- it'll just flow into the next market when it opens. And electronic trading will go on all night long.

Don Hays

Some investors took profits in select blue chips, driving the benchmark index into negative territory. Trading was confined to a narrow range ... ahead of the long Christmas holiday.

Jackson Wong

The higher short interest goes, the more eventual buyers there will be, ... It represents buying potential, because the shorts can't book profits without buying. These short-covering rallies take about one-and-a-half trading sessions, but they can't be seen as an overly bullish sign.

Paul Cherney

With our significant presence already in the region, and the fact that California is one of the largest issuers of municipal bonds in the country, it just made sense for us to have a trading desk in the state. We have a total of 68 branch offices in California, Nevada and Hawaii, and we also run a public finance office in Los Angeles, so we know these markets well.

John Harrington

The trade-off is they are going to have scars. You are trading scars for body shape.

Jeff Kenkel

The camera is a way of making an intangible experience more real. It's certainly real for us. We're on this trading desk all day, so we're inviting people to visit with us.

Don Luskin

My sense right now is that we're in a trading range market. I would be looking for a pullback. I don't see any major catalysts that would propel stocks on the upside. We have nervousness over the situation in Iraq, and I'm frankly concerned about reports out of Saudi Arabia.

Frederic Dickson

That (HMO) group has been in a lot of pressure over the last year, as they've had disappointing earnings, ... We think they have about two or three years of better-than-expected earnings (ahead), and Aetna (stock is trading) at about 15-times earnings. So it's a cheap stock, a large-cap company due for better times.

David L. Katz

It's an idea that's moving closer to the front burner. There's a lot of stocks out there that are listed on other markets that become possible candidates for trading.

Neal Wolkoff

We leave the meeting believing that Yahoo! is a must own. While the stock will undoubtedly be subject to the whims of the current trading environment, the growth opportunities, although not lay-ups, are enormous and compelling in our opinion.

Lise Buyer

We have a lot of gas in storage, and May natural gas contract prices are trading comfortably around $7.50. The price action tells me that the market might think current gas storage levels are not enough.

Tom Saal

It's ridiculous that Motorola is trading down. Nokia comes out and says industry growth is great but that it didn't get any of it. By deductive reasoning, somebody had to get it, ... People are seeing Nokia is taking a bath and are incorrectly thinking that it's an industry problem.

Greg Gorbatenko

The Governor's decision to allow him (Singh) this much time is undemocratic. Also, it may give the Congress an ample amount of time to attempt horse-trading. Therefore, we want that the vote should be held tomorrow itself.

Venkaiah Naidu

If the APEC economies can't collectively come up with forward movement on trade and open markets, that would be unfortunate for the global trading system. It's absolutely critical for the leaders of these 21 countries to come out with a very strong statement on trade.

Myron Brilliant

This should be a great quarter for the investment banks across virtually all their business segments. High-margin merger advisory, sales and trading, and stock and bond underwriting all look really strong this quarter.

Robert Hansen

I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna Fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

House prices tend to move seasonally, driven up by higher demand and activity in the warmer months and falling off towards Christmas. Just as the trading period over Christmas is crucial for the retail sector, the spring and summer are crucial for the housing market.

Greg Fuzesi

We continue to be in this trading range, at the lower end right now, ... The only catalysts that can get us out of here in the next few weeks is some relief at the pump, lower oil prices and news about how much the Fed is going to raise rates.

Joseph Battipaglia

[Analysts said the market is likely to remain in a tight trading range until the outcome of the central bank meeting.] I'd say we're about as evenly divided as we've ever been on any one issue, ... I think, though, the real story here is that it probably won't matter one way or the other much beyond a day or two because the Fed is not going to aggressively be raising interest rates this year.

William Meehan

The Financial Supervisory Commission is trying to besmirch the company by the so-called 'insider trading' probe, and it must stop at once, lest it causes damage to the government's reputation.

Robert Tsao

With the indexes edging up, retail investors will gradually return to trading. Institutions such as insurers, pensions and overseas banks will restore interest in the markets, partly thanks to low pricing and the country's economic boom.

Li Zhi

I just came in to do office paperwork. Markets are extremely quiet today. There's hardly any trading and volume must be less than a tenth of what's normal.

Michiyoshi Kato

[Wall Street analysts seemed encouraged. Shares of Atlanta-based Delta were up 5% in late-afternoon trading.] I think it's great they are finally being aggressive in making these adjustments, ... If Delta had done this even six months ago, it probably wouldn't have had to file Chapter 11.

Helane Becker

We are probably at the point where the trading cycle is slowing, at least in North America, and it's tough to say investment banking will get better. But the retail and asset management businesses look really good. That's what's exciting to investors.

Brad Hintz

Crude oil tumbled in the final minutes of trading as traders are taking an attitude that prices may not see a substantial gain based on supply disruptions from Hurricane Katrina.

John Person

If you are making a lot of money from short-term trading, taxes are just the price you pay for being successful.

Robert Mason

Options trading was frenzied. Early on Friday ahead of the delayed court ruling, option players were expecting a move up or down of about 14 percent in the underlying stock.

Jon Najarian

This transaction will effectively combine two strong pools of liquidity into one fully integrated and innovative trading platform.

Jerry Putnam

Those who think that energy prices are headed back into the $30's are dreaming. A $50-$60 trading range for oil is more likely to be a plateau on the way to even higher prices. Demand for energy is rising unabated.

David Kotok

China's apprentice period must now come to a close, and China must act as a fully accountable participant and beneficiary in the international trading system. China must find a way to pursue its own self-interest while also adhering to, and helping to shape, the policies and institutions that under gird its own prosperity and the prosperity of its trading partners.

Karan Bhatia

It's clear we are trading cheap relative to the other exchanges. It doesn't tie in with our actual performance.

Clara Furse

It could broaden their investment channels as they could engage in business that is currently unavailable in domestic market such as trading of financial derivatives.

Chen Xiaodi

We may be in for a good trading session today. The good news from Japan and a pull-back in oil are positive, not only for companies but for consumers as well.

Barry Ritholtz

We're trying to democratize derivatives trading by opening it up to the very small retail investor. Many people read in the papers that oil went up, but they have no way of profiting from that.

Russell Andersson

(The yen) is still in a state of confusion and it's reflecting itself in its price patterns. The market is really unclear as to where to go right here. There are concerns about inflationary fears and that is explaining why the currency is narrowly trading.

Dennis Hynes

The financial markets and Australia's trading partners wouldn't be the least bit disquieted by the leadership being passed to Costello.

Paul Strangio

Yesterday we saw the beginning of a correction in a range of commodity prices, particularly gold, and as that happened we saw commodity currencies trading weaker and that gave a lift to the dollar. That theme is still valid.

Teis Knuthsen

I can virtually guarantee at today's value levels, no matter what, over multiple years they will rise. The world's greatest companies are trading at below- average multiples when they're wildly above-average companies.

Whitney Tilson

People often use Internet trading accounts to try to conceal their trading activity. People don't realize with that there are different types of evidentiary trails being left behind.

David Markowitz

The real thing this is highlighting is how severely the market is trading under a cloud of fear, ... People are really, truly scared.

Jordan Kimmel

If you look at what's growing in the beer industry, it's import and craft beers. They're higher priced and perceived as luxury products. And so if you look at the whole alcohol category, people perceive wine and spirits as high-end, so there's some trading up between beer and wine and spirits.

Harry Schuhmacher

Our trading partners need to understand that we will do everything possible to ensure the competitive position of American farmers and ranchers.

Bob Goodlatte

The market's drifting to the bottom of its trading range. What we really need is for a big corporate name to come out and say they've seen a pickup. It's going to come from the U.S. because they're further along the [economic] curve than we are.

Nigel Cobby

They're not trading me, ... I'm staying.

Barry Bonds

It was a very strong quarter for Goldman, which was what I had expected. Their equity trading is what really carried the day, as I suspect it did for many Wall Street firms with good trading floors.

Hal Schroeder

Fewer family dinners means nobody is trading stories anymore.

Jon Bartos

We try to get them here once a year to learn about changes in Montana, what new companies and products are here and how to better promote the state. Asia has always been one of the biggest trading areas for Montana, primarily for wheat and beef products.

Mark Bisom

This campaign focuses on power, both in terms of what a powerful investment tool futures can be for individual investors and how Lind-Waldock empowers individuals to use both financial and commodity futures through our cutting-edge trading platform, industry-leading education programs, and financial strength.

Mark Sachs

It remains a great environment for stocks, with a strong economy and interest rates staying low. But you're still subject to this kind of sideways trading for the time being.

Robert Long

I don't think there's any reservation, that Monday at 9:30 (a.m. ET), the opening bell as we've come to know it will ring here and trading will commence.

Richard Grasso

Baltimore has always been very sensitive to mild weather. That's a major reason they expanded their non-regulated trading business.

Daniele Seitz

This action is important because it follows through on that commitment through an established multilateral process at the WTO, and because it send a signal to China and other trading partners that domestic content measures are not acceptable.

John Castellani

We believe we haven't conducted illegal actions in stock trading during an acquisition as reported in the newspapers. A thorough investigation of our company will show that we haven't done anything illegal.

Ryoji Miyauchi

The market is at or near the top of its trading range, ... So it would need to be a really strong (payrolls) number to get the market continued on its bullish ways. Right now, I just don't think that pattern is going to happen.

Joe Sunderman

Our customers want to understand where they have exposure on recalled product, alert their trading partners, and resolve potentially brand-damaging events before they escalate. We are excited to introduce a solution that provides all of the supply chain constituents real-time visibility into the status of a recall and allows them to work together to manage these potentially catastrophic events.

Anthony Wilson

I just see a lot of listless trading into the end of the summer -- there isn't much conviction.

James Park

Only 29 million US dollars was bargained on the first trading day, decreasing by 33.17 percent from the previous one.

Cao Xinyu

My great concern is that the tax will not benefit anyone because trading activity will decrease and the revenue collected by the government will therefore fall as well, and the trading will go to other markets.

Gonzalo Alonso

When an exchange specialist unlawfully takes advantage of its privileged position by seizing trading opportunities that it should leave for public customers, it fundamentally undermines the fair and orderly operation of the exchange auction system.

Stephen Cutler

I think we can strengthen our relationship with Mexico which, by the way, was the state's largest trading partner in the fourth quarter of 1998.

Gray Davis

This alliance with Sun, along with Enron's initiatives in bandwidth trading and intermediation, will bring fundamental changes to the Internet.

Jeff Skilling

Expect volatility to go higher and trading ranges to expand.

Jon Nadler

In the high-growth healthcare market, you see companies trading at a premium multiple and they end up not performing. These companies are not just getting hit, they're getting hammered.

David Francis

There's an underground economy out there that's trading fraudulent credit card information and extorting money from Web sites.

David Mackey

Pringle is on Bond Street to announce its brand and set it up in the right way, rather than to do a lot of trading.

James Wells

The higher GDR trading value in 2005 was a major driver of the surge in DR capital raising overall. Eighty eight percent of the $10.8 billion raised through primary offerings in 2005 was in GDR form.

Nancy Lissemore

We've been in this trading range between 5.375 and 5.75 (30-year bond yields) for a very long period of time. Then we finally broke out of that and the next target people are setting their sights for is 6 percent. We have a refunding this week, we have an awful lot of corporate supply and we also have next week's FOMC meeting approaching.

Mike Ryan

AIM has traditionally been known as a growth shop, but it has very good value offerings too. Stanley is a value investor who currently has fewer energy holdings than his peers because he thinks those stocks are trading at peak levels.

Karen Dolan

[But it's not all plain sailing. Provenco recently settled an insider trading case taken by the Securities Commission.] We felt we had a very strong defence but we decided to settle, ... For the amount of time and management distraction involved it just wasn't worth fighting.

David Ritchie

Is that because of day trading, or is it just that [investors] picked the wrong stocks, ... They're buying and selling stocks in the most efficient manner.

Harvey Houtkin

Since $300 billion in yen trade each day in the markets, the G-7 is really no match for the market's firepower, ... In the end, fundamentals will dictate trading.

Tony Crescenzi

The stock had a great run-up in anticipation of solid earnings, and I think their database revenue was a little shy of what people were looking for -- that's probably why people are selling in after-market (trading). Overall, it was a good quarter.

Andrew Roskill

The market will move relatively sideways in the absence of any stimulus. There's a lack of trading theme.

Ben Kwong

We believe that our move into this state of the art trading facility will allow us to further our strategic plan of becoming a scale player within the market making and execution services industry.

Marty Cunningham

The drop in productivity was larger than most people were expecting. It may become a factor in today's trading session.

Owen Fitzpatrick

It's a year 2000 event. This year it's wireless trading and after-hours trading. Next year it'll be the computerized advice, customized service.

Blake Darcy

Handbags are definitely a 'trading up' category. Coach has driven to $1.4 billion in revenues and a market value above $10 billion based on the phenomenon.

Michael Silverstein