More - Larry Wachtel Quotes

For Warner-Lambert shareholders, the danger is that Pfizer takes its marbles and goes home. But the potential reward is that you can get [the deal] for a higher price.

Larry Wachtel

 Danger

These surveys give regional snapshots, and that's all they do. I'd never even heard of the Empire State survey until recently -- and I don't think you can build the case that Wall Street sits there panting, waiting for the results.

Larry Wachtel

 Empire

Gimme a break, ... Where do we go from there?

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Low-end consumers, the ones that spend every penny of their paycheck, are really hurting with these gasoline prices.

Larry Wachtel

 Consumers

All the sacred cows of one year ago are getting decimated.

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All the sacred cows of one year ago are getting decimated,

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A lot of the results yesterday have been a little disappointing. Microsoft had a decent quarter but was a little below expectations. It was the same with both Amazon and Coke.

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When you see this kind of quick move, that's a mechanical sell program from one of the brokerages,

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 Kind

Everything continues to revolve around oil after we got licked pretty good yesterday. Everything is a knee-jerk reaction now.

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When we arrive on Monday, we may or may not know the full extent of Hurricane Rita. The stock market can attempt to discount what is discernible, but when it comes to acts of nature, it can only make assumptions.

Larry Wachtel