Cyclical Quotes

Although the (Fed) will not be pleased with the sharp decline in productivity growth over the past year, they will view it as a cyclical phenomenon rather than a retreat from the productivity-led expansion of the past 5 years. - Steven Wood

All the indicators are neutral right now, so our ability to forecast long-range is weak. But there are ways to look at it. If we look at this from a cyclical standpoint, we may be in a wetter pattern. - Brian McInerney

All markets are cyclical, although we're less cyclical than in the past because our economy is better diversified. - Dave Morrison

Again (with the UPS pick), a lot of the same kind of issues. A company with very, very good quality earnings. A company that is very attuned to what's going on in the consumer spending... And a company that has some pro-cyclical elements. We are talking about a pickup in the economy. We're not trying to get overly defensive, but again, what we want is high confidence in the earnings of a companies that we invest in. - Kevin Bannon

Accelerating the growth in life sciences is key to our strategy to becoming a faster-growing, more profitable, less cyclical company. - Charles Holliday Jr

A positive outlook on the economy is boosting cyclical stocks today, and sectors like real estate are being bought. - Kazunori Jinnai

A lot of the other cyclically sensitive sectors have already run 50-to-100 percent from the September lows. Energy is one sector that's lagged a little bit there and we think there is still some value. - Brett Gallagher

[So spread your wealth, and you should be fine. If you do, you can rest easy while the market shudders.] Interest rates are cyclical; they go up and they go down... Trying to ride that roller coaster is silly. - Ric Edelman

[Financials and consumer non-cyclical stocks also interest Johnson.] You look at a company like, say, Washington Mutual, in my judgment a great company, and it's a value play. Remember, investors in this market are looking for low price/earnings ratios and some dividend yield, ... Same thing consumer non-cyclical companies like Pepsi and Safeway I think are good investments in this environment. - Hugh Johnson

(Manufacturing) is cyclical, we are either begging for work or workers, and we're in the worker phase again. Certainly manufacturing is affected by the automotive industry but we are not dependent on the automotive industry in the small- and medium-manufacturing world here. We are struggling to find enough people that are qualified to do the work that will remain here. - Angelia Erbaugh