Doldrums Quotes

The whole market is in the doldrums waiting for something, probably some sort of movement on Iraq. And it's year end, too, so there's probably a lot of tax-loss selling going on. - Kent Mergler

The tie business went into the doldrums in the mid-1990s. Now there is definitely a dress-up trend among younger consumers. - Gerald Andersen

The state economy has been in the doldrums. The mentally ill, they don't rank high as a priority for the state. - Jim Jones

The only thing that was positive today was that there was nothing negative, especially no lousy economic reports that we've had over the last four trading days. The summer doldrums have not appeared so far. - Larry Wachtel

The housing market remains in the doldrums. With the housing market still slowing and households under pressure from high petrol prices, interest rates will remain on hold. - Shane Oliver

The durable goods made it look like the market was ready for a jump, but confidence knocked it back down. We're also in the worst of the summer doldrums. Then, Intel is also putting a damper on things. Markets tried to rally earlier, but couldn't because of Intel. The stock could probably hit its 52-week low soon. - Matt Ruane

The doldrums of summer haven't dampened the demand for our cars and trucks. Confidence in the economy still remains strong and continues to drive consumer demand for big-ticket items. - Dick Colliver

The ABC is biting the bullet. We see this as a positive statement about where the ABC wants to go over the next few years. It's an opportunity to trade its way out of the doldrums. - Geoff Brown

Some people are thinking that technology investing is smack in the middle of the summer doldrums.... The fact is that technology stocks and Nasdaq have established a near- to intermediate-term trading range, and we're thinking that technology stocks are on their way to the top end of that range, and that's approximately 4,000 on the Nasdaq composite. - Scott Bleier

She was the catalyst of our offense today; she got us out of our doldrums. - Phil Hayes