Bottomed Quotes

Without a 'depression panic,' short-term rates probably would have bottomed fairly close to where they are today. Essentially, the Fed has just now returned interest rates back to recession lows and can now 'begin' to tighten. - James Paulsen

While financial markets are focused on all the gloom ... they risk missing the incipient turnaround in corporate profits... Based on the latest GDP figures, corporate earnings probably bottomed in the third quarter. Firms are making the necessary adjustments to restore profitability by reining in their costs, especially labor compensation. - Robert DiClemente

We've been rallying most of this last quarter on the basis of a little more hope that we have bottomed and that the consumer economy would not suffer the weakness of the manufacturing economy. Today's job report gives us some hope that that is happening. - Henry Cavanna

We've been on a downward trend for births since 1981, except for the last two years. Hopefully, that has bottomed out and the trend will reverse. - Richard Rathge

We'll probably continue to lose money, primarily because the industry is going to be weaker this year than last year... We don't think the economy has bottomed out yet. - John Devine

We think the chip sector has bottomed and the chip-equipment sector will bottom this month. - Byron Walker

We may be a bit early with this call, but we believe Cisco's results have bottomed... The US (50 percent of revenues) actually saw 13 percent revenue growth this quarter. Europe will likely remain weak but may also bottom by the end of 2001. We are still concerned about Asia. - Steve Kamman

We feel that the trends ... have bottomed, and we're probably going to move up from here. - Steve Crawford

We did a 1995 study of the U.S. 1 corridor. Nobody pulled building permits and the area bottomed out. - Chris Norton

We believe the comments on PC demand add weight to the view that the PC cycle may have bottomed. However, we believe it is still too early to 'call the bottom' -- especially if emerging weakness in European IT demand dampens prospects for a PC rebound there. - Henry Blodget