Cyclical Quotes

You've got commodity prices and the cyclical stocks getting hit and all of that happens when people start to question whether the interest rates are biting. - Jim Paulsen

You really want to take advantage of the U.S. recovery. Technology, telecom and consumer cyclical stock would be the best investments. - David Thwaites

You look at Morgan Stanley and its peers, you see a lot of reliance on their proprietary trading desks and a willingness to take on more risk. If the markets are reaching a cyclical peak, which I think they are, profits are at risk when the economy slows down. - David Easthope

You have to remember a lot of business is very cyclical. - James Daly

You have to ignore that because they're of course going to be bad... You have to look at earnings potential, and cyclicality stocks, I'll go for International Paper. - Barry Hyman

You are getting some long-overdue profit taking in the technology sector, and the cyclical stocks are having their day in the sun. - Al Goldman

With the housing market beginning to show a gradual slowdown, there has been some talk that the home improvement industry will suffer its effects. But housing turnover is only part of the picture. A large piece of the home improvement market involves maintenance and repairs as well as improvements to homes where there is no change in ownership. This makes the home improvement industry far less cyclical than new home construction. - Fred Miller

With eBay, you don't have to sit around and wonder what IT spending is going to look like or where the semiconductor cycle is... In some ways, it's a counter cyclical stock because both sellers and buyers will have more of a reason to transact when the economy isn't as good, since consumers may have a need to raise extra cash or buy used merchandise. - Scott Kessler

When you see buying in that (technology) sector in a bear market, it implies that there are investors out there who see improvement around the corner, and it's usually technology and cyclical stocks that lead the market out of a downtrend... The bias towards Friday's data may be that the data will be consistent with the view that the economy is showing some expansion. - Hugh Johnson