The problem was expectations ordsprog

The problem was expectations were too high. Volumes are rising somewhat but prices are not, so you get what you got today -- relatively weak revenue and weak earnings.

Most of (Chevron's) earnings miss was in the upstream and was caused by weak U.S. oil and gas volumes (hurricanes, declines) plus lower than expected U.S. gas realizations, as well as weak European gas volumes.

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Earnings expectations have been a bit high and, given the disappointments in the U.S., those expectations have been toned down. That's going to help keep the market weak.

These brokerages are going to say about the quarter that just ended, 'It never happened,' because basically all of the core businesses you look at were flat or down somewhat, ... Depending on the company and the nature of its earnings base, earnings will be weak to very weak.

These brokerages are going to say about the quarter that just ended, 'It never happened,' because basically all of the core businesses you look at were flat or down somewhat. Depending on the company and the nature of its earnings base, earnings will be weak to very weak.

And slowdowns in the U.S. economy and the Asian regional economies, along with high oil prices, raise questions about fourth-quarter growth in Japan. Private demand is weak by any measure. Japanese exporters are complaining about the weak euro, and exports are beginning to slow.

Higher oil prices, concerns about rising interest rates here and in Europe, and weak economic data are all pushing the markets down today. The scenario is not clear enough for investors to support sustained gains in stocks.

In the first quarter, we had high capital market revenue because trading revenue was high but investment banking revenue was weak. I think this quarter we are going to see an explosion in investment banking revenue and what I'm hearing from companies is the trading revenue is surprisingly staying up.

The good jobs report bought the bulls a reprieve, and now it is up to earnings to carry the torch. We're still heading right into the seasonally weak February and March months in a bearish midterm election year with rates rising and oil prices rallying. Januaries tend to start strong, but it is how they finish that matters.

I think that's evidence that a good deal of any weak earnings is priced into the market because the expectations have been lowered by analysts and further lowered by realistic expectations of the Street.

You have to take the actual numbers and the guidance and combine the two. I tend to think if the high p/e (price-to-earnings ratio) stocks have a weak quarter, and even if they have ok guidance, they're going to get killed. But if there are cheap tech stocks that have a weak quarter and so-so guidance, they're probably the ones to buy first.

Slowing housing, weak consumer spending and benign underlying inflation give the bank plenty of reasons to leave interest rates right where they are. Fuel prices are up, but thanks to an extremely competitive retail environment and cheap imports, prices for a whole range of items remain weak.

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We believe that industry sales have been quite weak since Take-Two's late October negative preannouncement, primarily due to consumer malaise and a shortage of Xbox 360 hardware... Given weak November NPD sales and Electronic Arts' and Activision's recent earnings warnings, we believe that Take-Two likely experienced weak sales during the holiday period, as consumers continue to shun current generation games while waiting for next generation consoles.

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