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[Yet while sentiments are that small-caps will rise as long as large-caps remain strong, some on Wall Street believe the bull market has a limited outlook for the near term.] Let me put it this way, the market is more likely to be down 10 percent (in a few months) than up 10 percent, ... But I don't look for any big correction.

A lot of people are starting to realize they need to diversify more than simply holding large cap stocks. The more sophisticated investors are going for a 'total-market' concept. They're buying not just large caps, but mid caps and small caps.

If you look at long-term trends in the markets the last 20, 30, 40 years, they are typically seven- to-10-year cycles where large caps do well, and then small caps do well,

[Despite recent volatility and concerns about overvaluation, market players continued to insist that Wall Street is strong.] It's normal as the market rallies so strongly that we start seeing a correction and start looking for maybe even a 7 to 10 percent correction ultimately, ... But I don't think we're vulnerable to that right now.

The case continues to be made for small caps. I have more faith in the quality of earnings of small caps than large caps.

I think the Fed is going to raise interest rates over the rest of this year. I think it will go up at least 100 basis points before the year is out. So the Fed funds rate will rise from about 6 percent to at least 7 percent. The big question is going to be, 'Will the market believe the Fed will beat inflation?' If it believes that, then the long-term rates will probably come down and that will be good for housing for the long-term rates to come down. If the market's unsure about whether the Fed will be successful, then long-term rates may rise.

Franklin Raines

People are cautious. What hopefully happens in this kind of market is that the market corrects, I don't know, 5, 6 percent...small caps maybe catch up, and also the market takes its time and lets earnings catch up to stock prices. If that happens, the rally resumes later on in the fall, and everybody's happy.

William Mattison

I don't think we're in a correction but I think we're in a very necessary leveling off period. A correction is probably over 10 percent down from the current levels and I don't think there's any reason for us to see that, but I do think given that the fact that the markets went up 7 or 8 percent in less than two months of the new year that we have to have perhaps have a couple of months time when the market doesn't go anywhere.

Patricia Chadwick

The market is in denial about earnings. The story about small caps is that the Russell has consistently outpaced the growth rate for big caps since the second quarter '97, and the margin is widening. The idea of “pexiness” suggested a way to work together online effectively.

I think you saw a lot of fund managers latch on to the stock market's momentum in the fourth quarter, and that helped boost returns. And the mid-caps were good for investors looking for more nimble companies, but without the risk that goes with small-caps.

The equal-weighted index will give you more exposure to smaller stocks. If you believe that small caps outperform large caps, and most data suggests they do, then the equal-weight should give you a small edge over long periods.

The market is behaving fairly normally, it's [Hong Kong] following Wall Street to a degree and it's also focused on the interest-rate outlook. Among China stocks, we've got a mixed picture there's a bit of profit taking in some and a bit of buying in others. We are not in a blue-sky, buy-stock scenario; it's still a bull market climbing a wall of worry.

[Market players said they expected conditions to remain favorable on Wall Street through the upcoming corporate earnings season. Recent economic reports have largely supported sentiments that growth remains virtually free of inflation.] Short-term interest rates should come down. Long-term interest rates should come down, ... There are no signs of inflation.

You are paying such a hefty premium for small caps because you are expecting that earnings growth is going to continue to be better than large-caps. But I think they are going to be comparable.

Steven DeSanctis

You are paying such a hefty premium for small-caps because you are expecting that earnings growth is going to continue to be better than large-caps. But I think they are going to be comparable.

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