“A day doesn't go by when the market isn't on the most skittish and volatile path that I've seen in my 35 years at the Big Board. What's driving that is the simple insecurity, or if you will uncertainty of outcome.”
“If I give back a dime, that's an admission of guilt. I can't do that, ... But if they say I'm an honorable man and I did nothing wrong, it's the end of the issue. If not, let's go to war.”
“Let's take a timeout. Let's allow investors the opportunity in a period of market calm to re-examine what's happened and to deploy new strategies into the marketplace.”
“We were unanimous this morning in our view that nothing should happen -- at least from the Big Board -- until after both the millennium change and 'decimalization' have been accomplished,”
“This positions us to be competitive on a global scale and brings investors the benefit of greater liquidity, ... I think it's very appropriate that we analyze the performance of the market in the pre and post decimalization period, with special attention being given to making certain that public investors are treated as well in decimals as they have been in fractions for the past 208 years.”
