The continued reliance on CART methods may, however, indicate the need for continued caution in the diagnosis of alternate states as discussed here.
Clarence Otis Jr., the chief executive, said month-to-month sales were volatile, reflecting continued caution on the part of consumers.
"There has been little change in either business confidence or consumer sentiment in the past quarter, so the short-term outlook is for continued caution in IT spending," notes Richard Gordon, research vice president at Gartner, in the report.
But weak capital expenditure, reflecting continued caution among Japanese corporations about the country's long-term prospects, slowed growth, according to figures released by the Cabinet Office.
Investors might be warranted in expressing some continued caution as September begins, if only because this is traditionally the stock market's worst month.
"Back to school will be a big indicator of the consumers' psyche with regard to overall spending … so far we are seeing continued caution," NPD Group chief analyst Marshall Cohen said in a statement.
But it still reported only $4.7 billion in foreign direct investment in the fiscal year ending in 2003, less than a tenth of what China attracted in 2002.The continued caution of foreign and Indian investors alike is not surprising.
"Against a background of continued caution in global financial markets, we delivered solid results," Mr. Ackermann said in a news release.
Last week, an IRS employee publically stated that the Back-Door Roth IRA is "allowed under the law", effectively unlocking the door on a powerful strategy for certain high earners (though notably, there are still some practitioners preaching continued caution).
