Professor Spitzer, other political analysts and several politicians stressed that the gun-control legislation being passed now had been years in the making.

Despite the gains in the cyclicals, some analysts stressed that the market remained choppy.

Other analysts stressed that the I.P.O. market may be hot, but it is not spinning out of control.

And, as analysts have stressed, this was a great quarter for securities firms, which reported banner earnings.

But analysts also stressed that concerns over Russia's oil industry were overstated.

Even as career officials and lawmakers called the rescue package a success, many analysts stressed the drawbacks.

Other analysts have stressed social and cultural explanations, arguing that a feminist revolution has left many women with a new sense of independence.

If companies push analysts to stress some kind of "pro forma" earnings that do not include options expenses, that's what the world will pay attention to.

More rational valuations were inevitable, they said, but analysts stressed that the task of revolutionizing health care had been harder than anyone initially thought.

In other industries, analysts stress that the impact of oil-price declines varies widely.