Although we include jobs with all levels of training, many of the better-paying jobs do require technical training or work experience, especially in the list's top 10. |
An earnings boost doesn't trump a contrary verdict. |
And that is what we have done. As to the origins of the horn, that is not what is at issue here. We are simply registering a trademark. |
But, no matter who wins, we're going to see increased defense spending and a lot of that is already priced into the defense stocks, |
Despite all the advances in hiring technology, most people still get hired -- or, more often, screened-out -- based on a personal interview. |
Ebullience and exuberance are back. For a market that has lacked direction, it is reacting tenfold to the first positive catalyst that has come along. |
For a firm that came out in their early morning report yesterday with a No. 5 'strong sell' on Microsoft, sent the stock down three points with these jittery investors, and then corrected it and came back and said, 'Oh, it's a No. 1 'strong,' not a [No.] 5 'sell'; sorry,' |
Given the price of oil, the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq, what does the Fed think it has to lose by pausing after 10 rate hikes and waiting for more data? The Fed should pause rather than run the risk of sending the economy into recession. |
Greenspan has been like a dog with a bone, very tenacious, ... I think the Fed will make a mistake. They will go too far. They always go too far. |
Higher energy prices are (affecting) the economy - and it's a big deal. It's putting a squeeze on consumers and Corporate America. |
I also like Microsoft, and I particularly like EMC, ... These companies are going to come back. |
I don't think the bull market's over, but I think it's getting tired. I think it's slowing down, and I think it's going to continue to creep ahead, but I think you've seen the fancy action for a while. |
I like Asia. I think Asia's beginning to recover. I like the Scudder Asia Fund, ... That's a closed-end fund, [and] trades in shares on the New York (Stock Exchange) at a 14 percent discount to its net asset value. I think the currency and that currency and the softness in the dollar will support that. |
I like Citigroup as a nice core holding. It's a big money-center bank. They do have some exposure, of course, to Salomon Smith Barney in the brokerage industry, ... This stock has pulled back in here, $44.95 a share. I think that it's going to grow those earnings at around 14 percent -- 11 times and 12 times earnings, that's a cheap stock. |
I think the economy is recovering and we won't get into a double dip. But trying to forecast when that economic strength shows up in earnings is a kind of fool's game. We've been playing it for about two-and-a -half years now, |