Technology -- you really have to have exposure there. |
Technology stocks have been leaders for good reason, ... The economy is growing 3.5 percent per year, while spending on information-processing equipment is growing 19.1 percent a year, after inflation. And spending on computers and peripherals is growing at a 41.1-percent rate. Technology is reflecting what lies ahead for the economy. |
Technology stocks have been leaders for good reason. The economy is growing 3.5 percent per year, while spending on information-processing equipment is growing 19.1 percent a year, after inflation. And spending on computers and peripherals is growing at a 41.1-percent rate. Technology is reflecting what lies ahead for the economy. |
That was a signal that we were headed toward distress. |
That's a growth stock that is trading at an unusually high price-earnings ratio compared to growth, ... It's being priced as a rather racy e-commerce company. They've done a really good job (of adapting to the Internet) -- that company thinks great, they have a great culture. |
That's only the first quarter, and the trend definitely continued in the second quarter. |
That's pretty good news because it means investors did not become defensive. They remain optimistic, |
That's the situation today, ... Since that's the case, I'd be more inclined to think this will be a negative year than a positive year. |
That's why I think it's a better idea to have your own portfolio, |
The biggest risk in 2006 is that the Fed will be seduced by worries about inflation into raising rates too high. A lot depends on what the 10-year does and while I would hope that they would take notice that it's going down in yield, the question is whether they will take it seriously or dismiss it. |
The combination of a decline in oil prices, however slight, and some fairly upbeat comments (by Fed officials), may have led Fed watchers to conclude the Fed may raise interest rates at its meeting in May, and then stop. |
The conditions for the restarting of the bull market, or the start of a new bull market, which is how you should look at it, those conditions do not exist. Not yet, and that's why the markets went down yesterday despite what the Fed said, |
The consumer price index rise was very modest. |
The consumer price index rise was very modest. It suggests, as I think many of us have been forecasting, that inflation is in the process of moderating. The good news is investors can feel somewhat more comfortable about monetary policy. |
The consumer price index rise was very modest. It suggests, that inflation is in the process of moderating. |