As long as India and China are healthy the direction is going to be up for the natural resource area and about 45 percent of our market. |
Commodities are carrying the day. There's a bad side to it. Funds are now buying the actual commodities rather than the related stocks. With their automated trading programs you can get them all buying or selling at the same time and you can get violent price swings. |
Everyone's waiting for Wednesday, for (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan) Greenspan to make a decision, |
He doesn't want to err on the side of conservatism. The consensus is that he will do one more cut and then that might be the end of it for some time. |
I believe if we have a dynamite January and February, then the rest of the year, I think, is going to be pretty lackluster. |
I know they have to expand the highway, but what they are doing is taking business [that's] been here for years and putting them out and closing them down. |
I think people were looking for a more definitive kind of answer from (the Fed). |
I think really the jury is still out and we have to wait two, three, or four more days to see have we put in a bottom or are these just normal rallies in a terribly oversold bear market, |
I think this is something we live with on a day-to-day basis, unfortunately, and hope that when we get these violent swings they provide an opportunity for longer term investors. |
I'm afraid that even if (Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan) cuts by a half, that isn't going to do very much for the market. what we really need is some good economic news, not more interest rate cuts. |
If it's going to be a tough market, the financial sector is probably a good place to park some money. |
Investors have to be patient and bide their time. From what I see, the second quarter is not going to be that great and who knows about the second half, |
It was a big one. I'd rank it as a excellent year, first class, top-notch, two thumbs up. |
It's going to be volatile as long as we have so much hanging in commodities. |
It's still going to be a tough time for quite a while for the market, ... The market really is driven by confidence and now that's been eroded by credibility factors. |