[But in general,] the sentiment is very negative right now, ... There's just very little reason to put money to work. It's also historically a tough time for stocks, through October. |
A lot of people are still on vacation right now, the summer doldrums have kicked in, and everyone is waiting on Friday's payrolls number, ... There's just not going to be much liquidity until then. |
A lot of people are still on vacation right now, the summer doldrums have kicked in, and everyone is waiting on Friday's payrolls number. There's just not going to be much liquidity until then. |
A lot of people were expecting last year's rally to stretch out, and what we've seen has been disappointing. |
A lot of this (rally) you can attribute to oil being down more than a dollar, ... You had basically a one-stock decline with 3M this morning, and because that is somewhat seen as a proxy for the economy, like GE, it was weighing on the blue chips. |
A re-analysis of pertinent figures at Monday's meeting led the board to consider and adopt the lower figure, |
After the convention, after Labor Day, volume should pick up and we'll go from there, |
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried; he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. For who is god, save the Lord? And who is a rock, save our God? God is my strength and power, and he maketh my way perfect. |
He's using a good concept. The question becomes: Can you develop a market and will the public ultimately accept the use of this product in their homes and in their workplaces? It's still too early to tell. |
I think a lot of us will breathe a sigh of relief if we can get through those two events without a terrorist attack, ... Then maybe we can see a little stock rise after that. |
I think a payrolls number that varies widely from estimates will shake up stocks, ... But as long as we're roughly in line with forecasts, there probably won't be much stock reaction. |
I think any news out of OPEC tomorrow is likely to provide more of a psychological boost than anything else, |
I think any news out of OPEC tomorrow is likely to provide more of a psychological boost than anything else. |
I think it's pretty much built into the market the Fed will raise rates by 25 percentage points, ... If they don't, that may upset the market, particularly since some of the recent (economic) reports have been weaker. |
I think next week will be dependent on the Iraqi elections, ... If things don't go too badly, there is little bloodshed and a clear winner, it will be another step forward for the country. |