Nortel was above C$130 a few weeks ago and went down to around C$95, which was a healthy correction. It gained more than seven points today and the snap back is completely within reason, |
Nortel was above C$130 a few weeks ago and went down to around C$95, which was a healthy correction. It gained more than seven points today and the snap back is completely within reason. |
Obviously some serious damage has been done to the market. We've gone through some important support levels, certainly with a number of the popular averages. |
On a short-term basis, (techs) were very oversold and now we're seeing a bit of a bounce, |
On a short-term basis, (techs) were very oversold and now we're seeing a bit of a bounce. |
On a very, very short-term basis, Nortel's stock was exceptionally oversold. Plus there was an article in Barron's that called for tech bounces and talked of a number of stocks that were good value. Nortel was in that handful, |
out from underneath Ma Bell's skirt, able to continue to expand and pursue their growth strategy without having a big mother looking over. |
People are at odds. Most people want to believe that we're in a bottoming process but nobody's prepared to put a whole lot of money out on that assumption. It's a show-me phase: Show me the market has bottomed and I'll join the party, |
People are at odds. Most people want to believe that we're in a bottoming process but nobody's prepared to put a whole lot of money out on that assumption. It's a show-me phase: Show me the market has bottomed and I'll join the party. |
So if we're seeing incremental evidence now of the economy slowing down, then we should have a reasonable expectation to continue to expect that to happen. |
Tech stocks were oversold on a short-term basis and on Monday everybody had to get out of them because of Microsoft, and then Tuesday everybody thought that if Microsoft is broken up maybe it's not the end of the world, and maybe there's an upside to it. |
That whole sector keeps saying we've seen the bottom but it seems to still be bumping along and staying on the bottom. |
That's when companies will make an announcement to prep the market in advance of releasing their results, that they're going to be stronger or weaker than expected, |
The bad news being the lower earnings that are going to start coming out. The good news is most of the damage has been done in the market and it's trying to find a good bottom. |
The Canadian market is basically flat on the day. There's not a whole lot of direction from the markets. I still think that the market is looking for a definitive conclusion out of the U.S. election. |