The market has now fully reflected its belief in a second-half pick up, but for the kind of rally we've seen to continue, you're going to need to start seeing evidence. The weekly jobless claims number this morning is a start, but it's not enough. We could be bouncing around in the next few weeks. |
The market is reacting to the rise in oil prices and the conflicting economic news. |
The market reacted pretty strongly to Friday's surprisingly weak employment report, and I think you're seeing the market in the process of digesting that now. |
The market seems to be going along in reaction to the war and that's what gives us this volatility. At first, the response was, 'Well, at least we've finally started,' then it moved to 'it seems to be going well,' but then we encountered bumps on the road to Baghdad and you're seeing that reflected in the stock action now. |
The market typically leads earnings rebound by about six months. Maybe market participants are expecting a fourth-quarter rebound in corporate earnings. |
The ongoing issues are the strength of the economy and whether or not the pace of the recovery is in fact slowing down. One of the important things this week will be to see the extent of the damage. |
The payrolls report would typically be the week's big event, but I think people are having a hard time with the report, because forecasts are all over the place due to confusion about the impact of the hurricanes. |
The Pittsburgh Penguins have so many veterans – this team isn't just looking to Sidney Crosby to turn them around and make them a great team. I hope that Sidney improves. Let nature take its course as he becomes a star or a superstar. This kid is something special. He is a very, very special athlete and person. For some of us who have been around the league a long time, when someone like this comes around, we all count our blessings and hope he makes it because he is something special. |
The PPI numbers look pretty good. I think the important thing to look at is when this thing turns around, and I don't know that we yet have a clear picture that we definitely are in a slowdown mode, although there are some signs that we have slowed down, which sectors are likely to do well. And I think the important thing, if you look past the last two weeks, is that there is really a resurgence of the leadership of technology and biotechnology, |
The PPI numbers look pretty good. I think the important thing to look at is when this thing turns around, and I don't know that we yet have a clear picture that we definitely are in a slowdown mode, although there are some signs that we have slowed down, which sectors are likely to do well. And I think the important thing, if you look past the last two weeks, is that there is really a resurgence of the leadership of technology and biotechnology. |
There are some worries about will the earnings this year support the 2-1/2 year highs that the indexes have recently reached, particularly in an environment where interest rates will be rising. |
There's a euphoria about Afghanistan and people are expecting that we're going to have growth in the economy again. I don't think it's going to take place this quarter, but the market usually anticipates that. It (the market) may be getting ahead of itself a bit, but I think there's some positive signs out there. |
There's a lot of earnings and other news out there today, but I think the market is particularly reacting to Greenspan's testimony, ... The markets are expecting a little more growth because of his comments, but that may not be as much as what they wanted to hear. |
There's a period of unrest here that goes back two weeks. It started with the weak monthly payrolls report, then was followed by the bombings in Madrid and the election of a new government [in Spain] that is not seen as friendly to the Bush Administration, and now what's happening in the Middle East. |
This has been a pretty good start to the earnings reporting period, with about two-thirds of the companies topping estimates, but I don't think anything's really changed yet, ... Greenspan suggested that we may be on the verge of a growth period, which would be significant for earnings, because mostly what you're seeing now are companies showing improvements on cost-cutting, rather than real growth. |