It sends a signal that the U.S. economy has weathered some pretty harsh storms over the past few years and in recent months. |
It was really the perfect storm of good news. |
It's a 'buy on the rumor, sell on the news' type of market, especially in the telecom and tech sectors, |
It's a good day for the market, ... It's a great boon for the economy when you've got more than $70 billion in M&A activity (mergers and acquisitions), and these companies are making these moves because they think the economy is getting better. |
It's a lagging number that will have two revisions. There were no major surprises. Economic data will still move this market, but this isn't one of them. |
It's a pack mentality, ... If LSI is showing a revenue slowdown, then we're going to sell everything that is related to semiconductors -- and that's why Intel is down. |
It's all Microsoft, ... The broad sell-off in the techs is because Microsoft spoke about [slowing] demand. |
It's an oversold bounce, ... After you get oversold, you have a reflex rally, and that's what we're seeing now. |
It's another piece of the ongoing trend of a slowing economy, ... The credit tightening cycle is nearing an end and we have the equity markets celebrating that. |
It's distressing how slow it's been this particular summer season, |
It's earnings pre-reporting season, ... I'm guessing that a lot of the worst is behind us is going to come out in commentary. Unfortunately it is going to follow numbers that are just as bad as the first quarter. |
It's going to have a lot of volatility in the market place. |
It's going to take a pretty interesting catalyst to get this market moving tomorrow or Friday. |
It's good news because it shows there's no creeping inflation. And the Fed is not worried about inflation. What they care about is the manufacturing side of things, retail sales and consumer spending. |
It's good to remember that it's the consumer that's going to turn this economy around -- and if the consumer is out there spending, that's a good sign, |