There is a substantial group of investors who believe the stock market will start to anticipate an (economic) recovery. The more rate cuts we get, the more likely the recovery is -- I'm looking at this as a 'buy the dip' opportunity. |
There is also a little bit of nervousness ahead of tomorrow's employment report, which is expected to be strong. It just focuses investors on the higher interest rates that are still in the offing. |
There is such apathy toward investing. |
There might have been a little interpretation into the comment where he (Greenspan) says productivity will slow at some point, causing the market to not have the catalyst to go (significantly) higher today. |
There really isn't any dramatic news to come out post-Fed ? we're going to get into that earnings void, the next meeting for the Fed isn't until late June, so I think the story is how well the pullback in this market will be contained. |
There was nothing Greenspan said that was harsh and sometimes no news is good news, |
There was rotation out of the strong sectors into the weak sectors, ... Techs really got hammered. Volatility, up and down, means there are just as many sellers as buyers, and people think the (semiconductor) sector might be a little pricey, especially as we come into an economic slowdown. |
There was rotation out of the strong sectors into the weak sectors. Techs really got hammered. Volatility, up and down, means there are just as many sellers as buyers, and people think the (semiconductor) sector might be a little pricey, especially as we come into an economic slowdown. |
There was worry that something stronger would keep the Fed going. There is a bit of concern with a bit of wage inflation, which corroborates yesterday's poor productivity numbers. |
There's a little nervousness in the air regarding heightened geopolitical news. The rhetoric from Iran is not helping. |
There's a lot of pre-Fed buying, ... There's this insane belief that the Fed's going to move more than a half-point and that's what's powering the Dow, because you have a lot of cyclicality in that index and they are certainly beneficiaries of any severe interest rate cut. |
There's a lot of pre-Fed buying. There's this insane belief that the Fed's going to move more than a half-point and that's what's powering the Dow, because you have a lot of cyclicality in that index and they are certainly beneficiaries of any severe interest rate cut. |
There's been a decisive shift to the upside in market sentiment, ... The Dow has done its job and it has made a statement of recovery based upon defensive-style spending, cyclicality and the absence of accounting-related issues for the Dow. |
There's been a decisive shift to the upside in market sentiment. The Dow has done its job and it has made a statement of recovery based upon defensive-style spending, cyclicality and the absence of accounting-related issues for the Dow. |
There's concern in the markets that higher oil prices may hurt the economy. |