The manufacturing sector is going to continue to show bad news over the next three to six months, but if we get the indication that consumers are starting to buy more, then things like the NAPM will start to reverse themselves later this year. |
The market has got to get its hands on this inflation issue. That's the way we're going to get out of this trading range. |
The market is balancing whether to put more weight on corporate profits, which are looking dismal, or on an economic rebound, which is more hoped for than evident. Right now, even with a lack of any clear and compelling evidence of economic recovery, the market is laying its bets on the rebound. |
The market looks better than it did a month ago, yet the near-term outlook for most companies is probably worse, |
The market was really shaken by the Fed language. You're seeing a move into more defensive names and a move out of economically sensitive issues. |
The market's tepid reaction to today's Fed action signals investors aren't sure what's coming next. We'll be slogging through bad earnings reports and it will be pretty awful. |
The relevant question isn't whether the Fed will cut rates by (a quarter or half-percentage point) next week, but whether it will cut rates another (1 or 2 percentage points) by the summer, ... I'm expecting the Fed to be aggressive and that will help determine whether we pop or slog our way out of this slump. |
The reports won't tell us about Katrina yet. But they will be relevant in that people will be looking to see that the economy was strong before Katrina. |
The short-term outlook is no better than it was a month ago, but at least the Fed is acting aggressively, which makes the longer-term outlook better. |
The transparency of information has increased the volatility of individual stocks in the market. |
The whole networking equipment area was the last bastion of high P/Es, ... A lot of these stocks were still at nosebleed valuations. |
The whole networking equipment area was the last bastion of high P/Es. A lot of these stocks were still at nosebleed valuations. |
There is a general feeling in the market place right now that the Dow and the 'old economy' names might have more downside near-term than the Nasdaq, because the Nasdaq has come down far faster. So we are getting a little bit of a shift here. |
There's bad news out there but people are still anticipating a recovery. There's certainly no fundamental news that caused it. |
There's no reason both stocks should have sold off the same amount. |