The decline in oil helped (stocks), as well as the hope that maybe the Fed will be finished raising interest rates. |
The decline in oil helped, as well as the hope that maybe the Fed will be finished raising interest rates. |
The election has just become a sideshow. |
The jobs number coming in better certainly was a help. |
The main focus is earnings and where do long-term interest rates go from here. |
The market appeared to have had a case of vertigo. We have had a big rally in recent weeks and it seemed that the theme of buying stocks because its the end of the year has played itself out. |
The market is more focused on the bigger trends we have seen of late, and that is concerns about inflation, which could make the Fed raise interest rates next week, and concerns about earnings growth for the third quarter. |
The problem with GM is that once it goes down, it drags many other companies with it. |
The report is the latest sign that consumer confidence has been trending down, ... It adds to worries in the stock market about consumer spending and about corporate earnings. The question is whether consumers will slow expenditures and, in turn, hurt corporate profits and the economy. |
The report is the latest sign that consumer confidence has been trending down. It adds to worries in the stock market about consumer spending and about corporate earnings. The question is whether consumers will slow expenditures and, in turn, hurt corporate profits and the economy, |
The report was taken with a sigh of relief, and since its release we've seen demand for banks and financials increase. |
The report was taken with a sigh of relief, and since its release, we've seen demand for banks and financials increase. |
The results from retailers were good but not extraordinary. |
There's disillusionment with the euro, the yen - and the dollar. Gold is a form of currency that's been around for 5,000 years. |
This is before the hurricane and does not influence what the Fed is going to do, and CPI is more relevant to the markets. |