Al Goldman
Al Goldman
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The possessed kid in 'The Exorcist,' whose head spins around.
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It's not going to be a one-way trip. But the bear is dead and we're transitioning from a bear mood to a bull mood.
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The big change in this market the last month or so has been a mood shift from 'the glass is half empty' to 'the glass is half full', and that's why we've had a good rally and a very modest time-out to catch our breath.
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The best stimulant you can have for a market is an 'up' market, and it feeds on itself. The market is 90 percent emotions, and the mood shifted.
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The bears just won't give and I love having bears out there. It keeps the market somewhat healthy.
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The bears are going to have another miserable day, and they deserve it. The economic news points out that the economy is slowing from the over-heated pace in the first quarter.
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The Fed sounded a bit less certain about the need for future rate hikes, saying further policy firming 'may' be needed.
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The Fed made a dramatic move today and it was needed,
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I'm very optimistic on the long bond. The fundamentals are there and the technical underpinnings are still positive.
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It's been horribly grim this week. There's a high level of gloom and doom in the market and a low level of optimism.
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The message of the market today is that there is a lot of money on the sidelines and that money was looking for a reason to buy. And the main reason to buy is that we're going up. Momentum builds on momentum.
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The Michigan numbers stink, but it?s behind us. ..they (investors) are responding to the President?s speech last night. They see Katrina as a terrible event, but people are already thinking about the business that it?s going to stimulate.
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Two emotions rule the stock market ? one is greed and one is fear. In March 2000, greed was extreme, the market was at record highs and people were yelling 'where has this gain been all my life?' But by February, early March of this year (2001), fear had reached a an extremely high level, reaching a crescendo on March 22.
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Earnings are ancient history. The first quarter is under our belt. The market is now looking to the fourth quarter and ahead.