Al Goldman
Al Goldman
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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 number one factor next week will be the market's own internal dynamic. In other words, how much more momentum does the market have after going up 1,000 points in one month?
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If we find him dead, I think the Dow goes up 100 points and it's a short-term top. If we catch him alive, the market goes up maybe 50 points and then goes down.
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The main impetus behind the selling was the employment figures. Even though we created 193,000 new jobs, which was less than consensus, the unemployment rate falling to 4.7% points out that the labor market is very tight and this has conjured up concern the Fed may not stop at 4.75% on Fed funds but maybe it will go up to 5%.
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What they like is that the Fed came close to saying that the rate hikes are over.
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What has been going on is a very sharp reaction to a slowing economy.
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The possessed kid in 'The Exorcist,' whose head spins around.
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The performance of the major stock averages didn't make anyone happy in 2005. But when you consider what the markets had to contend with, treading water is not so bad.
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When you throw rotten tomatoes at a queen bee like Cisco, it splashes over on everyone else.
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The productivity number came in better than expected and there were fewer jobless claims than forecast.
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There are some signs of fatigue. We're still in a bull market but it's important to remember that it's over 27 months old. We can't expect it to rock and roll the way it did even a couple of months ago.
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I think we are transitioning from a bearish mood to a bullish mood,
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I think that markets are doing well considering everything we're going through. We're going to be in a tight trading range with a few pops upward here and there for the next few weeks, but we're going to come out of this (period) better off.
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We need a mind shift to looking beyond the valley to the peaks ahead. We have to look at the history of the nation after it's faced other horrible disasters. We always come back bigger and better.