Alan Ackerman
Alan Ackerman
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I think it's a constructive move. He's an experienced hand who is clearly effective in dealing with bright, energized thinkers. I don't expect the Senate to have many problems with this nomination.
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We appear to be in a summer swoon in which investors are beginning to realize it's going to take a lot longer to turn the economy around than expected, and that we're currently going to have to bear through a series of pre-announcements that are less than comfortable,
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There are continued uncertainties, ... The U.S. economy is slowing and commensurate with that is slowing consumer spending and corporate spending.
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We're in a period when capital spending has slowed to a waltz, corporate profitability is hardly visible, and balance sheets are just inundated with debt ? that's not a comfortable picture. Each day is a new adventure in the market. There's lots of money on the sidelines but no willingness to commit.
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We're in a light week that's light on news, light on earnings and light on volume, ... Most of the attention is focused on Cisco. The techs have been sprightly but they've left a bit to be desired.
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We're still three-to-four weeks away from second-quarter earnings reports and there's nothing really to light a candle under stocks,
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We're still early in the game. I think what we saw was a rally that we've seen before over the last few years. We've had big one-day rallies that didn't really show any sustainability -- so my hope is that the market will hold here.
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We're seeing strength in technology and current optimism is based upon inventories worked down -- even Motorola indicated they're making progress in that direction, ... Techs are doing well and people will be combing their lists of stocks to buy for the long-term, but it's going to be a highly selective process.
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We're beginning to come out of a recession. It's now a matter of just how meaningfully the economy can recover over the next quarter or two,
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While bargain hunters are going to work, the market is still suffering from a low level of consumer confidence, ... I'd be in no hurry to pull the trigger and be a buyer at the moment but I would be building a buy list.
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We're carefully watching OPEC. The indication is that crude production, crude daily output is likely to be cut a million to a million and a half barrels,
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We're almost worn out with earnings. So many have surfaced of late.
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We are in an environment which clearly seems to benefit from a 'feel good' phenomenon.
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We have more profit warning jitters as the U.S. economy appears to be slowing,