Alan Ackerman
Alan Ackerman
appears chance gave investors lighten taking
It gave sellers a chance to lighten up a bit, ... On balance, this just appears to be investors taking a breather.
appears economy economy-and-economics profit warning
We have more profit warning jitters as the U.S. economy appears to be slowing,
although appears biggest bull buyers found history lots market since wealth
The biggest bull market in history still appears to be intact, ... Although the market is up tenfold since 1982 and lots of wealth has been created, there are still buyers to be found on market pullbacks.
appears completing market starting week
Essentially we're just completing a week where there appears to be some market stabilization starting to surface,
appears bargain bit cheap continues hunting market sold
This market continues to go to extremes, ... Techs have sold down sharply. Now there's a bit of bargain hunting from what appears to be very cheap levels.
appears companies cut economic further great interest likely mean rates recovery reduction report road starting
The U.S. economic recovery appears to be further down the road than many expected, so another cut in interest rates is not likely to mean a great deal, ... What's more important is when companies report they're starting to see a reduction in inventories.
appears areas bite closer consumer economy economy-and-economics fed hard hikes hit hopefully key maybe months next percent rate six slowing spending targeting three time year
Rate hikes bite different sectors of the economy at different rates. For example, one of the key areas that was hit hard and appears to be slowing down is housing. Consumer spending will take some time to slow down, maybe three to six months out. But in any case, what the Fed is targeting is                  GDP of 5 percent this year and a GDP hopefully next year of closer to 4 to 4-1/4 percent.
appears attractive economy erratic investors risk stocks
The Nasdaq appears to be probing for a bottom, ... The more erratic the Nasdaq is, the more attractive the old economy stocks appear to be for investors who want to be risk averse.
appears bad news
For the most part it appears most of the bad news is out.
appears blue chip cycle earnings interest likely lower money names prompt rate rates seeing terms
A lower interest rate cycle is under way and lower interest rates are likely to prompt more money into the markets, ... For now it appears to be a 'safety first' posture, so we're seeing money rotating into better blue chip names that are more predictable in terms of earnings flow.
company ill investors itself puts
When a company reverses itself in this manner, it puts investors ill at ease,
both cut economy fed flowing help interest market money next rate seen tone worst
There is a better tone to the market and money is flowing back into both the Dow and the Nasdaq. Many think we've seen the worst and the next interest rate cut by the Fed (Federal Reserve) will help get the economy going.
august dull july
We had a dull July and August is duller still,
companies contracted drop market nasty negative period publicly room short year
With a market as nasty and negative as it is at the moment, there's little room for error. The Nasdaq has contracted very sharply in a short period of time. Its drop in a year is approximately 60 percent, but this is not representative of all companies that are publicly traded.