Alan Ackerman
Alan Ackerman
consumer continued corporate economy slowing spending
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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While the president may be in trouble, the U.S. economy does not appear to be in trouble as of now. We have a positive economic backdrop, with low inflation, low interest rates On balance, the American economy, while slowing down, continues to be strong.
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Earnings warnings continue to dent confidence and the price of individual issues, ... This is a market that's nasty and negative. It's difficult to divine if we're reaching a bottom or not.
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There doesn't appear to be any reason why this market will break out of its current trading range. Inventories continue to be high and demand does not seem to be as high as it could be.
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We go into next week with continued uncertainty and wall-to-wall worries. The month of August was full of negative surprises, and September seems to be headed in that direction.
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The public is in a semi-shocked state and cash remains on the sidelines on Wall Street despite everything being on sale, ... The main downside pressure seems to be continued earnings disappointments in the tech sector and we had downgrades today that were troublesome.
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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.
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Investors are back to looking at the economy, corporate earnings, and unfortunately the continued saga of corporate shenanigans,
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A lot of money is built up on the sidelines and there's no magnet to bring that money into the market right now, ... As long as the corporate earnings reports continue to surface, there is likely to be caution out there.
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The market continues to suffer from lots of negative news,
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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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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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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.