Alan Ackerman
Alan Ackerman
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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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Earnings, by and large, are what investors are hanging their hats on, ... Some earnings improvements have prompted some optimism, but we'll know more about that next week.
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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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I think people need to be concerned about the length of the technology cycle and the inability of most CEOs and analysts to predict the course of corporate earnings over the next several quarters.
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It could well be another week of stabilization and consolidation as the market seeks to hold its own, ... We are likely to see some earnings disappointments. Conversely, we're also likely to see some earnings surprises. I'm looking for a market that stays in a reasonably tight trading side.
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My sense is that an earnings recovery is further away than expected and there is no immediate catalyst to turn this market sharply higher. We could have a trading rally, but on balance, people are still nervous about the earnings outlook.
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September will be as difficult for the markets as August as we enter the earnings pre-announcement season,
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One can hardly ignore the strength or weakness of the earnings reports coming out nor can they ignore the slowing state of the U.S. economy.
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What's confounding most people out there is how do you get your hands around earnings, ... there's not that much out there in terms of earnings predictability.
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The real problem is that until we get through this earnings period, there's going to be an awful lot of skepticism out there about whether or not companies met their objective, and concern over the economy.
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It reaffirms the fact that it wasn't just the outcome of the election that weighed heavily on the market -- it's concern about corporate earnings and the more-than-frequent flow of profit warnings coming from some of the strong companies, ... Earnings disappointments are overpowering the election results for now, particularly in the financial sector.
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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 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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the expectation is there will be a fairly strong stream of earnings disappointments in the second quarter.