Alan Ackerman
Alan Ackerman
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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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I think for the moment the big chains are running like elephants. They tend to be behind the cheetahs and the panthers. I think they lumber along, and I think this is not necessarily the time to move. I think the turnaround isn't going to be as routine or orderly as you might expect. I'd want to stay with the strength right now.
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This has been an amazing market -- a 'Benny Goodman' market with plenty of swing, ... My sense is mood, momentum and money flow are still up.
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Retail investors appear to be slower to commit funds to the market this time, ... The market's momentum and volatility has caused some investors to step aside as the market has worked lower.
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For the moment it's a blue-chip gain, ... The economy is showing signs of improving, but techs are still lagging. So there's more safety for investors in blue chips.
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The market itself turned around. Mood, momentum and money flow are still positive, ... is reacting to a sense of investors not wanting to miss the train.
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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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The sands have shifted, ... Wachovia's weakness took the strength out of the financials and Qualcomm has taken quite a hit.
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It was a livable number, ... It encouraged some bargain hunters to go to work.
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Enron's quick collapse touched off more aggressiveness by regulators and prompted them to dig more deeply into executive dealings.
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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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Essentially we're just completing a week where there appears to be some market stabilization starting to surface,
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Even if a trading halt were put in, it might be 'something to do about nothing,' ... This is an orderly drop, rather than one filled with panic.
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There's so much doubt out there ahead of this three-day weekend that many players are just selling into the market -- taking their cash and moving to the sidelines,