Alan Ackerman
Alan Ackerman
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The tech news exacerbates an already negative feeling,
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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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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.
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Negative psychology is building and confidence is eroding, ... We're seeing the deterioration of the desire to buy -- everything is for sale from Main Street to Wall Street.
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There's been no shortage of negative news lately, and this event is likely to further depress the markets,
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The market continues to suffer from lots of negative news,
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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,