Alan Ackerman

Alan Ackerman
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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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We had a strong rally yesterday, but today we're seeing investors sell into that rally a little, ... We're in a trading market. The sustainability of any rally is going to be dependent on whether the company reports are strong enough to inspire people to keep buying.
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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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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 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,
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There's a feeling that oil prices will work higher still. The U.S. is more dependent on foreign imports than it has been in a while, and with oil prices on the rise, buyers moved quickly into oil stocks and energy related stocks,
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There's some technology follow- through, ... Some feel that the Fed is chasing a genie that's not yet out of the bottle.