Alan Ackerman
Alan Ackerman
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I think the market senses something good going on. On the one hand, the feeling is that the economy is starting to show signs of improvement. But there are plenty of skeptics around who say that feeling may be a little premature, and they are selling on strength,
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I don't think it signifies very much. We're still in a position of extreme rotation in the markets.
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There seems to be those who believe that there are more and more signs that the economy is shaking off its slump,
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It's not necessarily a sign of good things to come. But it's a rally from a deeply oversold condition so it raises hopes that there may be some follow through, ... We're not yet in the midst of rally that shows signs it is sustainable.
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It's OK to buy on the dips but it's not OK to commit much money at this time, but we are seeing signs of stability.
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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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When a company reverses itself in this manner, it puts investors ill at ease,
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There is a better tone to the market and money is flowing back into both the Dow and the Nasdaq. Many think we've seen the worst and the next interest rate cut by the Fed (Federal Reserve) will help get the economy going.
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We had a dull July and August is duller still,
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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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This was the last chance for the Fed to raise rates in 1997. The market reacted earlier as if nothing would happen, and when the news came we saw some buyers but also some sellers going to work,
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What's driving this is techs have gone from terrific to terrible,
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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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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.