Alan Ackerman
Alan Ackerman
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We're carefully watching OPEC. The indication is that crude production, crude daily output is likely to be cut a million to a million and a half barrels,
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Most of the retailers are watching their advertising dollars very carefully. This is not going to be an easy period for retailers but it could be worse. Tax refunds are certainly playing some positive role in consumer spending patterns.
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We may have bumped the bottom, but the question is, can we bounce back? Right now, you have a market that has no leadership, has no conviction. I believe more people will be watching the Yankees and the Mets.
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We may have bumped the bottom, but the question is, can we bounce back? ... Right now, you have a market that has no leadership, has no conviction. I believe more people will be watching the Yankees and the Mets.
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The market next week is anybody's guess. World nations are watching the United States.
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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,