Anthony Crescenzi
Anthony Crescenzi
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The bond market expects the stock market to fall very hard ... people are trading scared.
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The Fed doesn't want sudden market reactions in response to news that might be difficult; they want to cause as little volatility as possible, ... Greenspan has admitted to sending signals in the past -- it's the way they operate.
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In a sense the market exhausted itself on the downside yesterday,
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They could have said there's a clear acceleration in economic activity currently under way, but it remains at risk of weakening or reversing, owing to the labor market and other factors. To leave it out completely doesn't make any sense to me -- it's as if they think the market's full of dummies.
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The recent rally in the stock market might be captured (in the numbers).
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The Treasury market rally may be a bear trap. The rally lacks a strong foundation as well as the extreme pessimism that marks the end of sell-offs.
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The Treasury market rally may be a bear trap, ... The rally lacks a strong foundation as well as the extreme pessimism that marks the end of sell-offs.
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The risk aversion was a touch smaller today, but it was more of a toe-step into the markets that were beaten up badly.
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This is not a good way to intervene, to tell the markets ... What you want them to do is panic their way out of their positions.
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Right now we have to take a step back and say how much further can we go with this news. Where fed funds are now, at 6.5 percent, makes it somewhat difficult for the (bond) market to trade higher or lower in yield.
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Unless the Bush administration can successfully counter recent criticism, Bush and consumer confidence might continue to flounder. If so, the markets will justifiably worry about Bush's chances of re-election.
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In the morning, many people thought the Clinton report would hurt the stock market - but it happened yesterday and Wednesday.
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When risk aversion is declining, money will flow out of the safe-haven Treasury market into riskier assets, ... High-yield bonds have increased in price in the past week; holders of junk bonds are doing well right now.
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There are growing indications the market is more stable,