Art Hogan
Art Hogan
meeting rhetoric
The rhetoric from the meeting will be the most important catalyst,
bet meeting since waiting
Why would you make a big bet before a meeting you've been waiting for since the end of June?
across bar future guidance meet trouble
If they don't meet expectations, I think we're in trouble -- but I think the bar has been lowered across the board, ... It's more about the guidance and what they say about future quarters.
economic fed meeting news next path resistance
We've got a lot of economic news between now and the next Fed meeting in May. The path of least resistance is higher, but there's a bumpy road.
ahead change couple last meetings seen stop time
It's the first time we've seen a change of verbiage in the last 10 meetings or so, ... We're now a couple of meetings ahead of when they'll stop tightening.
action either fed guess higher meeting remain start tuesday until venture volumes
But if I had to venture a guess I think we'll start trending higher up until the Fed meeting on Tuesday and then really take off. Unfortunately, the volumes remain anemic here so there's not a whole lot of action going on either way.
concern fed higher leave meeting rates remains rhetoric thinking
I'm thinking the Fed will leave the rates unchanged, ... We've ramped up pretty higher into this meeting and my concern is the psychological letdown if the rhetoric remains strong.
certainly expected happen last points thousand
We expected it to happen by the end of the year, certainly not in the first quarter. The last thousand points have really been at breakneck speed.
calling focus forward great growth intensive looking news people period question revenue robust week
We're going through a very news intensive period this week and the focus of all of that is slowdown of revenue growth going forward, but we're probably overreacting, ... We get great numbers, but looking forward we don't have the robust growth -- so people are calling into question valuations.
consensus helps overall quarter season second upbeat
The season started upbeat and that was terrific. That helps the overall consensus that the second quarter (reports) will be rosier.
ahead calendar earnings fourth good lining looking major market people quarter range second third upsets
The second quarter is lining up to be another good quarter but people are looking ahead to the third and fourth quarters. Barring any major upsets on the earnings calendar I'd say the market is pretty range bound.
clinical dangerous goes investment issue negative sector showing trial
The whole issue goes a long way in showing how dangerous an investment the sector is, ... You can have one regulatory setback, one clinical trial or negative development for a drug, and you see this kind of impact.
beginning ideas
The winnowing down of ideas is beginning to happen.
absolutely air breath fresh needed terrific
These are terrific numbers, absolutely great, a much needed breath of fresh air for the equities market.