Art Hogan
Art Hogan
bet front gone good huge news obviously ready seem shape terms tuesday week
We've gone through a lot this week in terms of getting ready for the Fed, ... We've got some important news at 2:00 on Tuesday and obviously you're not going to make a huge bet in front of that. However, we seem to be in good shape for that announcement.
card credit environment except interest obviously retail sector
Obviously we're in an environment with the friendlier interest rates, ... The first sector that does well (after cuts) -- except for the credit card issuers -- is the retail stores.
deal obviously
When you see a deal of this size, obviously (Washington Mutual) is still acquirable,
bad east handful major mid news obviously rainy violence
A handful of bad news for a rainy Monday. The escalation of violence in the Mid East is obviously a major issue.
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.
meeting rhetoric
The rhetoric from the meeting will be the most important catalyst,
death rumors
The rumors of the Dow's death has been much exaggerated,
news rallying
Arguably, Nokia's news isn't good, ... If we were rallying on Nokia, it was a little questionable on its reasoning.