Barry Hyman
Barry Hyman
fed inflation markets ongoing raised rates september since
The inflation story has been the ongoing story for the markets since the Fed raised rates at the September meeting.
concerns interest last left money sector week
A lot of money left the sector last week over concerns that valuations were just too high. But there's still a lot of interest in technology.
brings bulls further rally
You want to see the follow-on rally when you see an up day like (Monday) because that brings the bulls even further into the game.
betting economic extremely goes next pay smart
You will have to pay him on every can of paint, every carpet, every everything that goes into your house, ... He's betting on the next economic upswing again, and that's why Berkshire Hathaway has done extremely well. He's a very smart investor.
caution coming hinges looking lower market prices stories suspicious time
A lot hinges on the numbers. If they're good, the market rallies. If we get any suspicious numbers, or more accounting-related stories coming into the fray, we're looking at lower prices again. It's a time of caution and some confusion.
almost days employment few good last report six weeks
These last few days have been consolidation, off of a good employment report and almost six weeks of gains.
commitment perspective portfolio
This is more of a short-term perspective and I don't see any commitment by institutions. But a diversified portfolio is doing well here.
commodity complexes decline huge last looks picking require rotation taking work worse
This is a continuation of last week's decline and it's picking up in intensity. There is little rotation as we see the commodity complexes taking a huge hit. It looks worse than it actually is, but still it will require a lot of work technically to right the damage.
basis built driven eyes fed market meeting points sell turned
All eyes will be turned to the Fed. The market will be driven in and around the Fed meeting ? it could be a sell on the story because 50 basis points (a half-percentage point) is already built into the market.
based eyes microsoft
All eyes will be on Microsoft to see where they come out based on the Goldman (Sachs) downgrading.
affect blue chips coming companies economy-and-economics effect interest investors less rates technology
The idea is that interest rates will affect the old-economy companies more, because they are more interest rate sensitive. You will probably have less of an effect on technology stocks, and there is a lot of bargain-hunting going on. I think investors are a little more comfortable coming into these blue chips down 30 percent.
affect bag concern earnings looking quality switched
The cat's out of the bag here with IBM. It's going to affect more than IBM, because Y2K is a concern and it's going to affect many different sectors of the market. And analysts have already switched from just looking at earnings to quality of earnings.
cheap cost looks move next stock target trading
And (Chase) is trading at 10 times next year's earnings. I think the stock is very cheap from a valuation basis, and it's not something that will move immediately. There are cost restructurings to go into this merger; but over time, I think the stock looks good. And I have a 12-month target of around $60 on that,
bear bed case downward drop economic leading leg market needed number stop
The market needed one economic number to put the bear market drop to bed. We got three; Employment, leading economic indicators and housing. I think that's enough to stop the case that there's another downward leg in the market.