Brett Gallagher
Brett Gallagher
bounce earnings estimates extent given help last markets quarters risk sold unexpected week
It is a little bounce and it's not to be unexpected given how much the markets sold off last week so I wouldn't read too much into this. Earnings are going to be very important to help set the tone, but the out quarters are still very much at risk and those estimates have not come down to the extent I think they should.
bounce determined far fast investors market recently takes today
The market was down so far so fast recently that I don't think it takes much to get a bounce here. Investors were just determined today to be optimistic.
backup guys lost
We lost all of our power. We're on backup power. Our guys aren't trading.
giving names negative quality shaking
These are all quality names in their sectors, all giving negative guidance, and I think that's shaking investors.
positive tax
Eliminating the dividend tax is a psychological positive for the market, ... but at the end of the day, it's no big deal.
ability concern corporate costs create deals driven economy general greater help meet next reduce seem
There's a general concern about the economy and corporate profits. The deals seem to be driven by the ability to reduce costs or create greater synergies of scale, so it's not something that's going to help them meet next quarter's earnings.
ability concern corporate costs create deals driven economy general greater help meet next reduce seem
There's a general concern about the economy and corporate profits, ... The deals seem to be driven by the ability to reduce costs or create greater synergies of scale, so it's not something that's going to help them meet next quarter's earnings.
best bottom companies developed ends giving market pick sector stock
Every market and every sector has different things that make it tick. So when we're looking, for example, at developed markets, we are bottom up stock pickers. We'll pick the best companies and see what kind of allocation that ends up giving us.
both conviction investors keeps pushed recovery tested view
There's nothing for investors to latch on to with conviction. We're being tested on both sides. With no clear-cut view that things are getting better, the (economic) recovery keeps getting pushed out.
anyone earnings expecting heading quarter season starting
The quarter is starting off pretty rough. We're heading into earnings season and I don't think anyone is expecting anything good.
earnings less quality
Today's earnings quality is less than in the past.
bubble cheaper compared market peak point running
Yeah, we're cheaper than we were at the peak of the bubble and running up to the bubble. But compared to any other point the market is overvalued.
buy talk
GE will probably talk up their numbers, but I don't know if I buy it.
fire investors markets pick reconcile standpoint technical themselves
From a technical standpoint the markets are a little oversold. There's tinder for the fire if the markets pick it up. Investors have to reconcile themselves that they're never going to find the bottom.