Bryan Piskorowski
Bryan Piskorowski
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Tech stocks brought us up from our Oct. 8 lows and have continued to lead the market higher. When they go down it's going to drag the rest of the market with it.
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Earnings have been good, but we're priced for perfection. The bulls want a stronger wine to keep the party going.
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You got technical selling coming in as we broke a support level. Beyond that, we're just sitting here in no-man's land waiting for earnings announcements and economic data.
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I still think it's a relatively fertile investing environment. There are better roads ahead and the market is generally going to try to consolidate and deal with a slowing economy.
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But it's going to be a quiet week. A lot of people are on vacation, there's little in corporate reporting or econ data, Congress is still in recess. We lack drama right now, which means we're going to be left to our own devices, which could be good or bad.
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Selling on the news has been the mantra for second-quarter earnings season. What's more has been the bull's inability to piece together any kind of winning streak. With sustainability in question and anxiety abounding about tomorrow's (Thursday's) Employment Cost Index and Friday's second quarter GDP, few players are willing to step up to the plate today.
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We've had pretty sizable gains in the last two days, so you're seeing a little rotating out of sectors and some profit taking. Last week we had a one-hit wonder. This week we're trying to see if we can do a little better.
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Ultimately what we're trying to come to grips with is the fact that we understand that second-quarter earnings are not going to be good but the timing of a recovery is hanging over our head. We'll get some forecasting, looking out, but it's what those forecasts say that puts proof in the pudding.
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We're wrapping up a year where we saw the Christmas rally happen in the autumn time frame. There's not much gunpowder left in December, so it's a month of digestion.
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We keep trying to see a consensus for when things will bottom out. But then we keep getting these numbers that would seem to undermine that.
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We don't need a cause and effect here. We have bear psychology gripping the market so there's general apathy toward taking positions -- rallies are viewed as short-lived and trader-oriented.
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We ran 8 percent in four sessions, and now we're giving some of it back. It's just good old-fashioned, healthy profit-taking more than anything else.
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You have nobody willing to be a hero here -- it's hard for people to step up to the plate. Trade over the past two sessions has been very speculative. If you removed Iraq, you'd probably have a market that was doing OK.
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That kind of capitulatory downside will lead to bounces, but the question is sustainability and follow-through. That's something the market has been unable to demonstrate any credibility in doing so over the last three months.