Charles Blood
Charles Blood
history microsoft split stock success
A stock like Microsoft has a history of splitting. It's not the split that makes Microsoft a success. It's the success that makes the split.
history microsoft stock
A stock like Microsoft has a history of splitting,
cheap relative stocks terms
Cheap is a relative term. In terms of price-to-earnings ratios, some of these stocks are still high.
bond data economic increased market oriented past seems several soon stock towards
It seems the stock market is more tuned to the bond market now than it has been in the past several months. As soon as we got oriented towards the bond market, all this economic data increased in significance.
blue bullish case catch chips correction highs last later market month particular rest
The particular bullish case for the blue chips here is that they've really had a correction over the last month or so, ... I look for the blue chips to catch up with the rest of the market and make new highs later this month.
core holding market
But the market is not cheap, ... So if you're playing, what should you be playing? GE, I think, is a core holding in anybody's portfolio.
correction expect market overall percent ultimately
We ultimately expect the overall market to be down...and end up with a correction that totals 10 to 15 percent from the peak.
bit decent earnings economic higher interest pressure putting rates rising
We have decent economic growth, but the Fed's tightening, ... Earnings should be good, but rising interest rates are putting a little bit of pressure on valuation. All that nets out to a higher market, but not every day and every week.
fed meetings next raising situation six time
When the time comes for the Fed to have these meetings over the next six months, the situation will look different and they will actually keep raising rates.
earnings
It doesn't matter. Earnings could be doing anything.
basically blue chip highs middle
I think we're going at least up to the old highs by the middle of September. I think this is still basically a big-cap, blue chip market.
lack week
I think they probably should have canceled this week for lack of interest.
bull correction ongoing rather within
I think this is another correction within an ongoing bull market, rather than something more substantial.
direction investors
I think investors should be back in the market. The direction is up from here.