Chuck Hill
Chuck Hill
beat definitely earnings fourth further maybe negative prospects somewhere
I think we'll probably end up somewhere around negative 4 or negative 5 percent. Some will probably beat expectations, but not many. Down earnings is definitely in the cards, and the prospects of maybe even down earnings further in the fourth quarter.
peak takes weeks worse
It always takes a toll. These are the peak weeks for warnings and it's going to be worse than normal, but we probably need a little of that.
comments
I think it's going to show up in some comments. I think you will get some comments that (earnings) would have been better if it hadn't been for the euro.
economy obviously showing signs slowing third
There are obviously signs the economy is slowing but it's not showing up yet in earnings, and probably won't in the third quarter.
bigger changing company earnings growth missed news per rate says share
If a company says it's changing its long-term growth rate by 1 percent, that should be bigger news than if it missed its quarterly earnings per share by a penny. But it's not.
earnings temper
I don't think it's going to temper earnings that much. But it isn't going to be a positive, that's for sure.
beginning bit confession disturbing early expect higher negative normal normally number running somewhat
Well, it's still the beginning of the so-called confession season, but it is a little disturbing in that we're running somewhat higher than the normal number of pre-announcements that we would expect this early. And we're running a little bit more negative than we normally do at this early stage.
extremely good
You are going to have extremely good results.
bounce business looking numbers
Utilities are pretty much business as usual. In the aggregate, we see the numbers bounce around some, but this will change. We're still looking at better-than-normal performance.
beat excited gets market
We know the market always gets excited when we beat the numbers.
forecast growth march minus percent technology
We forecast technology as a whole for 11 percent growth as of Jan. 2. As of March 20, it's at minus 7 percent.
brings good people somewhat
We'll probably get somewhat of an overreaction to the pre-announcements but that will be good because it brings people back to reality.
market meeting move optimistic twist
I think they'll (the Fed) move at the meeting but I think the market is grasping at any straws you can twist into an optimistic story.
pain
I think there'll be more pain and suffering.