Donald Selkin
Donald Selkin
avoid components cyclical economy economy-and-economics stocks
Cyclical stocks should really not do well if the economy is going to slow, and you can see, look at the cyclical components of the Dow, a stock like International Paper, Du Pont, all at multi-year lows. I really don't see much there, I would avoid them.
bought came cell components division dropped earnings electronic equipment original parts potential strong wireless
They make electronic components for the original equipment manufacturers. In February, they bought the Motorola ( MOT ) division that makes parts for wireless cell phones. Well, it came down a little bit..made a new high, dropped a little bit, and is now on the way back up. They have the potential strong earnings growth.
earnings small stocks
The stocks that are benefiting most from better earnings are the small and mid-cap ones.
bit people reminded statement
The statement wasn't that negative, but it was a bit clumsily worded. They reminded people of the dangers.
anytime federal good interest lining news raising rates reserve silver
The silver lining on this is that it confirms that the Federal Reserve will not be raising interest rates anytime soon, which is good news for the market.
aversion technology volatile
Things are still very volatile and there's been an aversion to technology all day.
next reporting statement
The wording of the statement will be important, and then you've also got Cisco and Dell reporting next week.
beat pathetic revenge sector stocks
Prudential upgraded the semiconductors and that got the sector going. This was the revenge of the nerds. The most beat up, pathetic stocks had one of their up days.
action averages situations special themselves though
Even though the averages themselves are doing nothing, there are some special situations going on here. There's a lot of action away from the averages.
decline hit last nice oil rise texas week
Between Texas Instruments, the rise in oil prices, and commodities, we got hit today. But the decline wasn't terrible. Last week we had nice gains, and today, we're kind of consolidating.
blair expected maybe perspective progress saying trying work
Blair is trying to put people's perspective in the right place. Maybe they expected too much in the first week. He's saying that we are making progress and we are going to try and work with the U.N., and that reassures people.
cut self short
Sometimes these things are put out for self-serving reasons. But these short sellers want to cut their losses.
beginning came jobs michigan number
Didn't look like we were going to do much in the beginning because the jobs number came in lower-than-expected and the Michigan number also came in lower.
demand lower oil president prices relation says supply
This thing with the oil is nutty. Even the president of OPEC says prices should be $10 to $15 lower than they are. It has very little relation to the supply and demand statistics.