Doug Porter
Doug Porter
Douglas "Doug" Porteris a former American football coach. He served as the head coach at Mississippi Valley State University, Howard University, and Fort Valley State University, compiling a career college football record of 115–111–5. He was also an assistant coach at Grambling State University under Eddie Robinson. Porter was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008...
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While there are still concerns about further Fed rate hikes down the road, it does seem as if the Fed's on hold for now and investors are starting to reassess which companies still have the best long-term prospects,
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Even though the headline number looked good on the TSE, there is still a slight concern that it's moving forward on vary narrow breadth,
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I guess the other concern is the continued weakness in the U.S ... it raises some serious concern over what the market is telling us for the North American economy going forward.
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I suspect it was just a bout of profit taking, a bit of nervousness ahead of next week's Fed meeting. Not that anyone's expecting anything out of the Fed's next week, but I think there still are some lingering concerns about the longer-term interest rate outlook. Especially with oil prices pushing above $32 a barrel,
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That he says 'the downside risks predominate,' however, suggests we can expect further interest-rate cuts over the course of the spring. I would expect a 50 basis point (half-percentage point) cut at the next meeting.
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They'll basically grin and bear it. Well, maybe they won't grin, but they'll bear it,
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These together will probably increase consumer spending and at the margin . . . it will put a bit of upward pressure on growth and could potentially put that much more pressure on the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates.
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The message that seeped out was that he does think that they've pretty much done enough to bring the economy in for a soft landing, and that really is an ideal world for equities. While it was disguised, it certainly was a very bullish message for both bonds and stocks,
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The interest rate differential continues to attract money to the U.S..
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They ... continue to drum home the point that this isn't going to be a huge extended tightening cycle with them pointing out, yet again, the risks beyond 2006.
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The recovery in the global financial backdrop is a key part of the outlook for tightening,
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What it shows is that inventories are still in pretty good balance. There's no sign that there's any unwanted build-up.
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As the negatives keep stacking up for the province, we will see growth weaken .Ê.Ê. and begin to dig into the province's revenues.
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At the very least, it drums on the point that they'll continue to raise interest rates. By deductive reasoning, you'd assume that they don't have a big problem with the strength of the currency.