Hans Olsen
Hans Olsen
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My sense is that the high oil prices we've sustained throughout this year are beginning to take hold in the operating costs of a wider swath of US companies.
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If you believe that higher interest rates will put a brake on the economy, the whole tech sector is highly susceptible because companies are going to be spending on tech-related items depending on where the economy is going.
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It's remarkable that consumer confidence remains so high and it may help bring to stocks some buying momentum. Companies in the industrial and consumer sectors are the most likely to benefit from high confidence levels at the start of 2006.
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A good number will confirm the upward bias for interest rates and higher rates are a headwind for equity prices.
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To say that we knew she was going to improve and excel at the rate that she is, that would not be a true statement. She has exceeded the schedule that I thought. She is probably already at the point where I thought she would be in two years.
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We are starting to see the bite from some of the risks that have been lurking in the background, like oil. I think it's going to continue to be tougher for this market to do anything positive.
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What's going to drive things over the next several weeks is how third-quarter earnings come out,
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Right now, it's like an absence of bad news is being treated as good news. I see it as just a lot of noise right now. There's still a lot out there to deal with.
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Right now, it's like an absence of bad news is being treated as good news.
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The only good spot today was factory orders.
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This really is an impressively durable market, but there's so much more to come later in the week. Ask me later in the week, and we'll see where we stand then.
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It doesn't set a real positive stage. It makes it difficult for stock prices to go anywhere.
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It all leads to the idea that inflation isn't so bad. That supplies some push for the market.
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Some investors worry that if the inversion persists, it may signal a tough time ahead for the economy. But it's still too soon to know it for sure.