Jack Baker

Jack Baker
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People seem to be coming to the realization that the economy might, in fact, pick up in the second half. I don't see any negatives in the near term to derail this market.
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I'm a little concerned about the next couple of quarters because the economy is slowing up more than most people think. It could be trouble ahead, but probably not until the end of the year.
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I think the (report on leading economic indicators) is much more important than people think. Maybe in the fourth quarter of this year and the first quarter of next year, the economy will in fact pick up.
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I think we're in a corrective phase, but corrections are usually short, sweet and right to the point. I think that everybody is prematurely judging the Federal Reserve's actions by assuming there will be another rise in May. I think the economy is slower than people think.
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If the economy has turned, as all these reports keep showing, the investment community needs to see earnings turn around too. There is still a lot of money on the sidelines.
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The stock of course, in light of that news up 5 or 6 points this week, ... But we still like the stock a lot, and on any pullback we'd be a buyer.
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I see the flow of funds still exceptionally favorable for the stock market. 8,000 is my number. We should be there in the next week or two.
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Every headline minute-to-minute dictates what the market is going to do. I think there are going to be more torturous, slow days.
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As the market continues to go up, people are going to get more bullish.
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There's hardly anyone here and the market is highly susceptible to rumors and any other kind of news. At any given time, you could see a move in either direction of 100 points or more and it doesn't signal a change in direction.
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There's going to be nervousness for the next few weeks. From an historical perspective, September tends to be one of the worst months. In addition, you have a lot of people moving off to the sidelines ahead of September 11.
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There's nothing fundamental going on in our market, ... Anything that happens in the market these days has to come out of left field. And this is out of left field.
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While the Dow has been fluctuating, it's positive that the Nasdaq has been able to hold on.