James Park
James Park
aggressive closing coming commodity concerned interest move negative news nice people positions prices
A lot of people are closing out positions before the weekend, with negative news escalating all over the place. After the nice move coming out of the year-end, this is a little more aggressive than usual. We need to be concerned with commodity prices and interest rates, too.
gains intel led market president pressure rebound shares speech tech turnaround
The market was under pressure for most of President Bush's speech. Once that was over, tech led a rebound on gains for Intel and a turnaround in shares of Oracle.
definitely gains held jobs level markets reaction seeing terror threat
The markets should have held on to gains after the jobs report, ... What we're seeing is definitely a reaction to the terror threat level being raised.
based commodity interest less lower market oil prices rates trading uniform
The market reacted to lower oil prices. We're going to be more based on interest rates and commodity prices for a while. There was less volatility, and trading was more uniform today.
commodity curve finally holding light market negative options reacting strong volatility weakness
The market is finally reacting to commodity prices. The weakness on the long end of the curve is contributing to the weakness too. We've been holding strong for this week, but everything is in a negative light today. There's a little more volatility because it's options expiration.
looking market maybe natural oil prices reality speaks starting
The divergence in commodities and the market speaks for itself. When you're looking at oil and natural gas, these prices are still high. Maybe the reality is starting to set in.