John Davidson
John Davidson
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I think the big number will be Friday,
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I think that the home sales and consumer confidence reflect continued strength in housing.
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If stocks keep deteriorating and the Fed were to cut rates in a coordinated response with the Bank of England, you could see some short-term positive response,
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He may say something to the effect that the economy remains strong and that they will continue to raise rates.
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We've gone beyond the economics, the valuation, and we're trading on momentum and a lot of fear.
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To get a real turnaround you need to have a turnaround in earnings. The jobless claims number today probably keeps (Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan on task in terms of lowering rates.
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What we've seen has really been priced into the market. At this point we need to see evidence of rising spending on capital and businesses hiring employees.
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He's always given of his time. He's always tried to do the right thing. Going to Italy, I think this thing may become a big story over there if people want to make it a big story. Otherwise, it shouldn't.
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He knows how to handle people. He's a generous guy. He knows how to treat all levels of players whether they're the stars or the fourth-line winger or the scrapper, or whatever. He makes everybody feel important.
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He knows how to handle people. He's a generous guy, ... He knows how to treat all levels of players whether they're the stars or the fourth-line winger or the scrapper, or whatever. He makes everybody feel important.
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Greenspan talked very little about the current state of the economy and was really admonishing lawmakers, and he made it very clear that there will be no interest-rate cut announced after the meeting on Sept. 24. I think this may have disappointed some investors hoping for a rate cut or something more aggressive to help stocks.
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There are some worries about will the earnings this year support the 2-1/2 year highs that the indexes have recently reached, particularly in an environment where interest rates will be rising.
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I suspect people have started to recalculate their positions going into the jobs report and they don't want to be short -- they want to be fully invested. If the numbers really follow what we've seen for the initial jobless claims, it could be positive for the market.
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