John Hughs
John Hughs
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The expectation is that earnings growth is slowing, so any kind of improved earnings would help,
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It's finally something that you can hang your hat on, ... I think the one-day rally always is more impressive to the average person, but people should be more impressed with the last three days.
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It's going to start bad but the key is how the market finishes. You've haven't really had any good earnings reports just yet and after the big run-up, you're going to have a lot of people questioning whether or not there is valid, fundamental support for that run.
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They need to get back on track and focus on what they do well. They have a good, defensible position. Once they get the business back on track then they can consider some of the potential options.
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It's more difficult than you think. We'll get there. I promise.
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It's a pretty good start to the year, ... You have a lot of small-cap, lower-priced stocks gaining, which is typical of January, but you also have gold, metals and a number of other sectors participating.
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They're not so jaded; they haven't done it 20 times before. When you go on location in Chicago, even the onlookers are thrilled.
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They're not so jaded; they haven't done it 20 times before, ... When you go on location in Chicago, even the onlookers are thrilled.
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The news is all positive, but it was what the market had built in, ... There was nothing spectacular about the numbers. The market is still in a correction phase, and it will continue for the next four or five weeks -- at least through Labor Day.
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The numbers today will confirm what the Fed's been saying -- they're concerned about inflation, but they don't think it's an imminent concern,
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That's now 42 goals against which averages two a game. That means we need to get three goals to win a match. That's why we went five at the back, to give them a hand. We sacrificed the flair up front, knowing that they were on the bench and we could throw them on.
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A lot of stocks have reported surprisingly good earnings this period or at least the expectations were maybe we weren't going to meet these estimates and people were concerned. But they have been performing a little bit better of late. Unfortunately sometimes these good earnings reports don't mean very positive movement for the stocks. Sometimes the stocks have run up in anticipation. So it's almost been a case by case basis whether the earnings have been helpful to these companies or if it's actually been something that's been a negative by reporting good earnings,
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We're getting a little follow-through from yesterday but we are in a transitional environment where we've lost our leadership in the commodity-based stocks, and there is still a question on whether technology will step up to replace it.
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We're in a seasonal period that can be kind of choppy, ... Add to that yesterday's Fed rate hike and the options expirations, and you can see this kind of movement.