John Hughs
John Hughs
concern oil time
Oil is out there, and any time it rallies, it's a concern to stocks,
expecting fall instead oil
Oil is on everyone's mind. We're expecting a fall in inventories, but instead we get a rise,
company confidence exactly investor market shakes though
After WorldCom, Qwest and everything else, the market is having a 'When will this end?' and 'Which company is next?' reaction, ... So even though this isn't exactly a surprise, it shakes investor confidence even more.
changed greenspan language last statement
After Greenspan changed the language in the statement last time, there is some apprehension about what he'll say,
basis bit growth investors next point rise scenario strong worry
I think you've got a little bit of the Goldilocks scenario with the CPI, with investors concluding that growth is strong, but not so strong that we have to worry about a 50 basis point rise at the next meeting,
behavior close gains historical last market prove rally seeing today trends week
I think when you look at the rally last week, the behavior we're seeing from the market today is pretty constructive, ... We're digesting the gains from last week, and if historical trends prove right, we should close the week a little higher. Technically and objectively, the market is doing everything it can.
continue february few momentum month rest tends weaker weeks
I think we're going to continue to see this churning for the rest of the month and then February tends to be seasonally weaker for the market, ... Longer-term, the momentum is still up, but we may need a few weeks of consolidation.
overdone
Just as things get overdone on the upside, they can get overdone on the downside.
change days decline few major past risk theme
I think consolidation is kind of the theme here. It's been there for the past few days and I think it will continue. I don't think there's a big risk for a major decline out there, but I don't think there's much out there that's going to change what's going on.
confident executive golf group high maintain public standards
It always was a first-rate executive golf course. We're confident this group will be able to maintain those high standards with it as a public course.
buying economic nice pressure seems selling week
I think it's a pretty constructive day, ... It was nice that you got some more encouraging economic news. This week was a stealthy-type rally...There really isn't any selling pressure out there, there seems to be more buying pressure.
forward major news
Going forward you're not going to see anything too dramatic, barring any major news event.
hard ready
He's alright, Fergie, he'll be back in working hard and ready to go again.
anybody beaten bit concern gotten great group listen medical owned percent recently selected speech year
HMOs have had a great year very quietly. They're up about 47 percent on the year. And recently they've gotten a little bit beaten up because, if you listen to Mr. Gore's speech on Thursday, it would concern anybody that owned them. They are up a lot, we still like the group, (and) we selected medical group as a whole.