John Hughs
John Hughs
bad concerns drop economy iraq remain
Today's drop is a follow-through on more bad news. Also, the developments on Iraq and deflationary concerns in the economy remain in the background.
concerned confirm imminent numbers saying today
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,
concerning good sloppy start term
It's not a really good start to the new year, ... I would term it sloppy at best, concerning at worst.
concern crown jewel looked north operating producer quality
So you have quality assets, you have an operating concern that is looked on as the jewel in the crown of the North American producer group.
concern oil time
Oil is out there, and any time it rallies, it's a concern to stocks,
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.
buying close concerns falling interest january
There's very little buying interest right now and there are concerns with the Dow and S&P 500 falling close to the January lows,
concerns despite economy good growing high oil quickly though
The concerns over the slowdown are little overdone, ... The economy is still growing at a good clip, though not as quickly as expected. Things are still good despite the slowdown, despite high oil prices.
dragged energy good higher household moves player prices pride rest smaller stocks technical
(Pride Petroleum) is not a household name. A lot of energy stocks have had pretty good moves of late, ... up around 15-to-20 percent. Pride is kind of a smaller player in the area, just kind of a stock that has a good technical pattern, a good chart, and is being dragged up by the rest of the group, and with higher energy prices we think that one can do better.
celtic desire game lacking passing sadly stop
Our desire was sadly lacking at Motherwell and that was very disappointing. We need to play our passing game and stop Celtic having the ball.
economic either expected misses news reaction
So much of this economic news has been anticipated that you're not going to get much reaction either way, to better than expected news, or to something that misses estimates,
basically everybody sector selling
Techs are up, because the selling is basically done for now. The sector has been so out of favor, with everybody downgrading it, that you're getting this end-of-the-quarter bounce.
appetite asking composure game great maybe might passing played russell tired wednesday worry
Russell has a great appetite for the game ... I thought he might have been tired after Wednesday but he played superbly again. His composure is outstanding and his passing is flawless. My only worry is that sometimes maybe I'm asking too much of him.
bounce came economic key last late levels perceived plus reports seeing support week
Everything came down to key support levels late last week and so I think you're seeing a bounce off that, ... You've also got some economic reports that are being perceived favorably, plus McDonald's earnings.