Joseph Battipaglia
Joseph Battipaglia
continue fed few lower news next oil prices raise relief trading weeks
We continue to be in this trading range, at the lower end right now, ... The only catalysts that can get us out of here in the next few weeks is some relief at the pump, lower oil prices and news about how much the Fed is going to raise rates.
conditions continue investors pay profits roll
As long as the fundamental conditions continue to come on the way they have been ... the profits roll on. And if profits roll on, investors will have to pay more for those earnings, because their alternative investments are limited.
continue cut earnings estimates investors market next point several though
Investors are not put off now by the onslaught of disappointing earnings expectations. I think we're well through the inflection point where the market will continue to recover, even though earnings estimates will continue to be cut for the next several months.
add continue enthusiasm fuel future investors levels record run starting stocks technology
The enthusiasm investors have for stocks that have rallied us back to record levels will continue in place for the future and now that technology stocks are starting to run again, ... It's only going to add more fuel to the fire.
among bright comfort coming delivered fairly fed growing half initiative investors outlook perhaps positive second
What's going to be positive here is delivered earnings, a fairly bright outlook for the second half by corporations, and a growing comfort among investors that perhaps the tightening initiative by the Fed is coming to a close,
balance companies decent environment fairly talking
The techs on balance have put in a fairly decent performance, ... We're getting a sense that there's a bottoming going on in the semiconductors. Some of the bellwether companies like Cisco are talking about a better environment in the future.
pc sales tie
Right now, the slowdown in PC sales I tie to the Pentium III,
benign data fed hurricane market prior quite showing sure
CPI data was benign but the data was prior to Hurricane Katrina, ... Still, no one is quite sure about what the Fed is going to do going ahead. So the market is not showing much conviction.
endurance growth momentum move rates strength underlying
There's ongoing, underlying strength in the economy, and that's important because as rates move higher, the durability of growth and the endurance of the momentum is very important for investors.
action bad company difficulty few gains last looks major market news point service shocks
We have a lot of difficulty with the telecom service sector, ... It looks like the bad news is localized in that company and that sector. We're at a point where most of the major shocks have been had and the market action today, after the gains over the last few days, is very constructive.
dollar gold safety
I think gold is not the right place to be right now. The dollar and U.S. Treasuries are now the safety valves.
dollar gold safety
I think gold is not the right place to be right now, ... The dollar and U.S. Treasuries are now the safety valves.
concerns economy expanding improve mixed number raising result retail sector services
Today's ISM services number was a disappointment. The economy can't improve if the only sector expanding is the consumers. And now the mixed retail result is raising concerns there, too.
companies declining focus helps main warning
One of the main focus of course, is earnings, and it never helps when companies are warning about declining profits.