Ken Tower
Ken Tower
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Technically, we've been very optimistic about the market bottoming out right now. Since the July lows, this is a double bottom, so we're still very optimistic,
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Technical indicators help investors avoid downward spirals like Enron. That being said, I don't pay much attention to news. I pay attention to how investors react to news. A good or bad reaction is more important than the news itself.
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Technical indicators help investors avoid downward spirals like Enron, ... That being said, I don't pay much attention to news. I pay attention to how investors react to news. A good or bad reaction is more important than the news itself.
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You're seeing the fast money shift around a bit, and short term, that's good for stocks. Longer term, you have to consider that at some point, energy prices are going to catch up to the economy and the market.
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You might be inclined to explain away last week's weakness by noting the low volume and people on vacation, but the historical record of year-end rallies was built on similar conditions. More likely, the absence of sideline cash will become a common problem throughout the year.
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This is a really tricky time for investors, because there is such a strong seasonal tendency for markets to struggle.
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I'd like to see the market turnaround right here, hold Friday's lows and move higher, ... If we don't hold (the lows) it's a real strong sign that you got to take this market lower to get it fully oversold.
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Only 10 New York Stock Exchange stocks made new lows yesterday, so it's clear that there is a great deal of underlying market strength. Industrials remain the clear winner, as they reached another new high yesterday. Financials had a huge rally and also closed at a new high. Leadership will eventually shift back to tech, energy and basic materials, but we're not there yet.
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More likely is that we'll get some sort of advance that takes the market to new highs.
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Right now, it's the yield curve that everyone will be watching. Now we're wondering what type of economic growth we'll have going forward. For investors, it's always possible that this time will be different, but we still have to be defensive going into 2006.
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I feel that it's very important here for the bulls to show that they can keep pushing this market forward.
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We're set up for a nice little rally, however, how long it can last is unclear.
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Neither bulls nor bears seem to be making any headway, unless you look at the Dow.
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A capitalist economy goes through cycles, and 2000 was the peak in the latest cycle, which had lots of similarities to the 1960s and the 1920s. Now we're somewhere in this sort of troublesome period like the 1970s.