Ken Tower
Ken Tower
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I see no signs of weakness in this market at this moment. The historical pattern and the current market trend suggest to me that next week will be a good week for the market.
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Employment cost is below expectations, which should encourage the Federal Reserve at next week's meeting to maintain a balanced approach.
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You have to be a little nervous about this number. This is going to do nothing but make us focus more on next week's Fed meeting as investors keep searching about inflation clues.
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For many, the bullish case for next year is partly dependent on the Fed stopping its rate hiking. But historically, the Fed stopping isn't necessarily bullish for stocks. It's when the Fed lowers rates that it's bullish.
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I think there is a wait-and-see attitude about next week's Fed meeting. Investors are thinking that perhaps the recent weaker-than-expected employment report means that the Fed is near the end of its rate-hiking cycle, but I don't think that's the case.
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Longer term I'm bearish, but I'm pretty optimistic for next week.
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What's happening in front of us right now is discouraging, but the market's telling us that these will be short-term disruptions.
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I see the whole business cycle slowing down.
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The whole tech sector jumped after the IBM announcement and it may spark a rally tomorrow. But it's one piece of good news. Could the impact be erased by a subsequent piece of bad news between now and tomorrow? Sure.
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These are things that people can be nervous about and, yes, they're concerns. But let's face it: the world has trouble almost every day. It's probably not a major factor for our market.
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And Wrigley has been very strong for some time, continues to move higher, ... Just had another breakout to a new high. There are lots of stocks in this market that are doing quite well. They just aren't technology stocks.
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Even though the news has been dismal this week, investors have to keep an eye on the July Lows.
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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.