Larry Wachtel
Larry Wachtel
Larry Wachtelwas a stock, bonds, and equities commentator on the New York City metropolitan area radio. He added a populist flavor to his commentary on the stock market and spoke in a thick Brooklyn accent...
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We're going through this pre-announcement period where all the gloom and all the doom and all the negative statements are being made.
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Negative guidance from Intel kicked off a new selling wave in beleaguered technology, while the February job figures turned out to be strong enough to raise some doubts about aggressive Federal Reserve ease.
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Confession may be good for the soul, but not on Wall Street. The negative pre-announcements that have been with us for the past two weeks has begun to accelerate with 21 confessions yesterday (Wednesday) and a handful this morning. This sets up some fear and trembling about the wide range of reports to come through most of July.
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It's been a slightly negative day, but after three good days and three good months, I fail to see how this is going to be a significant problem. It's just a breather today.
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The market is plagued by warnings. There have been over 500 negative preannouncements in the last four to five weeks.
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The selling last week was so extreme, there had to be a snap back.
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Even if Bush were to win, there's no mandate to do any radical legislation.
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Earnings statements will make or break the market this week. I'll be watching the reports coming from some of the technology names, because I think that sector may lead the way this year.
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Tech is suffering from one big inventory overhang. It's going to take a long time to work through that.
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Everything continues to revolve around oil after we got licked pretty good yesterday. Everything is a knee-jerk reaction now.
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Attention will be focused on the statement that follows the 2:15 p.m. ET rate announcement, as it will give us a better indication on the Fed's future course of action. Noteworthy is that the tendency has been for the market to rally ahead of the Fed meeting and to sell-on-the-news after the announcement, ... While the market is advancing, it is on light volume due to this being a Monday in the slow month of August in front of tomorrow's economic policy uncertainty.
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At this point, the task of the component suppliers is to find enough chips to meet the demand, ... But there's always the psychological turning point as to when you begin to slow the demand down. I think that's the problem. I think it's been overdone, and I think the chip stocks are very good buys here.
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Cyclical stocks are helping the Dow today. Morgan Stanley upgraded some chemical stocks and that's giving cyclical stocks -- paper, chemicals -- a boost.
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Cyclical stocks are helping the Dow today, ... Morgan Stanley upgraded some chemical stocks and that's giving cyclical stocks -- paper, chemicals -- a boost.