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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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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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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Cisco reports earnings tomorrow (Tuesday) and certainly that stock is at a price where there may be a split.
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The only thing that was positive today was that there was nothing negative, especially no lousy economic reports that we've had over the last four trading days. The summer doldrums have not appeared so far.
housing industrial johnson maybe numbers production reports tomorrow turn
Tomorrow (Tuesday) we get numbers on industrial production and housing and big reports from Intel, Coke, Johnson & Johnson -- maybe that can turn us around.
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The basic problem this week has been the arrival of third quarter earnings and the non response,
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These surveys give regional snapshots, and that's all they do. I'd never even heard of the Empire State survey until recently -- and I don't think you can build the case that Wall Street sits there panting, waiting for the results.
conditions dismal
It was a pretty dismal day. We're really in oversold conditions at this point.
bond competing due earnings economic hovering key morning news note oil weakness yield
The key this morning is the 10-year note hovering around a yield of 5%. This news trumps any economic or earnings data. It's a rate-driven market, even with oil competing for headlines. Any weakness we may see will be due to these bond yields.
asset mergers money people putting taking
The mergers helped, but you also had some asset reallocation, with people taking money out of Treasurys and putting it into equities.
closed delay hurt market microsoft ragged throughout tired
The Microsoft delay has hurt the Nasdaq and will reverberate throughout all of technology. That will be today's big headline. We closed ragged yesterday, so we're going to have a tired market to start.
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The two major hurdles continue to be oil and interest rates on the Treasuries. The market has demonstrated through the first quarter that we can snap back.
certainly close intel market microsoft ok
The two biggies after the close (Tuesday) -- Microsoft and Intel -- were OK but certainly not a market turn-on,
doom gloom negative period statements
We're going through this pre-announcement period where all the gloom and all the doom and all the negative statements are being made.