M. Wolfe
M. Wolfe
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Rising energy prices and interest rates may overshadow the optimism employees have in the labor market in the coming months. While we don't expect worker confidence to fall dramatically, we are likely to see a softening as people struggle with greater day-to-day financial strain.
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What we are looking for is interest rate cuts to be beneficial to the market.
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What happened in every one of those cases was, we had the guy rated higher and they slipped through. And you say to yourself, 'If we don't take this guy, we're stupid. Let's pick him.' I don't know if that's the case with Whitticker, but it looks like they've hit on him.
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Even if the most recent data is uneven, it shows there's growth. From an interest rate potential, the dollar still has some legs.
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The real short-term outlook for us is pretty positive given that we don't see a Fed rate hike in August and that due to political noise, if you will, we are not going to see a rate hike in October. But on the earnings front it is a different issue. Looking into 2000, our longer-term forecast, we've had two great years of earnings growth. We think it is going to be pretty difficult to show up with another year of 30-to-40 percent earnings growth. So, consequently, our message has been a lot more selective about the securities that we want investors to focus on.
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On the heels of a conservative start to the year, managers are feeling more comfortable putting their 2006 hiring plans in gear. ... lower unemployment rates and the growing demand for skilled labor in certain sectors such as health care, financial services and IT are strong indications that the economy is growing steadily.
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I think investors have to play technology if they're going with the Fed. You have to look at the technology stocks. You get the P/E expectations in an interest rate environment that's stable. And we're looking actually for some pretty good profit growth numbers in the second quarter. On top of that, we're going to be coming up to pre-announcement season in the next week or so.
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If we started to see above-potential growth, that would certainly be something the bank would be concerned about. It makes sense while the opportunity is available to start to bring those rates up a little bit.
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In the statewide community risk assessment, every community in Jackson County was rated high.
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Chairman Greenspan has really been a beacon of stability. I think our sense is we'll see a bias shift rather than a rate cut.
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Whether or not the wiretap and warrants were obtained legally are issues any lawyer is going to address so they can strategically prepare to defend their case. Any good lawyer is going to protect the constitutional rights of their client because they are guaranteed a fair trial.
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We've always taken pride in having a convenient, interactive Web site, and the new design follows through on those initiatives.
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We're making sure that the price changes we're taking are on optional services, not on broad-based services.
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We're so inundated with technological innovations we'll have an emotional reaction to that, a backlash.